Lesson Plans

GreenLearning offers numerous curriculum-based lesson plan modules for teachers in a variety of topics and grade levels. 

Re-Energy - Learn how to build solar ovens, wind turbines, and hydro generators with your class.

Newsparks - Any grade - Environmental News Discussions.

Cool 2.0 - Climate Change Education Resources for any grade.

Electricity all Around Us - Gr. 5 Electricity. 

EnerAction - Gr. 4-7 - Series of action plans on reducing energy consumption at school and at home.

Real World Ecosystems - Gr. 7 Interactions & Ecosystems.

Location Matters - Gr. 7-10 Transportation and Sustainability.

Climate Change Where I Live - Gr. 9-12 Climate & Sustainability.

Real World Energy - Science 24.

Oil Sands Dialogue - Gr. 7-12 - Diverse Perspectives.

Eco 360 - Gr. 9-12 Biology, Chemistry, Social Studies, circular economy & diverting plastic waste. 

Inquiry Guide

The Spiral Inquiry Model is a guide for engaging students in Inquiry projects. 

Energy Revealed 

Energy Revealed is GreenLearning's energy efficiency and climate action program, designed to make energy visible to students. Using real energy data from school or home, students develop the knowledge and skills to be energy efficiency experts through hands-on, meaningful learning. ACEE was a partner during the Alberta pilot program.

Leap Into Action! was created by the BC Conservation Foundation and Wild BC for teachers and is full of lesson plans to help prepare, inspire and support students in conducting age-appropriate environmental action projects, including skill-building activities and tools and real-life case studies. It is also a useful guide for programs outside the classroom setting.

For generations, the relationship between Aboriginal people and the rest of Canada has been damaged. Can water be the common ground that begins to reconcile this relationship?

We think so. Watch the films. Teach the Curriculum. Begin the dialogue.

The Sacred Relationship free documentary online

Lesson plans for Grade 5 & 6 Science and Social Studies

Work Wild provides lesson plans for Grade 6: Trees & Forests, CALM 20, and CTS Forestry. Resources are easy to download and include interactive features and videos as well. 

In partnership with Canadian Geographic and Natural Resources Canada, Let's Talk Energy produced a series of lesson plans, kits, and infographics on climate change adaptation for grades 7 to 10 for science, geography and CTF/CTS.

Exploring Canada's Energy Future, activities for Grade 9 and 11 Science.

Backgrounder on solar energy to support student learning. 

Check out their Climate Change Adaptation Lesson Plans and Infographics. 

Let's Talk Energy is an initiative of Canada's Museum of Science and Innovation.

Five Minute Field Trips Volumes I and II are activity guides that are full of simple and fun outdoor games and activities that you can do right out your back door. 

Explore this example of an Action Project that your class/school can take, by Dr. E.W. Coffin School in the Brentwood Community of Calgary. Students of the school created signs with their own artwork and wording in order to communicate the importance of the special nature area around their school to others. With support from the Calgary Foundation Neighbour Grants, the school is looking to address the 26 existing signs that provide information on native plants, animals, and inform residents of the biodiversity in the area through an Indigenous lens. The second phase of the project involves the creation of a permanent Land Acknowledgement sign.