Water & Ocean Education

If there's just one lesson to learn from our extraordinary Ocean Education program it's that all of us are ocean creatures. Marine ecosystems are critical to the well-being of every life form on this blue planet. No matter where we live, from the dampest shorelands and marshlands to the driest grasslands and timberlands, our everyday actions impact on the oceans that give us life. To make that impact a positive one, the Canadian Wildlife Federation — in league with the Canadian Association of Principals, Canadian Museum of Nature, Environment Canada (Biodiversity Convention Office and Marine Environment Division), Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Intoinfo Inc., North American Wetlands Conservation Council (Canada), Parks Canada Agency, and Scouts Canada — has produced a bank of Ocean Day kits for each year from 2003-2008.

• Each classroom-ready, thematic unit pays tribute to Oceans Day (June 8).
• It constitutes a long-term lesson plan designed to inform youth about a particular oceans issue, such as sustainability, marine ecosystems, or migratory habitat.
• Each package is brimming with action and awareness activities to enable young Canadians to become better stewards of our watery wonders.
• Students can also help save our seas by registering their institution as a Blue School and developing and carrying out a "Blueprint for Ocean Action."

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