These are the resources for teaching environmental education to K to 12 students and other audiences. Use the filters 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.



The Alberta Education competencies: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Managing Information, Creativity and Innovation, Communication, Collaboration, Cultural and Global Citizenship, and Personal Growth and Well-being all provide excellent opportunities...

 

 
The Kimberley Foundation shares climate change films made by students in Grade 7-12 and postsecondary from their FOCUS! Climate Change Student Video Competition. These films are publicly accessible in the form of a student produced climate change film...

 

 
Orange Marks the Spot is a series of 6 lessons, each about an hour in length, that are designed to introduce students ages 5-12 to orienteering. Skills covered in the lessons include: cardinal directions, navigating a course, and applying navigation and...

 

 
Explore this example of an Action Project that your class/school can take, by Dr. E.W. Coffin School in Calgary. Students of the school created signs with their own artwork and wording in order to communicate the importance of the special nature...

 

 
Each week find updates about meaningful markers of the shift to renewable energy and the electrification & decarbonization of economies around the world. This includes solar, wind, energy storage, electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles...

 

 
The En-ROADS simulation model is a tool for seeing how policy can be used to limit warming to less than 2°C. This student assignment gives youth the opportunity to create their own vision for how we can reach this goal, while ensuring...

 

 
This video is brought to you by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and Observatoire. How can you tell if information is trustworthy? Which obstacles stand between us and our quest for truth? To figure it out, we must...

 

 
Evergreen provides lesson plans for K-12 students on climate, conservation, and outdoor activities, and how-to guides for gardening and composting. 

 

 
Video: Facilitating a coalition of scientists, researchers, policy makers, business leaders and activists to assemble and present the best available information on climate solutions in order to describe their beneficial financial, social and...

 

 
ENERGYminute provides lesson plans for Grade 9 and Grade 7 science relating to sources of electrical energy, renewable and nonrenewable energy, environmental impacts, and conservation. 

 

 
Enhancing Student Voice through Climate Change Education is a DRAFT resource for high school teachers to help them teach environmental and energy topics such as climate change. The Alberta Council for Environmental Education (ACEE) and the...

 

 
RecycleBots is a free mobile game (available for Android). In the game, players learn how to sort waste into recycling, landfill or composting with the help of their robot friends.

 

 
Global Weirding with Katharine Haydoe is a video series covering a wide range of topics connected to climate change. The videos are about 9 minutes in length and contain images and comparisons to help make climate change easier for viewers to...

 

 
Calgary Captured is a multi-year wildlife monitoring program run in partnership with the City of Calgary, Miistakis Institute, Friends of Fish Creek Provincial Park Society, and Weaselhead/Glenmore Park Preservation Society. The program aims to increase...

 

 
Common Ground is a documentary-drama that depicts an interaction between an Aboriginal Hunter and an Alberta Fish and Wildlife Officer. Featuring commentary from traditional Aboriginal Hunters and leadership from Alberta’s Fish and Wildlife...

 

 
The guide focuses specifically on how to help engage First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) youth to take action to create change on an issue they care about, and how to respectfully incorporate FNMI knowledge and culture into your classroom or program....

 

 
Wetlands 101 features eleven 5-7 minute videos regularly updated with the most current information about wetlands and Alberta’s policies. Students will receive a certificate of completion for obtaining a minimum of 80% on each of the chapter...

 

 
Explore biodiversity across Southern Canada and areas under threat.

 

 
Estimating Appliance and Home Electronic Energy Use calculator allows students to estimate their annual energy use and cost per year. 

 

 
The Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network links to a wide range of climate change resources for all grade levels.