Free print materials available for download

Find the following Kananaskis Country activity plans and take home booklets here>>

• "Pond Pals:" A field study where students discover how plants and animals meet their needs in a pond community.
• "Plunge-In! A look at pond life, take home book:" Provides the student with an aquatic invertebrate checklist. Activities include "Whose kid is that?," "Insect Mix-up," and "Secret Message Crossword."
  
• "Aquatic Animal Identification Guide:" This detailed illustrated guidebook allows students to identify the various aquatic invertebrates that inhabit standing and moving water bodies.

Hinterland Who's Who - "Pollinators: from flowers to food to our future"

• Plant diversity, ecosystems, habitats, the diversity of living things, weather, etc. Teacher's guide found here>>

Inside Education - "Little Brown Bat"

• Teacher's guide and student booklet depicting one of Alberta's most misunderstood mammals, the little brown bat. Found here>>

Parks Canada - "Forest Food Web Activity:" Small crawling and flying animals, found here>>

Other online resources

Calgary Zoo, Education Department - "Schoolyard Naturalization, Grounds for Change"

• Steps to success, design tips, native plants, funding, etc, found here>>

SEEDS Foundation - "GREEN Schools"

• Students take active personal and society responsibility for energy, sustainability and the environment, found here>>

Hinterland Who's Who - "Human Communities, Natural Communities:" found here>>

Presentations

Interested in more classroom presentations and fieldtrips? Search our database, by area, here>>

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These resources were selected using the NAAEE Guidelines for Excellence. The Alberta Teacher's Association suggests units to integrate Science and Social Studies here>>

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