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This specialized education resource library serves Trinity’s School of Education and local educators, and it provides a variety of resources for curriculum planning, research and teaching (including curriculum guides), teacher’s resources, and K-12 student resources.

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Climate Change: Eco Facts by Izzi Howell
(Interest Level: Grades 5-9)

Climate change is reshaping the planet before our eyes. From melting ice caps and rising sea levels to drought and destructive hurricanes, no corner of Earth is protected from the effects of global warming. Discover the facts about what climate change is doing – and will continue to do – to our planet, and how we might reduce its impact.

Out of the Ice: How Climate Change is Revealing the Past by Claire Eamer and Drew Shannon
(Interest Level: Grades 5-8)

An unexpected result of melting from glaciers to permafrost due to climate change has been the discovery of artifacts that were long preserved in the ice’s depths. Tools, clothing and perhaps most remarkable, human bodies have been revealed at the edges the retreating ice. Examining these discoveries, along with traces of plants and animals also melting out of the ice, is the work of researchers in a brand-new scientific field called glacial archaeology.


Palm Trees at the North Pole: The Hot Truth About Climate Change by Marc ter Horst
(Interest Level: Grades 4-9)

This book shares the science and history of climate change in an accessible and entertaining way. Helps kids understand why and how climate change is happening, and what we can do about it. Encourages young climate activists to engage even more deeply with their chosen cause.

Plasticus Martitimus an Invasive Species by Ana Pêgo, Bernardo P. Carvalho and Isabel Minhós Martins
(Interest Level: Grades 5-10)

There’s an invasive species in our oceans: Plasticus maritimus. Inspired by the author’s life work, and filled with engaging science and colorful photographs, this foundational look at ocean plastics explains why they are such an urgent contemporary issue. Pêgo tells us how plastics end up in our rivers, lakes, and oceans, shares plastic’s chemical composition and physical properties, and offers a field guide to help readers identify and understand this new invasive species in all its forms.

Nature Out of Balance: How Invasive Species are Changing the Planet by Merrie-Ellen Wilcox
(Interest Level: Grades 4-7)

Invasive species threaten local ecosystems and the planet’s biodiversity, but are they all as bad as we think they are? This book profiles all-star invasive species around the world, starting in her own neighbourhood, and warns that humans are the most invasive species of all. We find out how and why species become invasive, what we can do to stop their spread and whether it’s time to think differently about invasive species that are here to stay.

What a Waste: Trash, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet by Jess French
(Interest Level: Kindergarten-10)

In this informative book on recycling for children, you will find everything you need to know about our environment. The good, the bad and the incredibly innovative. From pollution and litter to renewable energy and plastic recycling.