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Lesson Plans • Maps and Glossaries • General Information Fact Sheets • National Park Fact Sheets • Ecozone Fact Sheets • Other Suggested Classroom Activities • Selected Parks Canada Publications

Lesson Plans

A National Parks Odyssey
Lesson Plan (Teacher) (7 pages) (PDF 104Kb  RTF 37Kb )
Lesson (Student Section) (2 pages) (PDF 77Kb  RTF 12Kb)
Curriculum Connections for Lesson Plans (9 pages) (PDF 150Kb  RTF 188Kb )
Worksheet (1 page) (PDF 75Kb  RTF 8Kb )
Assessment Rubric (3 pages) (PDF 82Kb  RTF 31Kb )
National Parks Spreadsheet (2 pages) (PDF 39Kb  Excel Spreadsheet 24Kb )
National Parks Spreadsheet Information Sheet (2 pages) (PDF 78Kb  RTF 8Kb )

National Parks' Challenges
Lesson Plan (Teacher) (7 pages) (PDF 99Kb  RTF 32Kb )
Lesson (Student Section) (2 pages) (PDF 82Kb  RTF 12Kb )
Curriculum Connections for Lesson Plans (11 pages) (PDF 150Kb  RTF 197Kb )
Worksheets 1 and 2 (2 pages) (PDF 78Kb  RTF 12Kb )
Assessment Rubric (3 pages) (PDF 82Kb  RTF 28Kb )
Precautionary Principle Fact Sheet

Case Studies

Case Study 1:

• A Place For People and Grizzly Bears!Moraine Lake Human Use Management in Banff National Park of Canada (13 pages)
  (PDF 135Kb  RTF 199Kb )

Case Study 2:

• Too Many Moose on the Loose? Moose in Gros Morne National Park of Canada (5 pages) (PDF 115Kb  RTF 374Kb )

Case Study 3:

• Aliens are Taking Over! Non-Native Invasive Plants in Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada (5 pages) (PDF 100Kb  RTF 93Kb)

Case Study 4:

• Are the Loons OK?Loons in Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site of Canada (13 pages) (PDF 127Kb  RTF 134Kb)

Case Study 5:

• How Much Space Does Nature Need? The Expansion of Nahanni National Park Reserve of Canada (12 pages) (PDF 121Kb  RTF 164Kb)

  Nahanni Case Study Maps
  Base Map (1 page) (PDF 262Kb )
  Tourism Features Map (1 page) (PDF 426Kb)
  Special Features Map  (1 page) ( PDF 428Kb )
  Caribou Range (1 page) (PDF 58Kb )
  Mining, Oil and Gas Activity Map (1 page) (PDF 913Kb )
  Areas of High Conservation Value Map (1 page) (PDF 53Kb )

Case Study 6:

• Large Carnivore in a Small Park: Ensuring the Protection of the Wolf in La Mauricie National Park of Canada(15 pages) (PDF 359Kb RTF 36Mb )

Case Study 7:

• Bison Have No Boundaries: Free-ranging bison in Prince Albert National Park of Canada (9 pages) (PDF 171Kb RTF 100Kb )

Case Study 8:

• The Fishy Disappearance of Kokanee Salmon in Kluane National Park and Reserve of Canada (8 pages) (PDF 493 Kb RTF 79Kb )

Case Study 9:

• Transboundary Caribou Travels: the Decline of the Porcupine Caribou Herd in and around Vuntut and Ivvavik National Parks (16 pages) (PDF 810Kb RTF 605Kb )

Maps and Glossaries

National Parks System Plan Map (1 page) (PDF 932Kb )
National Parks Glossary (PDF 93Kb RTF 30Kb )
Ecosystem Processes and Stressors Fact Sheet and Glossary (PDF 107Kb RTF 30Kb )
Pronouncing National Park Names (1 page) (PDF 30Kb )

General Information Fact Sheets

Parks Canada Mandate (PDF 135Kb RTF 4Kb )
Northern Arctic Ecosystem Fact Sheet (PDF 92Kb RTF 145Kb )
Prairie Ecosystem Fact Sheet (PDF 85Kb  RTF 102Kb )
Pacific Marine Ecosystem Fact Sheet  (PDF 89Kb RTF 69Kb )

National Park Fact Sheets

Aulavik National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 480Kb )
Auyuittuq National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 489Kb )
Banff National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 399Kb )
Bruce Peninsula National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 406Kb )
Cape Breton Highlands National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 379Kb)
Elk Island National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 1.30Mb )
Forillon National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 352Kb )
Fundy National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 402Kb )
Georgian Bay Islands National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 422 Kb )
Glacier National Park of Canada (2 pages)(PDF 381Kb )
Grasslands National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 390Kb )
Gros Morne National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 467Kb )
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 530Kb )
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 273Kb )
Ivvavik National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 367Kb )
Jasper National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 0.99Mb )
Kejimkujik National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 386Kb )
Kluane National Park Reserve of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 492Kb )
Kootenay National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 356Kb )
Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 814Kb )
La Mauricie National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 1.04Mb )
Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 401Kb )
Mount Revelstoke National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 445Kb )
Nahanni National Park Reserve of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 1.10Mb )
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 335Kb )
Point Pelee National Park of Canada (2 pages) (<PDF 481Kb )
Prince Albert National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 607Kb )
Prince Edward Island National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 910Kb )
Pukaskwa National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 266Kb )
Quttinirpaaq National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 465Kb)
Riding Mountain National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 508Kb)
Sirmilik National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 716Kb)
St. Lawrence Islands National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 432Kb )
Terra Nova National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 866Kb)
Tuktut Nogait National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 547Kb )
Ukkusiksalik National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 358Kb )
Vuntut National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 1.03Mb)
Wapusk National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 355Kb)
Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 359Kb )
Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 325Kb )
Yoho National Park of Canada (2 pages) (PDF 380Kb )

Ecozone Fact Sheets

Canada's National Parks and Terrestrial Ecozones Map
Terrestrial Ecozones of Canada  (16 pages)(PDF 621Kb )
Arctic Cordillera Ecozone (1 page)(PDF 45Ko)
Atlantic Maritime Ecozone (1 page)(PDF 42Kb )
Boreal Cordillera Ecozone (1 page)(PDF 40Kb )
Boreal Plains Ecozone (1 page)(PDF 62Kb )
Boreal Shield Ecozone (1 page)(PDF 53Kb )
Hudson Plains Ecozone (1 page)(PDF 37Kb )
Mixedwood Plains Ecozone (1 page)(PDF 40Kb )
Montane Cordillera Ecozone (1 page)(PDF 45Kb )
Northern Arctic Ecozone (1 page)(PDF 49Kb )
Pacific Maritime Ecozone (1 page)(PDF 43Kb )
Prairie Ecozone (1 page)(PDF 41Kb )
Southern Arctic Ecozone (1 page)(PDF 57Kb )
Taiga Cordillera Ecozone (1 page)(PDF 41Kb )
Taiga Plains Ecozone (1 page)(PDF 45Kb )
Taiga Shield Ecozone (1 page)(PDF 43Kb )

Other Suggested Classroom Activities

Cumulative Impacts Demonstration  (PDF 75Kb  RTF 19Kb )
Eco-Balderdash (PDF 28Kb  RTF 22Kb )
Ecological Integrity in Canada’s National Parks (PDF 75Kb )
The Use of GIS in Georgian Bay Islands National Park (PDF 2.1Mb )
National Parks Internet Study (PDF 62Kb )
Understanding GIS: Land-Use Mapping of Point Pelee
National Park (PDF 1.3Mb )
Write a Proposal to Establish a New National Park in Canada (PDF 510Kb )

Selected Parks Canada Publications

National Park System Plan
State of the Parks Report 1997
State of Protected Heritage Areas Report 1999
State of Protected Heritage Areas Report 2001
State of Protected Heritage Areas Report 2003
State of the Park Report for Banff National Park
2005 Minister’s Round Table: Action Taken on Recommendations Made at the 2003 Minister's Round Table

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