Other Web Resources

Use the links below to find additional useful resources for the classroom.

• Photos of national parks and the species that live in them.
  
  
• An alphabetical list of national parks, with links to more information.
  
  
• A fact sheet on how to pronounce the names of national parks.
  
  
• Descriptions of the 39 natural regions of Canada and the parks that represent them in the National Park System Plan. Teaching tips
  
  
• Information about creating new national parks, including a map of the areas under consideration and a feasibility study on a future park.
  
  
• Attendance figures for national parks. Teaching tips
  
  
• Information about species at risk and examples of the difference recovery plans are making.
  
  
• "Time for Nature", weekly stories about events and issues in national parks.
  
  
• Full-colour maps, photos, tables and up-to-date information about all national parks in the 2001 and 2003 State of Protected Heritage Areas Reports . Teaching tips
  
  
• An in-depth look at Banff National Park of Canada in its 2003 State of the Park Report.
  
  
• Highlights of Parks Canada’s achievements from 2001 to 2005, and recommendations for future initiatives in the 2005 Minister’s Round Table meeting reports.
  
  
• Find out which national parks are on the World Heritage List, and learn about the UNESCO World Heritage Convention.

Teaching Tips

• Tips for using the National Park System Plan : Use the System Plan to identify the natural region in which you live, what is special about your natural region, what parks represent it, and what is significant about those parks. Look at other regions and their parks. Discuss the reasons for having a national parks system.
  
  
• Tips for using the visitor attendance figures : Compare attendance at different parks. Which park has the highest attendance? Which has the lowest? What trends can you find? Discuss the impacts of high and low attendance on parks.
  
  
• Tips for using the 2001 State of Protected Heritage Areas Report : Find out what Parks Canada is doing to complete the national parks system. What new parks are in the process of being established? What parks are being considered for expansion?
  
  Use the Table of Contents to find information on threats to ecological integrity – climate change, urbanization, human land use, exotic species – and what Parks Canada has been doing to counter them. Discuss what other options might be available to deal with the challenges.

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