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Alberta Tomorrow
A computer game has been developed to breathe life into sustainable development education by enabling students to develop resource management strategies and explore the future effects to Alberta’s wildlife, ecosystem services, and natural resource production. The game is online (www.albertatomorrow.ca) and free, and is based on cutting-edge natural resource management research and technology. Teacher guides and student activity sheets are available for the following Alberta curriculum links: grade 7 science, grade 9 social studies, junior high enviornmental and outdoor education, and grade 11 biology. Teacher guides are available at www.albertatomorrow.ca/teachers/teacher1.htm.
Written materials (e.g. unit or lesson plan, etc), Downloadable resource(s), Web-based activity, Audio/ Visual
Alberta Tomorrow teaches the effects of land use to ecosystems and resource production in Alberta. By challenging students to develop sustainable development strategies for Alberta and providing a hands-on environment to explore the implications of land use decisions, the land use simulator fosters stewardship of Alberta’s natural resources. The experiential learning environment provided by the simulator will also promote higher order thinking skills such as synthesis and evaluation that are required to identify real-world sustainable development solutions.
General
General public, K-12 school group, Adults, K-12 teacher, Nonformal educator
sustainable development, land use, wildlife, ecosystem services, simulation, computer, caribou, forest, grassland, water, forestry, energy, agriculture, climate change, Alberta, cumulative effects
www.albertatomorrow.ca
Free
All of Alberta
Agriculture & Forestry, Ecology/Biodiversity, Climate change, Economy, Energy, Land Use, Society, Water, Wildlife
Science, Social Studies
Science Grade 7 A. Interactions and Ecosystems, Science Grade 11 A. Biology - Energy and Matter Exchange in the Biosphere, Social Studies 9.2 Issues for Canadians: Economic systems in Canada and the U.S.