Online Lesson Plans

NAAEE

A huge inventory of EE lesson plans organized by grade

Schools for a Living Planet

This website offers educators with access to over 30 curriculum-linked, printable in-class activities for grades 3 to 8. Each grade's unit has a unique environmental theme with material carefully designed to meet curriculum expectations in English, Social Studies and Science.

Sophia Chum gave a workshop on this program back in April at the OSEE conference. If you have additional questions you may contact her at schum "at" wwfcanada.org

EE Link

An online newsletter, a collection of links, a resource for finding jobs

Includes free lesson plans on the environment.

Environment Canada For Educators

Lesson plans and activities, all grades, environmental issues.

Association for Canadian Educational Resources ACER

"ACER is an incorporated not-for-profit organization founded in 1987. Members are leaders in education, media and business who initiate and facilitate development, production and promotion of Canadian [education] materials to meet the needs of to-day's learners."

Environment-Economy Education Society of Ontario E3

Includes teacher's packages on Energy Education and Water Education

Canadian Environmental Literacy Project CELP

"The mandate of the Canadian Environmental Literacy Project (CELP) is to develop open-access curriculum materials in support of teaching environmental studies in universities, colleges, and high schools in Canada. The focus is on materials that address Canadian issues within local, regional or international contexts."

Requires you to register for a login and password.

Green Learning

From the Pembina Institute.

Requires you to register and recieve a login and password to access lesson plans.

Let's Talk Science

"Let's Talk Science strives to improve Science literacy through leadership, innovative educational programs, research and advocacy. We motivate and empower youth to use science, technology and engineering to develop critical skills, knowledge and attitudes needed to thrive in our world."

A wide variety of science activities.

No heading for environmental, so you need to search through the other topics.

Hinterland Who's Who

"Welcome educators! Whether you’re a high school or kindergarten teacher, or a non-formal educator, you’ll find this section to be an invaluable resource. We’ve included lesson plans to inform young people about important conservation concepts such as biodiversity, sustainability, ecosystem conservation, and endangered species recovery. Through these lesson plans, participants will develop an understanding of the impact humans have on our environment, and discover ways to preserve Canadian wildlife."

Evergreen, Teacher's Corner

Many lesson plans, all linked to Ontario curriculum, grades k - 12

Listed by grade

Several school year long observation activities

Link to Learning, Science and Technology Lesson Plans

Grades 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and some activities described as all grades

Created privately by a York Region teacher

Teacher Planet, Nova Southeastern University

Environment Resource Page

Clearing house of websites, includes useful descriptions

Environment-Economy Education Society of Ontario E3

Includes teacher's packages on Energy Education and Water Education

Florida Solar Energy Center

The purpose of this unit is to help you give your students an awareness of the power of solar energy and to show its impact on their lives. The programs presented in the unit provide an overview of the technologies, an understanding of their principles, and detailed case studies of their uses. Pictures of their applications around the world let you show actual examples to your students.

No grade given.

This is a slide presentation that can be downloaded for free. I have not reviewed all the slides, but many of them look very good and useful. -S.Owen-

Alliance to Save Energy

"The Alliance to Save Energy promotes energy efficiency worldwide to achieve a healthier economy, a cleaner environment, and greater energy security. Energy efficiency is the quickest, cheapest, cleanest way to extend our world's energy supplies."

Free Hands-on, Multidisciplinary Educator Lesson Plans

Lessons divided by grade

See also their KIDS site

re-energy.ca

Lesson plans and building plans to make your own working alternative energy models.

Includes plans for solar electricity, solar heat, wind energy, water power, biomass energy and other clean energy technologies.

Re-energy sponsors a solar oven challenge for Canadian classes.

Presented through the Pembina Institue

Creative Science - Shake-a-Gen

"Perhaps the simplest homemade generator in the world."

Includes explanation of how the generator works.

Really, a very clever idea that uses a magnet, film canister and wire to create a measurable current. -S.Owen-

Kid Wind

"The best way to learn more about the science behind electrical generating wind turbines is to build some small models and start doing some experiments."

Includes pictures and instructions on very simple wind generators that can be built in class.

Sells kits to build a more advanced wind generators.

Global Warming Unit

American source

Bringing The Greenhouse Effect Down To Earth

"Purpose: To compare the amount of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in four different sources of gases."

Highschool lab

From the Franklin Institue (US).

The Greenhouse Effect In A Jar

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect. Students can see for themselves the effects of a greenhouse, and relate this understanding to what occurs in our atmosphere

K - 8

From the Franklin Institue (US).

Current Environmental Issues Debate the Issues: Global Warming

Students will examine the text of Human Activity and the Environment 2000 and various other resources, analyze them and debate the factors contributing to Global Warming.

High-school

From Statistics Canada

Global Warming Activities

Climate Change North

Climate Change Challenge

"Students role-play polar bears and habitat components to demonstrate the impacts of climate change on the Arctic Ocean ecosystem.", Grades 4-9

From Hinterland Who's Who

Air & Waste Mangement Association

"A Bird's Eye View" - An Air Quality lesson for Grades K-2 - Students construct a "flying bird" to learn about air pollution.

"Consider the Source" - An Air Quality lesson for Grades 3-5 - Students learn about natural and human-generated sources of the criteria pollutants.

Ducks Unlimited Canada

"Today’s young people are tomorrow’s conservation leaders! Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) is committed to educating young Canadians about the value of wetland ecosystems and helping them take positive actions to conserve wetlands in their own communities. This is done through Project Webfoot, DUC’s wetland and environmental education program for students."

Environment-Economy Education Society of Ontario E3

Includes teacher's packages on Energy Education and Water Education

Environment Canada: Great Lakes Teacher Resources

Water Woes - Secondary Lesson Plan

Grade 11, Geography, Ontario curriculum

Online water planning game

Developed by teachers at Athens District High School

Barnyard Business

Grade 7, 9

Online waste management game

Developed by teachers at Athens District High School

Air & Waste Management Association

"Leaky Landfills" - A Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention lesson for Grades 3-5 - Students construct and observe a model landfill.

"A Hiking We Will Go" - A Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention lesson for Grades K-2 - Students classify water pollution as either point source pollution or nonpoint source pollution.

The World of 100

"This is a simulation activity demonstrating the differences and inequalities in the use of and control over global resources. In effect, the activity is a scripted play, with the action taking place in a global setting."