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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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.
It Isn’t Easy Being Green
Langley Environmental Partners SocietyBasic Details
Did you know that many amphibians call Langley home?
Did you know that many amphibians call Langley home?
Forest Fundamentals
Stanley Park EcologyBasic Details
Engage all of your senses to piece together the story of forest dwelling plants and animals and their important roles in the web of life.
Engage all of your senses to piece together the story of forest dwelling plants and animals and their important roles in the web of life.
Living Dinosaurs
Fraser River Discovery CentreBasic Details
Learn about the sturgeon lifecycle, survival needs, and what we can do to protect this remarkable species.
Learn about the sturgeon lifecycle, survival needs, and what we can do to protect this remarkable species.
Waste Warriors
Langley Environmental Partners SocietyBasic Details
Students learn skills to reduce garbage and become Waste Warriors.
Students learn skills to reduce garbage and become Waste Warriors.
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..
FRESH for KIDS
BC Agriculture in the Classroom FoundationBasic Details
FRESH for KIDS (formerly BC School Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Program) is a dynamic initiative that connects BC schools with fresh, local produce while supporting our province’s agricultural community. Through our program, students receive regular deliveries of nutritious BC-grown fruits and vegetables, along with dairy and protein options, directly to their schools.
FRESH for KIDS (formerly BC School Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Program) is a dynamic initiative that connects BC schools with fresh, local produce while supporting our province’s agricultural community. Through our program, students receive regular deliveries of nutritious BC-grown fruits and vegetables, along with dairy and protein options, directly to their schools.
Room to Play Consulting
Room to PlayBasic 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.
SPEC School Gardens Program
SPECBasic Details
Providing equitable environmental literacy for all ages and abilities in nature and or a school garden. These living classrooms reconnect us with the natural world through curiosity, exploration and observation while building valuable skills.
Providing equitable environmental literacy for all ages and abilities in nature and or a school garden. These living classrooms reconnect us with the natural world through curiosity, exploration and observation while building valuable skills.
Worms Love Leftovers - in school program
Green CalgaryBasic 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.
Camp Fireside and Youth Leadership
Fireside AdventuresBasic Details
Fireside Adventures and Vancouver Outdoor School provide impactful camps and international climate-culture programs that empower youth, educators, and families through immersive outdoor learning.
Fireside Adventures and Vancouver Outdoor School provide impactful camps and international climate-culture programs that empower youth, educators, and families through immersive outdoor learning.
Beach Explorers
Stanley Park EcologyBasic Details
Visit the Lumberman’s Arch beach at low tide and explore the incredibly diverse and abundant life in the intertidal zone.
Visit the Lumberman’s Arch beach at low tide and explore the incredibly diverse and abundant life in the intertidal zone.
Cool It! Climate Leadership Training program
BCSEABasic Details
An interactive workshop and a four-week climate challenge for grades 4-12. Students will explore climate science, justice, solutions, and actions to reduce emissions, fostering family involvement, community engagement, and systemic understanding.
An interactive workshop and a four-week climate challenge for grades 4-12. Students will explore climate science, justice, solutions, and actions to reduce emissions, fostering family involvement, community engagement, and systemic understanding.
Ecology at School: Pre-K to Grade 3
Stanley Park EcologyBasic Details
Students will discover tiny life forms, explore plants and animals, and learn how living things are connected to each other and their environment, right at school.
Students will discover tiny life forms, explore plants and animals, and learn how living things are connected to each other and their environment, right at school.
Seedlings Forest School
Seedlings Forest SchoolBasic Details
We believe kids belong in nature, and we’ve developed various programs to get them there.
We believe kids belong in nature, and we’ve developed various programs to get them there.
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.
The Link
Edmonton Humane SocietyBasic Details
Introducing The Link – a powerful new program designed to teach youth about the deep connection between violence towards pets and people.
Introducing The Link – a powerful new program designed to teach youth about the deep connection between violence towards pets and people.
BirdSmart
Beaverhill Bird ObservatoryBasic Details
In the winter months, BBO runs our BirdSmart Education Program where staff bring a live educational bird of prey to give presentations about birds, conservation, and climate change.
In the winter months, BBO runs our BirdSmart Education Program where staff bring a live educational bird of prey to give presentations about birds, conservation, and climate change.
Taking the Pulse of the Fraser
Fraser River Discovery CentreBasic Details
Follow each step of the scientific method to conduct a water quality investigation.
Follow each step of the scientific method to conduct a water quality investigation.
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.
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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.
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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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