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Integrating EE into Grade 3

To select the following references we focused on the following Alberta Science and Social Studies curricula: science units ‘Rocks and Minerals,’ ‘Hearing and Sound,’ and ‘Animal Life Cycles;’ and social studies units ‘Communities in the World’ and ‘Global Citizenship.’

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 - "Boreal Forest - Global Legacy teaching kit"
  • Global citizenship, the Boreal forest as a world heritage site, caribou, and more, all found here>>
CPAWS Calgary/Banff -
  • "Deer Ears:" Students learn the importance of stealth and good listening for certain animals. Found here>>
  • "Food Chain Game:" Students learn about food chains; a "life cycles" variation can be played. Found here>>
Parks Canada -
  • "Forest Food Web Activity:" Small crawling and flying animals, found here>>
  • "Ecozones Project:" Geography, climate, geology, paleontology in Alberta parks and protected areas. Found here>>

Sierra Club BC - "Drawing a food web" - poster 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>>

Parks Canada - "Mountain Pine Beetle:" Learn about beetle life cycles and how the beetles effect us. 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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