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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Ducks Unlimited Canada Grasslands Resource Pack
Ducks Unlimited CanadaBasic Details
Explore one of Canada’s most important and threatened ecosystems using our collection of grasslands resources. This resource pack includes 3 modules exploring grassland ecosystems, a history of agriculture in Canada, and sustainable agriculture.
Explore one of Canada’s most important and threatened ecosystems using our collection of grasslands resources. This resource pack includes 3 modules exploring grassland ecosystems, a history of agriculture in Canada, and sustainable agriculture.
The Prairie Pothole Region Case Study
Ducks Unlimited CanadaBasic Details
Through this case study students will explore whether conserving one large or several small wetlands will support the most prairie biodiversity. Students will learn about prairie ecosystems and the importance of wetlands and biodiversity while challenging themselves to research and propose a conservation plan.
Through this case study students will explore whether conserving one large or several small wetlands will support the most prairie biodiversity. Students will learn about prairie ecosystems and the importance of wetlands and biodiversity while challenging themselves to research and propose a conservation plan.
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.
Journey 2050
Calgary StampedeBasic Details
Journey 2050 is a free, interdisciplinary, inquiry-based agriculture education program that challenges students to answer the essential question: “How will we sustainably feed nearly 10 billion people by the year 2050?”
Journey 2050 is a free, interdisciplinary, inquiry-based agriculture education program that challenges students to answer the essential question: “How will we sustainably feed nearly 10 billion people by the year 2050?”
Environment & Natural Resource Classroom Resources
Inside EducationBasic Details
Inside Education's no-cost environmental and natural resource learning resources are curriculum-connected and classroom-ready, complete with fun activities and exercises that support different learning styles and teaching situations.
Inside Education's no-cost environmental and natural resource learning resources are curriculum-connected and classroom-ready, complete with fun activities and exercises that support different learning styles and teaching situations.
BC AdventureSmart
BC AdventureSmartBasic Details
BC AdventureSmart enhances awareness among enthusiasts to reduce the impact on search and rescue while contributing to the safety culture in British Columbia. Do you want to BE AdventureSmart? Start with us at BC AdventureSmart!
BC AdventureSmart enhances awareness among enthusiasts to reduce the impact on search and rescue while contributing to the safety culture in British Columbia. Do you want to BE AdventureSmart? Start with us at BC AdventureSmart!
Imaginative Ecological Education
imaginEDBasic Details
Learn more about Imaginative Ecological Education on imaginED: education that inspires. Engage emotion, imagination and the body with/in the natural world as part of your teaching.
Learn more about Imaginative Ecological Education on imaginED: education that inspires. Engage emotion, imagination and the body with/in the natural world as part of your teaching.
Eco 360 Program
GreenLearningBasic Details
Empower youth to explore plastics, discover a circular economic model, and create innovative solutions to reducing waste through dynamic, self-paced activities.
Empower youth to explore plastics, discover a circular economic model, and create innovative solutions to reducing waste through dynamic, self-paced activities.
Ducks Unlimited Canada: Take Action for Wetlands - Student Wetland Project Guide
Ducks Unlimited CanadaBasic Details
Taking Action for Wetlands includes a student wetland project planning guide, a resource for supporting student wetland projects, and a set of suggested student wetland projects for ideas to get you started!
Taking Action for Wetlands includes a student wetland project planning guide, a resource for supporting student wetland projects, and a set of suggested student wetland projects for ideas to get you started!
Educators Teaching Educators: Canada’s Outdoor Early Childhood Education Continuous Professional Learning Framework
Outdoor play CanadaBasic Details
The Outdoor ECE Framework, formally known as Educators Teaching Educators: Canada’s Outdoor Early Childhood Education Continuous Professional Learning Framework, is a nationally agreed-upon pedagogical document that promotes consistency in training and supports outdoor ECE practitioners in their work across Canada.
The Outdoor ECE Framework, formally known as Educators Teaching Educators: Canada’s Outdoor Early Childhood Education Continuous Professional Learning Framework, is a nationally agreed-upon pedagogical document that promotes consistency in training and supports outdoor ECE practitioners in their work across Canada.
Ducks Unlimited Canada Climate Change Resource Pack
Ducks Unlimited CanadaBasic Details
This set of resources from Ducks Unlimited Canada helps students learn how wetlands play a role in fighting climate change, how to work through emotions associated with climate change, and how we can take action together.
This set of resources from Ducks Unlimited Canada helps students learn how wetlands play a role in fighting climate change, how to work through emotions associated with climate change, and how we can take action together.
We Are ChangeMakers
CPAWS Southern AlbertaBasic Details
Join wearechangemakers.ca - a community where you can learn, teach, act, and give for the eco-justice topics that matter to you
Join wearechangemakers.ca - a community where you can learn, teach, act, and give for the eco-justice topics that matter to you
Flood:ED Program
GreenLearningBasic Details
The Flood:ED program provides an interactive learning experience and deeper understanding of flooding, floodplains, flood causes, and watersheds. Learners explore the impact of climate change on flooding and develop strategies to help their schools mitigate and/or adapt to its effects. The program encourages learners to implement practical actions including rain barrels, tree planting, building rain gardens, and adopting local storm drain.
The Flood:ED program provides an interactive learning experience and deeper understanding of flooding, floodplains, flood causes, and watersheds. Learners explore the impact of climate change on flooding and develop strategies to help their schools mitigate and/or adapt to its effects. The program encourages learners to implement practical actions including rain barrels, tree planting, building rain gardens, and adopting local storm drain.
A Walking Curriculum: Evoking Wonder and Developing Sense of Place
imaginEDBasic Details
Evoke wonder and develop sense of Place with imagination-focused and nature-based walking explorations in your school yard and community.
Evoke wonder and develop sense of Place with imagination-focused and nature-based walking explorations in your school yard and community.
The Grasslands Case Study
Ducks Unlimited CanadaBasic Details
In this case study, students will develop a conservation strategy for a new area of land that has grasses, forests and wetlands on it. They will explore several conservation strategies for how to manage grassland ecosystems and explore how to engage with people in the community to prepare a conservation plan.
In this case study, students will develop a conservation strategy for a new area of land that has grasses, forests and wetlands on it. They will explore several conservation strategies for how to manage grassland ecosystems and explore how to engage with people in the community to prepare a conservation plan.
Climate Change and Anxiety
CPAWS Southern AlbertaBasic Details
Climate Change and Anxiety is a series of six detailed lesson plans, designed by teachers to help students deal with the climate anxiety that so many of them are feeling.
Climate Change and Anxiety is a series of six detailed lesson plans, designed by teachers to help students deal with the climate anxiety that so many of them are feeling.
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.
Farm to School BC
Farm to School BCBasic Details
Farm to School BC (F2SBC) offers educational resources, grants, and webinars focused on school gardens, food literacy education, and hands-on learning opportunities for K-12 students, educators, and school communities in BC.
Farm to School BC (F2SBC) offers educational resources, grants, and webinars focused on school gardens, food literacy education, and hands-on learning opportunities for K-12 students, educators, and school communities in BC.
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.
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.
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For Teachers
I can’t find listings that work for me. What can I do?
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The organization who produces the activity solicits recommendations from teachers who have completed their activities. Recommendations include a teacher’s school district in order to provide local context, but are kept anonymous for privacy reasons.
How do I leave recommendations for listings?
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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If you aren’t sure what public school district you are located in, see the Alberta Education Maps or the BC School District Map.
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To suggest a listing, email us and we can try to connect with the organization. Note that organizations are responsible for publishing their own listings.
If you have any other feedback, email us. Although we strive to keep this resource up to date, Elements Society is not responsible for the accuracy of information provided by organizations.
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Here is a full FERN run through for teachers/educators. Learn how to access classroom-ready environmental education resources to bring vital topics to life.
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Sign in to your account, and you will see all of your listings and have the option to submit an update to (or delete) any listing. Updates are subject to review before appearing on the website.
I no longer have access to the email used for my account. What can I do?
Email us and we can help restore access to your listings.
How do I get teacher recommendations for my listings?
When you create a new listing, you will receive a unique website link that allows teachers to leave a recommendation. After teachers complete a program, it’s your responsibility to solicit recommendations by sending the link. Recommendations include a teacher’s school district in order to provide local context, but are kept anonymous for privacy reasons.
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