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Energy, Water, Waste & Biodiversity Lessons

Energy

Lesson Plans:

Energy – One Pager

Indigenous Renewable Projects in Saskatchewan

Stuff that Plugs in

Make a Model of a Passive Solar House

Make a Solar Water Heater

Q=(A x ΔT)/R
(+ Answer Key)

Audits:

5 Light Bulbs

Food Miles: How We Eat

Home Electricity Audit

Lights Out – School Energy Audit

Read the Meter, Make a Change (Electrical Meter)

Read the Meter, Make a Change (Water Meter)

Campaigns:

Bike, Walk, Scooter, or Board to School

Food Waste Campaign

Turn Down the Heat

Turn It Off – Electronics


Climate Change

Lesson Plans:

Power of One: Climate Change and Taking Action

Weather vs. Climate – One Pager


Water

Lesson Plans:

Water – One Pager

Surface Runoff in Saskatoon – Case Study

Saving Water Relay

Mind Mapping: Water Resources

Snow Quality Lesson


Waste

Lesson Plans:

Waste – How Things Compost

Audits:

Garbage Sort

Waste – Compost Audit

Campaigns:

Garbage-Free Lunch

Alternative Gift-Giving


Biodiversity 

Lesson Plans:

Tree Carbon Activity

Cattail Lesson: Phytoremediation

Duckweed Experiment

Mark-Recapture Activity: “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish”
(+ Answer Key)

Methylmercury in Aquatic Food Webs
(+ Answer Key)

Teachers

  1. Curriculum Connections
  2. Energy, Water, Waste & Biodiversity Lessons
  3. Les leçons de l'énergie, de l'eau, des déchets, et la biodiversité
  4. Math & Graphing Lessons

Related Resources

  1. Of Land & Living Skies Article: Boreal Watershed Monitoring

Related Programs

  1. K-12 Education Programs

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Education Coordinator
amberb@environmentalsociety.ca
306.665.1915

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