City Government

Green Resources: Elementary

NRCan: Kids' Club (Grades K-6)

Videos, games and activities about energy conservation. Click on "Teacher's Tools" for more activities on energy.

Save On Energy (Grades K-6)

A fun, online or downloadable workbook on how to save energy.

Classroom Energy Diet Challenge (Grades K-12)

This is a competition between Canadian classes from Kindergarten to Grade 12. As the students progress through the Challenge, they will learn valuable lessons about energy use and share that knowledge with the rest of the country.

The Challenge is about more than great classroom prizes like a $5,000 Technology Package, it’s about increasing energy awareness among Canadian youth and educators.

Climate Change Education Project (Grades K-12)

Inside Education has various programs and resources focused on climate change, including meaningful, community-based projects.

Energy Star Kids (Grades K-12)

Online activities on energy conservation.

Seeds Foundation (Grades K-12)

Curriculum-fit energy and environmental education resources for Canadian teachers and students.

PlantWatch (Grade 4)

PlantWatch is a NatureWatch program that works with "citizen scientists" (volunteers) to report flowering times for certain plants to researchers. The dates are used to determine changes that may be affecting our environment.

Tentative schedule: March workshop; April and May programming

Delivered through Inside Education.

I Am The Future (Grades 4-6)

A handbook and song focusing on Alberta wetlands and urban forests.

The Way We Green School Cue Cards (Grades 4-6)

A set of cue cards featuring the goals of The Way We Green and various people and projects that are helping to achieve those goals.

See the Teacher's Guide on how to use the cards.

Green Learning (Grades 4 and up)

Web-based teaching tools - developed by teachers, for teachers.

Planet Protector Academy (Grades 5 & 6)

This six-week program by DreamRider Productions is an online teaching resource that raises awareness of climate change, with focus on energy and transportation. Information on how to sign up will be available in Spring 2016.

Check grade 5 and for grade 6 curriculum links.

For More Information

City Environmental Strategies

8th Floor, HSBC Bank Place
10250-101 Street NW
Edmonton, Alberta
T5J 3P4

Telephone	In Edmonton: 311 Outside Edmonton: 780-442-5311
Fax	780-401-7070
Email	311@edmonton.ca
Website	(http://www.edmonton.ca/TheWayWeGreen)