We want to support families as we all adjust to the changes brought along by school closures and social distancing. We will be sending weekly mailers with environmental education activities for parents, families and teachers to support home-based learning. We will also be posting them to our new parent resource page. Please share this with any parents that you think may find this useful. If you want to be the first to receive this content, use the button below to subscribe to our parent newsletter.

We have a rich bank of resources that can be sorted by grade, subject, and topic. Many of these resources are videos and web activities that can be easily engaged with from home. 

The Joy of Garden-based Education

When: April 8, 5:30-6:30PM

Staying the Same, Yet, Totally Different

When: April 22, 11-12:30PM

Earth Partnership: Indigenous Arts and Sciences

When: April 29,5:30-6:30PM

Presented by the Canadian Electricity Association,this contest aims to foster creativity and innovation in all ages and encourage artists to think about the future of electricity.

Deadline: May 15

The Alberta SPCA is focusing on providing humane education at home with weekly activities. See Week 1's activity below about curiosity and observing animal behaviour. Be sure to follow @evrylivingthing on twitter to be notified when new resources are released. 

The CPAWS Education team is working hard to compile their best resources for parents and teachers for home based learning. Please note that they have only just begun and the Bring Nature Home toolkit will continue to be populated with more resources over the next few weeks.

Also, the CPAWS Action Challenge is still running and classes, families, and youth groups can submit green actions until May 31! 

Many of us are using Zoom for virtual meetings or webinars. ACEE has been using Zoom for a few years and in a webinar on March 11th folks asked for some tips for using Break Out Rooms and Polling.  Zoom has great support materials and we've just added a few quick tips for you to help engage your audiences in a virtual format.

The King's Centre for Visualization in Science (KCVS) has newly developed, free, adaptable online guided activities for Grade 9 and Grade 10 social studies, science, and ELA. 

These teacher-developed activities are directly tied to the Alberta Program of Studies, and guide students through electricity, energy, environmental, societal, and governance considerations, in cross-curricular modules that can be provided to students by individual teachers or in collaboration.

For questions and feedback please contact kcvs@kingsu.ca, and visit www.kcvs.ca to explore free, interactive, peer-reviewed, science-based learning tools for physics, chemistry, astronomy, and climate.

The Calgary Changemaker School is sharing resources available to all families and teachers to help you include wellness and nature-based education from home. Visit their blog below for a Collaborative Parent Toolbox of ideas, and activities such as Outdoor Loose Parts Play and Investigating a Snowy Day.

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