
A free resource for finding school programs and resources in Alberta and BC
Teachers, we know that finding environmental education programs and resources that work for your classroom’s needs can be difficult. This database helps you find relevant, fun offerings that can bring these important topics to life.
Filter and browse our listings to find the perfect activity to engage and energize your students on environmental learning.
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Invasive Plant Program
Weaselhead/Glenmore Park Preservation SocietyBasic Details
An opportunity for students to get hands on experience removing invasive plants in the Weaselhead while making curricular connections for ecosystems and interactions and biodiversity.
An opportunity for students to get hands on experience removing invasive plants in the Weaselhead while making curricular connections for ecosystems and interactions and biodiversity.
Green Jobs: Exploring Forest Careers
Project Learning Tree CanadaBasic Details
PLT Canada's Green Jobs: Exploring Forest Careers introduces learners to a variety of career opportunities in the forestry and environmental sectors. Through engaging activities and real-world examples, it highlights the skills and roles needed to sustain and protect our forests, inspiring the next generation of environmental professionals.
PLT Canada's Green Jobs: Exploring Forest Careers introduces learners to a variety of career opportunities in the forestry and environmental sectors. Through engaging activities and real-world examples, it highlights the skills and roles needed to sustain and protect our forests, inspiring the next generation of environmental professionals.
EcoCooks Club
Unbounded Canada FoundationBasic Details
EcoCooks is a science-based environmental cooking program that creates a strong foundation for youth to develop lifelong healthy and planet-positive eating habits.
EcoCooks is a science-based environmental cooking program that creates a strong foundation for youth to develop lifelong healthy and planet-positive eating habits.
Flower Power
Fresh RootsBasic Details
Flowers are more than just pretty decorations. Work together to solve our Flower Power Puzzle, learn why flowers are important to plants, pollinators, and our food, and maybe even get to taste some!
Flowers are more than just pretty decorations. Work together to solve our Flower Power Puzzle, learn why flowers are important to plants, pollinators, and our food, and maybe even get to taste some!
Life Below Water
Sea SmartBasic Details
Discover how ocean conservation is tied to gender equity, sustainability, and a promise for a safe and secure future!
Discover how ocean conservation is tied to gender equity, sustainability, and a promise for a safe and secure future!
Aquatic Species at Risk
Sea SmartBasic Details
Learn about amazing aquatic species at risk, their threats, and most importantly, how we can help!
Learn about amazing aquatic species at risk, their threats, and most importantly, how we can help!
PlantUniversity School Toolkit
Vancouver Humane SocietyBasic Details
A free, ready-to-use school toolkit that empowers students and educators to advocate for plant-based food options.
A free, ready-to-use school toolkit that empowers students and educators to advocate for plant-based food options.
Nature Stewards Programs
Environmental Youth AllianceBasic Details
These free multi-week programs will support youth to develop skills to care for nature in your community, including growing native plants, restoring wildlife habitat, and working with plant medicines. These are open registration programs for students to sign up independently, outside of school hours.
These free multi-week programs will support youth to develop skills to care for nature in your community, including growing native plants, restoring wildlife habitat, and working with plant medicines. These are open registration programs for students to sign up independently, outside of school hours.
Custom Field Trip
Fresh RootsBasic Details
If you are interested in a field trip longer than two hours, or would like to work with our Experiential Learning team to craft a program to meet your learning objectives, fill in the registration form and we will get in touch to figure out how we can help make it happen! A uniquely designed program will be priced accordingly. Custom programs require at least four weeks' notice.
If you are interested in a field trip longer than two hours, or would like to work with our Experiential Learning team to craft a program to meet your learning objectives, fill in the registration form and we will get in touch to figure out how we can help make it happen! A uniquely designed program will be priced accordingly. Custom programs require at least four weeks' notice.
EduKits
The Biosphere Institute of the Bow ValleyBasic Details
The Biosphere Institute’s Bear, Bison, Cougar, Elk and Wolf EduKits increase the ecological literacy of students and citizens in the Bow Valley.
These travelling trunks contain pelts, fur swatches, skulls, scat replicas, and books relevant to animals and their place in the ecosystem and Indigenous and settler cultures. They also include digital media and a PowerPoint presentation that can be used in classroom delivery.
The Biosphere Institute’s Bear, Bison, Cougar, Elk and Wolf EduKits increase the ecological literacy of students and citizens in the Bow Valley.
These travelling trunks contain pelts, fur swatches, skulls, scat replicas, and books relevant to animals and their place in the ecosystem and Indigenous and settler cultures. They also include digital media and a PowerPoint presentation that can be used in classroom delivery.
SkeenaWild Environmental Education
SkeenaWild Conservation TrustBasic Details
Free lesson plans and educational resources with downloadable PDFs for easy access.
Free lesson plans and educational resources with downloadable PDFs for easy access.
Climate Game Changers Toolkit
CPAWS Southern AlbertaBasic Details
Check out our popular Climate Game Changers Toolkit, a choose-your-own adventure for adults and youth to learn about climate change.
Check out our popular Climate Game Changers Toolkit, a choose-your-own adventure for adults and youth to learn about climate change.
Wild Mind Field Trips
Environmental Youth AllianceBasic Details
Through our curriculum-aligned field trips, your students will engage in 90-120 minutes of land-based learning at EYA’s programming site in Strathcona Community Gardens, East Vancouver.
Through our curriculum-aligned field trips, your students will engage in 90-120 minutes of land-based learning at EYA’s programming site in Strathcona Community Gardens, East Vancouver.
From the Streets
Sea SmartBasic Details
Explore the connections between rivers, lakes and the ocean and investigate how freshwater plastic pollution affects our ocean.
Explore the connections between rivers, lakes and the ocean and investigate how freshwater plastic pollution affects our ocean.
Aquatic Ecology Inquiry, Terrestrial Ecology Inquiry, Winter Ecology Inquiry
Biogeoscience Institute at the University of CalgaryBasic Details
Hands-on, inquiry-based, ecology focused programs for high school students in the Canadian Rockies.
Hands-on, inquiry-based, ecology focused programs for high school students in the Canadian Rockies.
Curriculum Connections to Environment, Climate, and Indigenous Perspectives
Alberta Council for Environmental EducationBasic Details
Teaching about environmental sustainability has never been more important as we increasingly feel the effects of an unsustainable human footprint on the planet’s systems.
Can teachers weave more environmental and sustainability education into their everyday practice while delivering on the current curriculum? The answer is a resounding YES! ACEE is committed to supporting teachers across Alberta by developing curriculum links between climate, sustainability, and our environment to the AB Programs of Study.
Explore how the current curriculum already connects with the following sustainability themes – Nature and Place, Indigenous Perspectives, and Climate Change.
Teaching about environmental sustainability has never been more important as we increasingly feel the effects of an unsustainable human footprint on the planet’s systems.
Can teachers weave more environmental and sustainability education into their everyday practice while delivering on the current curriculum? The answer is a resounding YES! ACEE is committed to supporting teachers across Alberta by developing curriculum links between climate, sustainability, and our environment to the AB Programs of Study.
Explore how the current curriculum already connects with the following sustainability themes – Nature and Place, Indigenous Perspectives, and Climate Change.
Waste in our World - in school program
Green CalgaryBasic Details
Waste in Our World offers children the chance to work cooperatively build a model landfill and use it to look at ways to divert waste and make our landfills safer for the environment. This is an inquiry-based opportunity that fully engages participants in hands-on learning and incorporates several cross-curricular competencies.
Waste in Our World offers children the chance to work cooperatively build a model landfill and use it to look at ways to divert waste and make our landfills safer for the environment. This is an inquiry-based opportunity that fully engages participants in hands-on learning and incorporates several cross-curricular competencies.
Alberta Tomorrow Simulator
Alberta TomorrowBasic Details
Explore the impact of landuse changes in Alberta on the economy and environment through a western science or Indigenous lens!
Explore the impact of landuse changes in Alberta on the economy and environment through a western science or Indigenous lens!
Shepard Landfill Tour with Composting Facility visit
The City of Calgary Waste & Recycling ServicesBasic Details
The City of Calgary offers school tours at the Composting Facility and Shepard Landfill, providing students the unique opportunity to observe Calgary’s waste management operations in action.
The City of Calgary offers school tours at the Composting Facility and Shepard Landfill, providing students the unique opportunity to observe Calgary’s waste management operations in action.
Goldstream Spring School Programs
BC Parks FoundationBasic Details
With park programming designed to inspire, engage and educate, the Goldstream Nature House is where the next generation of environmental stewards are fostered.
With park programming designed to inspire, engage and educate, the Goldstream Nature House is where the next generation of environmental stewards are fostered.
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For Teachers
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After you complete a program, the listing organization will send you a special website link that you can use to leave a recommendation. If you would like to leave a recommendation but haven’t received a link, contact the organization directly.
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