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Sierra Club BC’s Education Program has developed classroom programs that reflect our current campaigns. In addition, we offer a wide database of our own educational resources and other recommended environmental education materials.

Sierra Club BC’s Education Program has developed classroom programs that reflect our current campaigns. In addition, we offer a wide database of our own educational resources and other recommended environmental education materials.

Our French resources are being formatted for web download. See our current selection ici.

The following are links to activities, guidebooks, articles and lesson plans developed by Sierra Club BC and other contributors. Included in this list of resources are links to recommended organizations, guidebooks, activities and specific articles.

For pre- and post-program packages that correspond directly with your Sierra Club BC classroom visit, please click here.

Resources and Tools

  • B.C. Interior Ecology
  • Boreal Forest Ecology
  • Climate Change
  • Ecomap
  • Environmental Education
  • Français
  • Temperate Rainforest Ecology
  • Water
  • Wild Products and Sustainable Harvesting
  • Youth Engagement

 

B.C. Interior Ecology

Associated Education Programs: Interior Ecosystems school program series (currently unavailable)
Associated Campaigns: Flathead River Valley , Environmental Hotspots

  • Clarks Nutcracker_Draw the Food Web (evaluation)_K-4
  • Clarks Nutcatcher_Lesson plan (k-4)
  • Clarks Nutcracker story (k-4)
  • Frogwatch Lesson Plan_4-7
  • Grassland Habitat transparency_3-5
  • Grasslands
  • Grasslands Safari Backgrounder_3-5
  • Grasslands Safari_3-5
  • Northern Leopard Frog_K-2
  • The Southern Interior Mountains and Mountain Caribou

 

Boreal Forest Ecology

Associated Education Programs: Ecostewardship school program series (currently unavailable)
Associated Campaigns: Environmental Hotspots

    • Sphagnum, Syrup, and Salves_Boreal Plants_5-7

    Climate Change

    Associated Education Programs: Climate Change school program series (4-8), Energy and Climate Change school program (9-12)
    Associated Campaigns: Global Warming, Energy & Mining

    • Carbon Cycle game_package
    • Carbon Cycle game_stamps
    • Earth Day and Groceries_all ages
    • Ecological Footprint_Lesson Plan_5-7
    • Food and Transportation
    • Earth day and Energy Cycles
    • Resources and Energy
    • Healthy homes
    • Climate Change Education Learning Resource

    Ecomap

    Learn about flora and fauna in each of B.C.'s ecoprovinces. Click here to load the interactive Ecomap.

     

    Environmental Education

    • Barefoot Mapping_8-12
    • Addressing the Fears of Teaching Environmental Education in the Classroom
    • Measure success of Environmental Education programs_educators
    • Green Teacher Resource Package_all ages
    • The outdoor classroom
    • Expanding your environmental education toolkit_powerpoint slideshow
    • Expanding your environmental education toolkit_workshop handouts
    • Endangered Species Learning Resource

     

    Français

    • Forêt pluviale tempérée_vocabulaire_m à 2e
    • Forêt pluviale tempérée_vocabulaire_3e à 4e

     

      Temperate Rainforest Ecology

      Associated Education Programs: TREE school program series (K-7)
      Associated Campaigns: Great Bear Rainforest, Environmental Hotspots

      • Going Wild_Wild products_Educators guide_4-7
      • Coasts, Mountains and Wolves
      • Coasts, Mountains and Wolves_Understanding Fraser River_5-7
      • Coasts, Mountains and wolves_Wolves and Their needs_Wolf Transparency_3-4
      • TREE Ecology Intro

       

      Water

      Associated Education Programs: Water school program (9-12)
      Associated Campaigns: Seafood & Oceans

      • SeaChoice Educators Guide for K-6
      • Watersheds connection guidebook_glossary_8-12
      • Going Global_lesson plans and activities_8-12
      • Watershed connection guidebook_Introduction
      • Watershed connection guidebook_Water shed works_lesson plans and activities_8-12
      • Watershed connection guidebook_Watersheds and Culture_lesson plans and activities_8-12
      • Watershed Stewardship_lesson plans and activities_10-12
      • Watershed Worries_lesson plans and activities_8-12

       

      Wild Products and Sustainable Harvesting

      Associated Education Programs: Going Wild school program series (4-7)
      Associated Campaigns: Great Bear Rainforest, Seafood & Oceans, Environmental Hotspots

      • Going Wild guidebook
        • Environmental Stewardship Learning Resource

         

        Youth Engagement

        Associated Education Programs: Sustainable High Schools

        • Sierra Youth Coalition_Group Toolkit_all ages
        • The Green street guide to all ages
        • Sustainable High Schools Kit
        • Sustainable High Schools Kit - French version

         

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        SpencerCreo Foundation has been an avid supporter of Sierra Club BC’s Education Program, allowing us to deliver school programs to communities outside of Victoria. SpencerCreo supports our elementary and middle school programs that include our Take Action! Contest.

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