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These are environmental education field trips and classroom programs offered in Alberta. Use the categories on the left to refine your search. To start a new search, please de-select your previous choices by clicking the (-) buttons at the top.

Butterfly Wings n' Wishes Ltd has a variety of critter kits for your classroom. Larvae Kits can be pre-ordered for the Spring anytime throughout the year, and preordering is recommended.  Kits do not include a habitat for the...

 
The Hot Planet, Cool Athletes program brings high profile athletes (Olympians, Professional Action Sports Athletes, etc.) into high schools for presentations (preferably a school-wide assembly) tied to provincial climate change curriculum. The...

 
In-class programs for Calgary and Lethbridge cover bugs, wildlife, plants,  ecosystems, waste, climate, and energy. 

 
CPAWS provides classroom programs and guided hikes for students in Grades 2-12 through all seasons (including winter). All programming is connected to curriculum. Classroom programs are centered around action-projects so that students not only...

 
The City of Red Deer provides field trip tours at their Waste Management Facility. They also provide presentations on waste and air quality.

 
Inside Education programs are available to teachers in Southern, Central, and Northern Alberta. In-Class Programs:Gr. 4-6 programs - natural resources, energy, & electricityGr. 7 & 9 programs - agriculture &...

 
Scientists in Schools is avaliable for schools throughout Alberta, including: Grande Prairie, Edmonton, Red Deer, Calgary, Lethbridge, & Medicine Hat. Presentations are linked to curriculum & based on teacher requests. 

 
Teachers in Medicine Hat and area can request a scientist or engineer to visit their classrooms. Praxis Society will try match teachers up with the professional that would best fit their class's needs. 

 
YYC’s Young Citizen Scientists program will come into your classroom, introduce your students to the fun world of Citizen Science, and teach them to make and submit observations to a citizen science platform. Learn more and apply here! 

 
Green Calgary provides programs in all Grades and topic areas. All programs are linked to curriculum.Elementary Programs (Green Kids): Waste in Our World, Worms Love Leftovers, Water for Life, Powering Our World, Clean Green, Stormwater in the City,...

 
Field Trips (Gr. K-6) on animals, plants, insects, forests, and wetlands.Action Projects (Gr. 5-9) with the guidance of an Environmental Education specialist in Living Landscapes, Renewable Future, Waste Case, & Water World. 

 
WEM Marine Life provides field trips on topics of waste in oceans and human impact.

 
WILD Outside is a new conservation-based youth leadership program run by the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF). Learning from CWF facilitators alongside their peers, youth who join the WILD Outside program will connect with other participants by...

 
Energy for All provides in-class programs in Calgary & Cochrane for Grades 1-12 on Renewable energy, Water, Community development, & Leadership, with curriculum specific workshops for the below Grades: Water For the World (Grade 8...

 
Glenbow Ranch provides science & social studies programs for Elementary schools, and custom programs for higher grades. Discover Archaeology (K-6, Classroom Program): Investigating Alberta’s history and ancestry from an...

 
EPCOR provides power and water education for Grade 5 students:Classes in Edmonton can visit the E.L. Smith Water Treatment Plant Teachers can order the "presentation in a box" for teaching electricity 

 
Teacher's Pet provides in-school field trips covering environmental topics, including: renewable energy, building birdhouses, wetlands, plants, waste, natural resources, and animal life cycles & conservation. 

 
The programs help the Okotoks education community address sustainability issues and give students, teachers, administrators, and staff the ideas and resources necessary to take initiative at four levels of action: in the classroom, in the school, in...

 
Living Soil Solutions provides classroom programs on soil and vermicomposting for Grade 4, 6, & 7 science curriculum. Programs are offered to classrooms in Calgary, Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, and Strathmore. 

 
Teachers can register for The Recyclers program to have the Alberta Depot visit their Grade 4 classroom and present on the importance of recycling bottles and how students can contribute. Schools will then be provided with the bins that they need to...