Welcome, educators, to Our Incredible World. The resources that you find on this site are specifically designed to help you teach your students more about habitats, ecosystems, biodiversity, species-at-risk, invasive species, and other related topics. The various multimedia components on this site can be used to introduce and reinforce key concepts.

The site includes two separate video series. Each is accompanied by a Study Guide.

Our Incredible World (OIW) Series

If you are looking for a comprehensive curriculum linked resource for teaching about biodiversity (Grade 6, Science and Technology curriculum, Ontario 2007) then the OIW Series is for you.
It includes:

• A six part video series (10 minutes each episode)
• You can view excerpts and read about each episode on this site; you can also purchase the series or individual episodes from our distributor.

• A Study Guide
• The Guide is available as a free download from this site; it includes three lesson plans for each video episode. Each lesson is clearly laid out, and supported with curriculum links, factsheets, student activity sheets and blackline masters. The lessons for each episode tie the video story-line to formal curriculum expectations, moving every lesson from “what we know” to “what we want to know.” You can also purchase a printed version of the Study Guide directly from our distributor.

Incredible World Investigators (IWI) Series:

• A two episode video series (14 minutes each episode)
• You can view excerpts and read about each episode on this site; you can also purchase the series or individual episodes from our distributor.

• A Study Guide
• The Guide is available as a free download from this site; it includes one lesson for each of grades 4, 6, 7, and 9. You can also purchase a printed version of the Study Guide directly from our distributor.

You will also find a variety of supplementary resources and games on the site. We will be adding content on a regular basis, so please keep checking in to see what's new.

• Incredible Images
  These are photos and video clips that you and your students are welcome to use (please respect our guidelines for use).


• Incredible Games
  
  • Adapt-O-Pug is a fun and challenging game designed to teach young people about how species have adapted to their habitats.
    
  • Turtle Survival helps students get a real feeling for some of the many dangers turtles face as they make their way to and from their nesting sites.


• Incredible Species
  This series of video shorts features a variety of species including some that are species-at-risk.


• Incredible Stewardship
  This series of video shorts features acts of stewardship by concerned citizens, and dedicated community organizations.


• Newsletters
  Read back issues of our Incredible Species Newsletter on species-at-risk and invasive species. Each newsletter highlights young people who are actively involved in conservation projects.