Energy, Water, Waste & Biodiversity Lessons

Energy

Lesson Plans:

New! Indigenous Renewable Projects in Saskatchewan

Energy 1-pager

Transportation 1-pager

Access to Food

Stuff that Plugs in

Community Mapping

A comparison of energy consumption in 3 Saskatoon neighbourhoods – Case Study

How SaskPower generates electricity for Saskatchewan – Case Study

Increasing active transportation – Case Study

Investigating output from solar panels – Case Study

Make a Model of a Passive Solar House

Passive Solar House – PowerPoint

Make a Solar Water Heater

Solar Water Heater

Solar Panels and Their Impact on the Environment

Q=(A x ΔT)/R
(+ Answer Key)

Save Energy Bingo Game
(+ Calculator)

Audits:

Calculating Light Savings – Spreadsheet

Tracking Light Usage Chart – Spreadsheet

5 Light Bulbs

Food Miles: How We Eat

Heating – Home Energy (Simple)

Heating – Home Energy (Math-based)

Home Electricity Audit

Lights Out – School Energy Audit

Reading electrical and water meters

Read the Meter, Make a Change (Electrical Meter)

Read the Meter, Make a Change (Water Meter)

Mini Audits

Eat Less Meat

Campaigns:

Food Waste Campaign

Lights Half Off

Turn Down the Heat

Turn It Off – Electronics

Idle-Free Campaign

Bike, Walk, or Board

Play Outside Days

How We Eat


Climate Change

Lesson Plans:

Power of One: climate change and taking action

Power of One: climate change and taking action – For outdoors

Power of One: climate change and taking action – PowerPoint

Climate Change – Evaluating Information Sources

Weather vs. Climate

Ecological Footprint Games

Climate Change – Video
(+ Script)

Climate Change – Powerpoint
(+ Script)


Water

Lesson Plans:

Water 1-pager

Surface Runoff in Saskatoon – Case Study

Saving Water Relay

Water Calculation Workstation

How to Fix a Leaking Toilet

How Does Water Move Through a Watershed

Mind Mapping: Water Resources

Snow Quality Lesson

Audits:

Water – For Home

Reading electrical and water meters

Campaigns:

Clean and Green

Refillable Water Bottle

Schoolyard Naturalization


Waste

Lesson Plans:

Waste 1-pager

Food 1-pager

How Things Compost

Vermicomposting: Composting with Worms

How to Compost Outdoors

Sending an Environmental Message Through Visual Art

Audits:

Garbage Sort

Waste – Compost Audit

Campaigns:

Garbage Free Lunch

Alternative Gift Giving


Biodiversity 

Lesson Plans:

Biodiversity 1-pager

Tree Carbon Activity

Cattail Lesson: Phytoremediation

Duckweed Experiment

GIS Activity
(+ Student Map)

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

Methylmercury in Aquatic Food Webs
(+ Answer Key)