Educational Resources

Protect your wild neighbours by using round-up alternatives. Learn more about the risks associated with round-up and its impact on the environment here.  

Expand your knowledge of Canadian wildlife species with Nature Companion. 

Take your class outside and learn about wildlife in the park.  

Brush up on your knowledge of different bird species with this fun filled activity.  

Do you know how to colour an Elk? Try out this activity!  

Create a sand castle work of art at home with this quick how to guide.  

To allow children to explore nature through a camera lens. Teachers can use the idea of a “safari” to adapt this lesson plan to incorporate other science, drama, writing, or art activities as you see fit. 

People often sketch, paint, or mold birds from their natural habitat if they can overcome the problem of the birds being flighty. In this activity, children learn about pyrography and wood burning as an art form. 

Water is denser than oil. Plus, the two liquids never mix. So when the water moves, it pushes the oil
around, making shapes like waves.

Children will learn to think outside of the box in order to understand how to re-use items in fun and functional ways

In this activity, youth etch natural surfaces (leaves, rocks, twigs, pine cones, etc.) on paper and foil. Each participant took home their etchings & rubbings.

Children will collect Fall leaves and preserve them by creating a leaf shell over top of a balloon. The end product will be a beautiful globe that can be hung
over top of lights to make a lantern/lamp.

In this activity, kids will gain an understanding of how decomposition takes place and a better appreciation for micro habitats and communities.

To explore the habitats of fish species in Canada and
reproduce those habitats in the form of a mobile.

For this lesson, we’ve selected Northern Pike and
Pumpkinseed as examples.

This activity is designed to introduce young people
to native birds, and to help them develop a personal
connection with them.

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Photo credit: Dennis K. (Age 16) 

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In this activity, your students will have an opportunity to hunt for live insects in different places. For this activity, it is not important that your students learn the proper classification and names of the insects they find. Rather, the intent is to show them that
insects are everywhere, that they are diverse and exquisitely complex, and that they have interesting lifestyles and behaviours.

Mammals are a familiar group of animals with unique characteristics that separate them from all other types of animal found on Earth. For example, mammals are warm-blooded, breathe air through lungs, and nurse their young with milk produced by mammary glands.

Experiment with temperature, moisture and light, then record your findings on this printable activity sheet. Use the activity sheet provided.

Winter may be cold and harsh, but it is also beautiful. Accentuate the winter weather by creating unique hanging ice mandalas to put up outside at your school. See what each student can create!

Create leaf prints without pigment by using only a few simple materials. A fun and simple art project.

Ants, like spiders, rodents, and humans, keep track of
where they are, where they’re going, and how to get
there. They remember the turns they take, as well as
the uphills and downhills, as they cross an area.

Students should be able to develop critical and creative thinking skills, learn how to look closely and respond to questions making comparisons between art and nature

Listed in this activity are 10 great Nature Documentaries that children and adults a like will love. They are
educational and fun to watch.

Use this quiz as a companion activity for Marine and Ocean Lesson plans that you may have planned for your classroom.

Winter is cold and the trees are often leafless. Have the children paint bare or lonely looking trees with chalk paint. This is sure to brighten anyone’s day!

First graders are learning to think like scientists as they observe animals, compare and contrast their characteristics, and discuss their development. And what better place to start, then with tadpoles?

In this activity you will help children discover which resources are renewable and nonrenewable, what these terms mean and why sustainable use of natural resources is vitally important.

In many parts of the world today, fresh water is scarcer than ever. Scientists are busy exploring ways to take the salt out of salt water in large quantities. Try this exciting experiment for socially conscious kids.

Winter brings with it cold, snow, and sometimes, cabin fever. Despite the frigid temperatures, it’s important for children of all ages to stay active and get lots of exercise and fresh air

Specialists sometimes call the grizzly the North American brown bear because the grizzly and the brown bear are one species on two continents. In some places, some may nickname the grizzly the silvertip for the silvery, grizzly sheen in its fur.

The grey wolf hunts primarily large prey, has a more gregarious nature, and has highly advanced expressive behaviour. It is a social animal, travelling in nuclear families consisting of a mated pair, accompanied by the pair’s adult offspring.

The Northern Cardinal is a North American bird. It is also known as the redbird or common cardinal. It can be found in southern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Texas and south through Mexico.

There are hundreds of different species which you may encounter on a hike or walk in the park. Discover new species on your next outdoor adventure with this handy field guide. 

This lesson focuses on the concept of responsible purchasing using a sustainable economic framework. Students explore where things come from and where things go to make connections between product choices and social, economic and environmental impacts.

This is a great thanksgiving craft for the children to do before the long weekend.

This experiment is a great place to start for teaching children how the wind works. This easy-to-create demonstration shows exactly how upward movement of warm air creates wind.