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Government Policies

Ministry of Education
Includes information on:
  • Publications
  • Earth Hour
  • Curriculum Council
Shaping our Schools, Shaping our Future

Environmental Education: Scope and Sequence of Expectations (Elementary)
Environmental Education: Scope and Sequence of Expectations (Secondary)
"This resource document has been prepared to assist teachers in bringing environmental education into the classroom in each subject area in Grades 1 to 8."

Revised 2008 Grade Nine Science Curriculum

Planning Events

Earth Day
  • Free resources to help you organize your own Earth Day event.

Greening Schools

Evergreen Foundation
Evergreed has a "mandate to bring nature to our cities through naturalization projects."
  • Includes lesson plans and other support for teachers.

Products for Sale

Green Teacher
"Welcome! Green Teacher is a magazine that helps youth educators enhance environmental and global education inside and outside of schools.
Fifty pages of ideas and activities, four times a year."

Andrews Education Services AES
AES's mission is "To provide curriculum units for their elementary science units of study, booklets on current environmental issues and the conservation of our natural resources and presentations, talks and workshops on the foregoing."

Digital Frog International
"We are an innovative, enthusiastic, young software company, dedicated to creating high-quality educational, multimedia CD-ROMs with an ecological focus."
  • Includes a CD-ROM that is an alternative to real frog disection.
Sun Wind Solar Industries
Source for reasonably priced solar car kits
Kits are easy to assemble and work well

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."
  • Sells kits to build wind generators.

Teacher Information

Teaching About the Environment
  • "This website is for any Ontario teacher or administrator that is interested in teaching about the environment."
  • A blog about teaching environmental education in a classroom. Includes links and resources

  • Education for Sustainable Development Tool Kit
    • Tools you can use as a teacher to include more content about Sustainable Development.

    Global Education Network
    • Many links on environment and other issues.

    Green Learning
    • Through the Pembina Institute.
    • The 'Resource Room' provides information about Climate Change: policy, science and solutions.

    Green Street
    "We aim to deliver credible, accessible and affordable programs that are relevant to studentsí concerns, curriculum-linked, encourage a sense of personal responsibility for the environment, foster a commitment to sustainable living, and promote an enduring dedication to environmental stewardship."
    • An organization that provides free programming delivered in your school.

    National Environmental Education Advancement Project NEEAP
    "The National Environmental Education Advancement Project (NEEAP) supports the development and expansion of quality environmental education (EE) programs through a variety of state and local capacity building efforts. Many NEEAP efforts encourage the development and implementation of Comprehensive Environmental Education Programs at the state and local levels."
    • Based in the U.S.
    • Provides information about delivering and promoting EE instruction. Publications available to purchase.

    Transalta Video
    "Take a tour and get educated about electricity with "Coal". "Coal" is the hip, animated character who stars in Lighten Up!, an educational video explaining how electricity is made. Coal takes viewers on a lighthearted journey through the coal-fired electricity generation process. The video includes scenes and employees from our Keephills power plant and Highvale mine."

    Ontario Govenment, Curriculum Council
    "The Curriculum Council appointed a working group of experts on environmental education in March 2007. The working group analyzed needs, and researched successful approaches to teaching and learning about the environment in elementary and secondary education. This research included gathering information and advice about environmental education from members of the public."
    • Chaired by Roberta Bondar

    Environmental Studies Associatoin of Canada - ESAC
    "The Environmental Studies Association of Canada (ESAC) is a Learned Society formed in 1993 to further research and teaching activities in areas related to environmental studies in Canada."

    Conservation Authorities of Ontario
    "Conservation Ontario is the umbrella organization that represents Ontario's 36 Conservation Authorities."
    • This website will link you to your local authority, or any other that you may be interested in. Many conservation authorities offer education activities and support.

    Wild Education (Canadian Wildlife Federation)
    "This eclectic family of learning programs, including Project WILD, Fish Ways, WILD Schools, Focus on Forests, Ocean Education, and Space for Species, is giving youth unprecedented access to knowledge vital to the well-being of our lands and waters. These programs come to you from the Canadian Wildlife Federation ó the nation's leader in conservation education ó and reflect nearly 40 years of commitment to ensuring a future in which Canadians can live in harmony with nature."

    Parks Canada - Teachers Corner

Sites for Kids

Environmental Kid's Club
"This site is for both formal and nonformal educators who wish to teach about the environment. It offers background information on a variety of topics, lesson plans, and activities that work in and out of the classroom. You will also find information on workshops, conferences, grants, awards and a variety of other information that will assist you in your educational goals whether you teach in a traditional classroom setting, an outdoor classroom, a community center or in your home."
  • Through the EPA
  • Openning page contains interactive activities for kids.

Environment Canada: Great Lakes for Kids

Project Planet
  • "The Project Planet Environmental Granting Program supports TransAlta's commitment to improving the communities where we live and operate. This grassroots environmental program is a way to get youth thinking about how to improve the communities and environment around them.
  • Youth, involved in innovative projects demonstrating environmental stewardship, will be eligible for a oneñtime grant to help turn their ideas into reality."

Ecokids
  • Many nature themed games.
  • Informative, includes interactive sources as well as written.

Alternative Energy

Sun Wind Solar Industries
"Notes and Links" section includes information and inspiration about solar energy.
  • Solar car kits also for sale.
Environmental Education Ontario EEON
EEON is "a coalition of environmental and ecological educators, concerned citizens, parents, and representatives from non-governmental organizations and government agencies. EEON members and supporters work in many capacities to advance environmental literacy in the province."

New and Notable

New Blog

Follow the adventures of one teacher striving to include more environmental content in her classroom.
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