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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Paint a Watershed (PAW!)
Elbow River Watershed PartnershipBasic 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..
It’s a Bug’s Life
Langley Environmental Partners SocietyBasic Details
Discover the world of arthropods and the important role these crawly creatures play in our world.
Discover the world of arthropods and the important role these crawly creatures play in our world.
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.
River of Stories
Fraser River Discovery CentreBasic Details
Journey down the river of stories to learn all about the Fraser River Basin.
Journey down the river of stories to learn all about the Fraser River Basin.
The Bodo Archaeological Site & Centre
The Bodo Archaeological SocietyBasic 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.
A Year on the Farm
Fresh RootsBasic Details
A Year on the Farm helps your students develop deep connections with the land through the cycles of the seasons as they explore how plants grow and how weather and seasonal changes affect life on the farm. Classes in the program will have the opportunity to plant in their own plot on the farm and visit the farm nearly monthly through the school year. Please see our website for more details.
A Year on the Farm helps your students develop deep connections with the land through the cycles of the seasons as they explore how plants grow and how weather and seasonal changes affect life on the farm. Classes in the program will have the opportunity to plant in their own plot on the farm and visit the farm nearly monthly through the school year. Please see our website for more details.
From Pollution to Solution
Fraser River Discovery CentreBasic Details
Examine different types of pollutants and where they come from, and evaluate how individual actions contribute to the health of the river.
Examine different types of pollutants and where they come from, and evaluate how individual actions contribute to the health of the river.
Unexpected Eats
Fresh RootsBasic Details
“You can eat that???” Yes, you can! Explore often overlooked foods on our farms and in our indigenous plant garden as you learn about ethical foraging and some of the traditional food and medicine uses of common plants.
“You can eat that???” Yes, you can! Explore often overlooked foods on our farms and in our indigenous plant garden as you learn about ethical foraging and some of the traditional food and medicine uses of common plants.
Galiano Conservancy Environmental Education
Galiano Conservancy AssociationBasic 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.
Wilder Institute Calgary Zoo School Programs
Wilder Institute/Calgary ZooBasic Details
Make the zoo your classroom. We’re giving kids unforgettable learning experiences that inspire a lifelong love of wildlife and wild places.
Make the zoo your classroom. We’re giving kids unforgettable learning experiences that inspire a lifelong love of wildlife and wild places.
Evolution on the Farm
Fresh RootsBasic Details
How many plants are related to broccoli? Why can’t we grow coconuts in Vancouver? Explore these questions and more as we dive deep into the evolution of food crops through natural and human selection, and the effects of climate on our food.
How many plants are related to broccoli? Why can’t we grow coconuts in Vancouver? Explore these questions and more as we dive deep into the evolution of food crops through natural and human selection, and the effects of climate on our food.
Evergreen Theatre - Theatrical Programming Supporting Environmental Science Education
Evergreen Theatre SocietyBasic Details
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.
Get Creative
Fresh RootsBasic Details
Art is all around us, including on the farm! Try your hand at making root veggie stamps, painting with leaves, making veggie collages, or other plant-based art projects. Exact projects will vary depending on plant availability.
Art is all around us, including on the farm! Try your hand at making root veggie stamps, painting with leaves, making veggie collages, or other plant-based art projects. Exact projects will vary depending on plant availability.
Water, Water Everywhere
Langley Environmental Partners SocietyBasic Details
Students become Water Scientists as they discover where their drinking water comes from!
Students become Water Scientists as they discover where their drinking water comes from!
Conservation Classroom Experiences
CPAWS Southern AlbertaBasic Details
Our multi-visit, interactive classroom experiences include science-based activities, gamified learning, and reconciliation teachings — all of which foster a strong understanding of Alberta's environment and build a lifelong connection to nature.
Our multi-visit, interactive classroom experiences include science-based activities, gamified learning, and reconciliation teachings — all of which foster a strong understanding of Alberta's environment and build a lifelong connection to nature.
Welcomed by the Water
Fraser River Discovery CentreBasic Details
Explore the connection between Indigenous people and life in and around the Fraser River
Explore the connection between Indigenous people and life in and around the Fraser River
Field Trips & Tours at VanDusen Botanical Garden
Vancouver Botanical Gardens AssocationBasic Details
Join us at VanDusen Botanical Garden or Bloedel Conservatory for an interactive learning experience!
Join us at VanDusen Botanical Garden or Bloedel Conservatory for an interactive learning experience!
Student Team Build
Fresh RootsBasic Details
Team Builds are a chance for students (and teachers and chaperones!) to get their hands really dirty helping our farmers grow Good Food for All. This program includes an introduction to Fresh Roots and the many things we do, and plenty of time to work on projects around the farm, from weeding to building. Exact projects will vary depending on the group and the needs of the site.
Team Builds are a chance for students (and teachers and chaperones!) to get their hands really dirty helping our farmers grow Good Food for All. This program includes an introduction to Fresh Roots and the many things we do, and plenty of time to work on projects around the farm, from weeding to building. Exact projects will vary depending on the group and the needs of the site.
Street to Sea
Stream of Dreams Murals SocietyBasic Details
Street to Sea is a hands-on workshop where students learn about the impact of garbage on ecosystems through in-class lessons and are inspired to become environmental stewards on a walking field trip.
Street to Sea is a hands-on workshop where students learn about the impact of garbage on ecosystems through in-class lessons and are inspired to become environmental stewards on a walking field trip.
Professional Learning Experiences
CPAWS Southern AlbertaBasic Details
Our interactive experiences provide indoor and outdoor learning for professionals, including fun, educational hiking, science-based activities, gamified learning, workshops, and reconciliation teachings — all of which foster a strong understanding of Alberta's environment and build a lifelong connection to nature.
Our interactive experiences provide indoor and outdoor learning for professionals, including fun, educational hiking, science-based activities, gamified learning, workshops, and reconciliation teachings — all of which foster a strong understanding of Alberta's environment and build a lifelong connection to nature.
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For Teachers
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