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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.

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Freshwater Field Study Program

Elbow River Watershed Partnership

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Field trip along the Elbow River in the spring and along the Bow or Elbow River in the fall. Partnership Program with Alberta Parks. This program aligns with the science curriculum for Grade 8 – Freshwater Systems and Grade 9 – Biological Diversity & Environmental Chemistry.

Field trip along the Elbow River in the spring and along the Bow or Elbow River in the fall. Partnership Program with Alberta Parks. This program aligns with the science curriculum for Grade 8 – Freshwater Systems and Grade 9 – Biological Diversity & Environmental Chemistry.

RIVER CHAMPIONS

Fraser River Discovery Centre

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Today, the conditions affecting the Fraser River are rapidly changing because of a changing climate; in recent years, residents of British Columbia have seen unprecedented floods, wildfires, and droughts.

Today, the conditions affecting the Fraser River are rapidly changing because of a changing climate; in recent years, residents of British Columbia have seen unprecedented floods, wildfires, and droughts.

Waste Warriors

Langley Environmental Partners Society

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Students learn skills to reduce garbage and become Waste Warriors.

Students learn skills to reduce garbage and become Waste Warriors.

Evergreen Theatre - Theatrical Programming Supporting Environmental Science Education

Evergreen Theatre Society

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Evergreen Theatre proudly offers curriculum-based, eco-science inspired, musical theatre touring shows, artist-in-residency programs and puppet presentations within Alberta schools and the wider community.

Evergreen Theatre proudly offers curriculum-based, eco-science inspired, musical theatre touring shows, artist-in-residency programs and puppet presentations within Alberta schools and the wider community.

Worms Love Leftovers - in school program

Green Calgary

Basic Details

Worms Love Leftovers gives children a peek into the amazing world of worms and how they help recycle organic waste, turning it into healthy living soil. This is an inquiry-based opportunity that fully engages participants in hands-on learning and incorporates several cross-curricular competencies.

Worms Love Leftovers gives children a peek into the amazing world of worms and how they help recycle organic waste, turning it into healthy living soil. This is an inquiry-based opportunity that fully engages participants in hands-on learning and incorporates several cross-curricular competencies.

Galiano Conservancy Environmental Education

Galiano Conservancy Association

Basic Details

Spark curiosity and build lifelong memories with immersive, nature-based field trips on Galiano Island. We offer flexible single day and overnight options available with diverse BC curriculum-linked content that we have proudly developed over the past 20+ years.

Spark curiosity and build lifelong memories with immersive, nature-based field trips on Galiano Island. We offer flexible single day and overnight options available with diverse BC curriculum-linked content that we have proudly developed over the past 20+ years.

EduKits

The Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley

Basic 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.

Outdoor Environmental Education Lesson Plans

The Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley

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Are you looking to connect your classroom to the environment? Ever wondered how learning can be applied to the community? The lesson plans from Future Leaders tie the Alberta K-12 curriculum to environmental topics such as wildlife, climate change and ecology that are relevant across Turtle Island. We encourage you to recreate these lessons!

Are you looking to connect your classroom to the environment? Ever wondered how learning can be applied to the community? The lesson plans from Future Leaders tie the Alberta K-12 curriculum to environmental topics such as wildlife, climate change and ecology that are relevant across Turtle Island. We encourage you to recreate these lessons!

Room to Play Consulting

Room to Play

Basic Details

Dr. Megan Zeni offers engaging and practical professional learning for elementary school teachers and school staff who locate provincial curriculum in school gardens and outdoor classrooms. Select a curricular area to focus on, or work with Megan to design a customized professional learning event that pedagogically situates outdoor play and learning as an effective opportunity for developing environmental ethics of care with young children.

Dr. Megan Zeni offers engaging and practical professional learning for elementary school teachers and school staff who locate provincial curriculum in school gardens and outdoor classrooms. Select a curricular area to focus on, or work with Megan to design a customized professional learning event that pedagogically situates outdoor play and learning as an effective opportunity for developing environmental ethics of care with young children.

Environmental Outdoor Education

The Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley

Basic Details

Are you looking to connect your classroom to the environment? Ever wondered how learning can be applied to the community? Future Leaders is our environmental education program for students, teachers and youth of the Bow Valley. Lesson deliveries from Future Leaders tie the Alberta K-12 curriculum to environmental topics such as wildlife, climate change and ecology that are relevant in the community of the Bow Valley.

Are you looking to connect your classroom to the environment? Ever wondered how learning can be applied to the community? Future Leaders is our environmental education program for students, teachers and youth of the Bow Valley. Lesson deliveries from Future Leaders tie the Alberta K-12 curriculum to environmental topics such as wildlife, climate change and ecology that are relevant in the community of the Bow Valley.

Salmon Forest

Langley Environmental Partners Society

Basic Details

Students learn about the unique life cycle of Pacific Salmon.

Students learn about the unique life cycle of Pacific Salmon.

Outdoor Education

Evans Lake

Basic Details

Evans Lake has been operating as a camp and outdoor education facility since 1960. The Centre is located 15 kilometres North of Squamish, BC on a picturesque mountain lake.

Evans Lake has been operating as a camp and outdoor education facility since 1960. The Centre is located 15 kilometres North of Squamish, BC on a picturesque mountain lake.

Journey 2050

Calgary Stampede

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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?”

Goldstream Spring School Programs

BC Parks Foundation

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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.

PLT Canada Educator Training Workshop

Project Learning Tree Canada

Basic Details

Join a workshop to explore how PLT Canada materials can enhance environmental education. Learn to engage students in hands-on, place-based learning, fostering environmental stewardship and critical thinking through activities focused on sustainability and conservation.

Join a workshop to explore how PLT Canada materials can enhance environmental education. Learn to engage students in hands-on, place-based learning, fostering environmental stewardship and critical thinking through activities focused on sustainability and conservation.

The Bodo Archaeological Site & Centre

The Bodo Archaeological Society

Basic Details

The Bodo Archaeological Site & Centre offers experiential educational programs for students of all ages, both at our centre and site, and in the classroom. We have had thousands of students visit Bodo to take part in our interactive, hands-on activities and learning experience.

The Bodo Archaeological Site & Centre offers experiential educational programs for students of all ages, both at our centre and site, and in the classroom. We have had thousands of students visit Bodo to take part in our interactive, hands-on activities and learning experience.

Outdoor Environmental Education Programs

Weaselhead/Glenmore Park Preservation Society

Basic Details

Explore and learn about one of Calgary's most biodiverse spots with seasoned Naturalists!

Explore and learn about one of Calgary's most biodiverse spots with seasoned Naturalists!

Fish on Fences

Stream of Dreams Murals Society

Basic Details

Fish on Fences is a whole school science-to-art program! Students learn how to prevent freshwater pollution before creating a permanent and beautiful school fence mural representing their local watershed.

Fish on Fences is a whole school science-to-art program! Students learn how to prevent freshwater pollution before creating a permanent and beautiful school fence mural representing their local watershed.

Green Careers for Youth

Alberta Council for Environmental Education

Basic Details

Our program Connecting Classrooms to Professionals will partner green industry volunteers with youth for in class presentations and mentorship. In connecting classrooms with our volunteers we hope to inform students about what opportunities are currently available, and give new perspectives on what having a green career could mean! Our Green Careers Initiative aims to inspire students to strive for a green, sustainable and lucrative future.

Our program Connecting Classrooms to Professionals will partner green industry volunteers with youth for in class presentations and mentorship. In connecting classrooms with our volunteers we hope to inform students about what opportunities are currently available, and give new perspectives on what having a green career could mean! Our Green Careers Initiative aims to inspire students to strive for a green, sustainable and lucrative future.

Paint a Watershed (PAW!)

Elbow River Watershed Partnership

Basic Details

When it's cold outside and the water is frozen, the ERWP will join you in your classroom to explore how bodies of water are an expression of the landscape with the EnviroScape Watershed Model.

Following a curriculum-focused discussion, students will create their own simulations, with art supplies!

Discover how water, the greatest solvent, reaches all areas of a landscape and drains to the lowest point, while carrying materials like sediment, nutrients, and contaminants..

When it's cold outside and the water is frozen, the ERWP will join you in your classroom to explore how bodies of water are an expression of the landscape with the EnviroScape Watershed Model.

Following a curriculum-focused discussion, students will create their own simulations, with art supplies!

Discover how water, the greatest solvent, reaches all areas of a landscape and drains to the lowest point, while carrying materials like sediment, nutrients, and contaminants..

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