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• GeoConnections - Canadian Geographic Information, 3D, models, etc.  Slow to load; graphically rich
• Maps from Natural Resources Canada
• Natural Resources Canada- main door
• Tour Canada from Space [French]
• Government of Canada main site
• Canadian Information by Subject from the Gov't
• Stats Canada
• Canadian Geographical - mapping facility
• Environment Canada - controversial topics - Acid Rain, Pollution, Climate Change...

GENERAL SOURCES

• National Geographic
• NASA earth site
• The Royal Canadian Geographic Society
• Citizenship Canada
• Research about Canada
• Jumpstation Geo - mega links to Geography on the Internet

• General Index to Geography 
• Arc Data Online
• allows you to browse a world of geographic data to create live maps of specific areas

• CAREER INFORMATION Government of Canada careers home page
• Ontario Association of Geographers and Environmental Educators - includes lessons
• About.com formerly the Mining Company is a megasite http://geography.about.com

• Parks Ontario [see project] Map of existing Provincial Parks in the Sudbury area
• Map of existing Provincial Parks in the Central area which includes Sudbury, North Bay 
• Map of Ontario 
• Parks Canada - National Parks
• Parks Canada - English - List of parks by geographical area

• The Parks Canada site map of and links to Canadian terrestrial ecozones
• Clickable ecozone map
• http://www1.ec.gc.ca/~ecozones/
• Hinterland Who's Who - brief animal fact sheets
• Eco-vignettes - descriptions of each zone - excellent!
• Presenting an Ecozone Proposal

• Natural Systems - Activity 3 - students research Canadian ecozones Unit 1-7
• Activity 5 - New Park - select an ecozone which does not have a National Park and design a new one
• Activity 6 - A tour of the Canadian ecozones
• Activity 7 - Travel Brochure for 1 ecozone

• Canadian Encyclopedia CD-ROM
• Canadian Geographic Explorer CD-ROM
• Books in 917.1; Ontario especially 917.13
• Magazines such as Canadian Geographic & Equinox

• Attractions Canada - www.attractionscanada.com
• Canoe Travel - The Canadian Online Explorer
• International information at Epicurious Travel
• City Net
• Statistics Canada for tourism stats
• Canada & the world - 
• CANOE Canadian Online Explorer
• Toronto Star

• map tourist destinations in Canada and around the world
• importance of tourism to Canada [page 21]
• research report on international event involving Canada [page 21]

• travel & geography 910 - 919
• CD-ROMs such as Encarta, Grolier, Compton's, Canadian

• Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada - Service électronique d'information - SEIAC 
• Information sur les terres de l'Ontario
• Ontario Agriculture 
• Agriculture Canada by topic/sujet 

• Environmental Protection Agency into to acid rain
• Environmental Protection Agency 
• U of  T terrestrial effects
• U of T weather maps showing acid rain effects
• Environment Canada
• Acid Rain
• Les pluies acides 
• Les pluies acides 
• Les pluies acides

• GIS Resource
• Array Systems
• GeoStrategies
• TerraServer - aerial & satellite images of everywhere

• Environment Canada or http://www.cmc.ec.gc.ca/climate
• Climate Change
• Forestry & Climate
• Atlantic Canada Climate

• Tour of Biomes
• The World's Biomes

• Ecological Footprints of Nations
• Carrying Capacity
• Calgary's Footprint
• Redefining Progress - calculate your own footprint

• Natural Resources Canada
• Atomic Energy Canada
• Solar Energy Canada
• Key Energy Indicators
• International Energy Agency
• Energy Conservation
• BP Amoco Encyclopedia of World Energy

Library Resources:

• Books in 333s; 917.1
• CDs - Cdn Encyclopedia, Cdn Geographic Explorer, 
• Ontario Hydro CD [free]

 mag/np - especially on megaprojects and especially Cdn mags and papers on CD or online

• Plate Tectonics
• Handbouts from US Geologic Survey and USGS
• Publication from US Geologic Survey 
• FAQs from Natural Resources Canada
• Geological Survey of Canada
• Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
• Les tremblements de terre 
• Les séismes
• Séisme, tremblements de terre, séismologie 

• library.advanced.org/16132/frames.html
• Hurricanes

• Glaciers
• Blackgold
• Galcier.rice
• Manitoba Glaciation http://polaris.digistar.mb.ca/minsci/geology/glaciers.htm
• Glaciers in Canada http://www.entrenet.com/~groedmed/glaciers.html
• Glaciers: The Work of Ice http://www.sfu.ca/earth-sciences/101Dan/chap15/Chap15.html

 All About Glaciers: General Information http://nsidc.org/glaciers/questions/answers/what.html

• Canadian Minerals
• Canadian Mining Facts - clickable map
• Mining in Ontario
• Mining in Canada
• Natural Resources Canada - info for students
• NRC Mines & Minerals
• Minerals & Metals at home - every day uses of minerals
• Use Encyclopedias on your School's Library web page.

• www.txdirect.net/~msattler/tornado.htm
• Tornado info from NOAA www.nssl.noaa.gov/NWSTornado/
• www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/tornado/
• www.ozemail.com.au/~stuascho/sose/thegim4.html
• USA Today www.usatoday.com/weather/wtorwha1.htm
• Les tornades 
• Les tornades 
• Tornades 

• Topics & Issues from Environment Canada
• Weather

• weather.cod.edu/sirvatka/ts.html
• USA Today www.usatoday.com/weather/wtsm0.htm
• University of Wisconsin
• www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/physgeog/contents/7t.html
• Hurricane Hunters

LES BALEINES

• Les Baleines 
• Les océans et leurs baleines 
• Les baleines du Saint-Laurent

• library.advanced.org/17457/english.html
• volcano.und.nodak.edu/volcanoes.html - Volcano World
• www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/entry.html
• www.csulb.edu/courses/geo/volcano/intro.html
• US Geologic Survey 
• ww.usgs.gov/education/learnweb/volcano/index.html
• Volcanoes online
Les volcans
Les volcans
Les volcans
L'Activité volcanique

• Activity 4 - Physical processes - volcanoes & earthquakes [Unit 1-9]

• Books on volcanoes & earthquakes 551
• CDs - encyclopedia CDs such as Canadian, Encarta
• CDs by topic: Volcanoes, Earth Quest [Kindersley]
• Internet - Volcano World

• Environment Canada
• Canada's Aquatic Environments
• Canadian Heritage Rivers System
• Project Wild

agcwww.bio.ns.ca/schools/land/williams_14.html

• Great Lakes Virtual Classroom - info from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment
• Great Lakes main site www.cciw.ca/glimr/data/great-lakes-atlas/intro.html
• great-lakes.net/refdesk/almanac/lakes/lakefact.html
Canadian Centre for Inland Waters
Les Grands Lacs
L'Atlas des Grands Lacs 

Les pesticides

LES OURAGANS
 

• Les ouragans
• Les ouragans
• Tout sur les ouragans

Drive Clean

• Transporation energy in 333, 380s, 629s
• general Canadian geography 917.1
• Canadian Encyclopedia CD-ROM

• University of Guelph
• Ontario Near North
• Temagami
• Canadian Pulp & Paper Association
• Canadian Forestry
• Saskatchewan Interactive - Forestry 
• Forestry in Québec http://www.forestryinquebec.com/forest/index.html
• An Index of Tree Diseases – Forestry http://forestry.about.com/education/forestry/bldisex.htm
• An Index of Tree Insects – Forestry http://forestry.about.com/education/forestry/blsectex.htm

• Environment section 363.7
• Temagami 917.13
• Lumbering 634s
• Canadian Geographic & Equinox magazines
• Canadian CD-ROM

• NASA JPL Solar System
• Nine Planets
• Human Spaceflight
• Le système solaire
• Le système solaire (les planètes)http://www.citeweb.net/spatial/syst.htm
• Notre système solaire (les planètes)http://www.pwd.qc.ca/syssol/
• Système solaire (les planètes)http://membres.tripod.fr/jgaudreault/systeme.htm
• Le système solaire (origine, historique)http://www.multimania.com/exoscin/

L'ANTARCTIQUE

Le continent Antarctique
Le monde polaire - l'Antarctique 

• National Atlas at Schoolnet
• Statistics Canada
• Stat Can Links to many Statistical sites
• Canadian Social Trends magazine
• US Census Bureau [see especially population pyramids]
• Atlapedia
• E-conflict
• CIA World Factbook - World data
• Entry point for National Atlas of Canada
• 6 Billion People - interactive population site

 

Guideline:  Unit 2
Profile:
Library Resources:

• Books in 303.4 or 301.32 or .34
• Almanacs & Yearbooks in Reference
• Canadian Statistics 317.1
• Canadian Encyclopedia CD

Activity 7 [culminating] Demographic issues facing Canada after 2000 - planning the locale and program for a conference

Internet Immigration Canada http://cinet.ci.gc.ca

• Books on Immigration in 325
• Canadian Statistics 317.1
• Canadian Encyclopedia CD

Current Information from magazines & newspapers online or through CDs

• Peacekeeping - Government of Canada
• UN
• Landmines - Government of Canada and Banning landmines
• A catastrophe for Children
• Handicap International
• Human Rights Watch
• Humanitarian Foundation
• Internationl Committee of the Red Cross
• Mines Action Canada
• Norwegian People's Aid
• One World Online
• UN De-mining database
• Vietnam Veterans
• Environmental links
How can my community decrease waste?

• [page 13] research and report on global concerns that affect Canadians [wilderness protection, globalization...] * students will need help deriving list of topics
• Canada's role in a global concern [climate change, ocean resource depletion...][page 21] [Applied Geography]

 

• Books - 327.1 Free Trade agreement; 343 Environmental Laws such as the Law of the Sea; 363.7 environmental information; 551.4 Oceanography; 630 for Agriculture
•  CDs - Cdn Encyclopedia
•  mag/np - about current issues - online subscriptions or CD
• SIRS if available

• Nunavut '99  http://www.nunavut.com/nunavut99/english/index.html
• The North  http://www.inac.gc.ca/pubs/information/info102.html
• Land and Wildlife in Nunavut http://www.arctic-travel.com/chapters/land.html
• Nunavut - The North Divides http://newradio.cbc.ca/nunavut/land.html
• National Post - Echo Bay to Reopen Nunavut Mine 
• Inuit
• Business in Nunavut 

• Nunavut Statistics
• Government of the NWT
• Industry Canada - try a search on Nunavut
• Minerals nd Mining Sector - Natural Resources Canada
• Land & people
• Stats Can search - do limit to CANSIM, trade or Cdn Stats
• Nunavut [fr]

La moule zébrée
 

• La moule zébrée 
• Identification de la moule zébrée 
• Envahisseurs aquatiques

• Hinterland Who's Who
• Audobon Field Guides

• Animal Experimentation
• A Critical Look at Animal Experimentation
• PCRM--Issues--Animal Experimentation 
• Alternatives To Animal Testing 
• Animals of Australia & how they interact 
• Australia 

• Bald Eagle
• Hinterland Who's Who - Bald Eagle 
• The Bald Eagle 
• Bald Eagle - Birds
• Bears
• Hinterland Who's Who - Black Bear
• The Bear Den 
• Hinterland Who's Who – Grizzly 
• Ducks 
• Hinterland Who's Who - Harlequin Duck 
• Hinterland Who's Who - Mallard 
Hinterland Who's Who - Wood Duck
• Endangered Animals - see Project list 
• Lists of Endangered Species: Marine Life
• Hinterland Who's Who - Endangered species in Canada
• Endangered Species 

• Grizzly Bear
• Hinterland Who's Who - Grizzly 
• Bear Facts
• Koala Bear 
• Interesting facts about the Australian Koala Bear 
• The koala 
• Lynx 
• Lynx Cat
• Hinterland Who's Who - Canada Lynx
• Panda
• World Wildlife Fund 
• Pandas (there are some good links here too) 
• Panda Bear Links 
• Polar Bears 
• Hinterland Who's Who - Polar Bear
• school tools - polar bear
• Pond Life
• Hinterland Who's Who – Wetlands
• Wetlands 
• Wetlands and aquatic ecosystems 
• Tiger 
• 5 TIGERS : All About Tigers
• Tiger Information - All for TIGERS! 
• Wombat 
• Endangered Australia 
• Common Wombat 
• Wombat Worries 

• Refugees.com