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Classroom Classroom Programs Programs Inside Inside Education Education brings brings our our no-cost, no-cost, curriculum curriculum enhancing enhancing programs programs toto inspire inspire your your students students inin your your school! school!

Energy, Energy, Climate, Climate, and and Environment Environment Expos Expos

Tailored Tailored events events forfor Grades Grades 3 -312 - 12 LetLet our our educators educators energize energize and and educate educate your your students students with with our our action-packed action-packed station-based station-based expos! expos! We We have have solar solar demonstrations, demonstrations, wind wind turbines, turbines, virtual virtual reality reality goggles goggles and and more. more.

CARS: CARS: Clean Clean Air Air Responsible Responsible Schools Schools Grade Grade 4-74-7

A fully A fully supported supported inquiry inquiry project project that that emphasizes emphasizes climate climate change, change, citizen citizen science, science, and and student-centered student-centered stewardship. stewardship. With With curricular curricular connections connections to to grade grade 5 but 5 but suitable suitable forfor grades grades 4-7. 4-7.

Forests Forests

Grade Grade 4 and 4 and 66 Investigate Investigate plant plant growth, growth, trees trees and and forests forests using using our our multiple multiple perspectives perspectives approach. approach. These These inquiry-based inquiry-based programs programs will will develop develop anan understanding understanding of of local local flora, flora, traditional traditional uses, uses, and and more! more!

Electricity Electricity inin Alberta Alberta Grade Grade 55

From From wind wind turbines turbines to to coal-fired coal-fired power power plants plants our our electricity electricity landscape landscape is shaped is shaped byby natural natural resources. resources. Examine Examine electricity electricity from from a Canadian a Canadian perspective perspective and and learn learn how how electricity electricity is made, is made, moved moved and and connected connected to to how how wewe live, live, work work and and play. play.

Cultivating Cultivating Stewardship: Stewardship: Agriculture Agriculture inin Alberta Alberta

Solar Solar Lantern Lantern Building Building Challenge Challenge Grade Grade 99

Take Take your your students students onon a critical a critical thinking thinking evaluation evaluation of of electricity electricity and and get get the the bigbig picture picture of of electricity electricity generation generation and and consumption. consumption. This This unique unique 1.5-hour 1.5-hour program program includes includes anan interactive interactive presentation presentation and and solar solar lantern lantern building building workshop. workshop.

Grade Grade 7, CTF 7, CTF and and CTS CTS

Energy Energy and and the the Environment Environment

A hands-on A hands-on inquiry inquiry into into key key agricultural agricultural topics! topics! Students Students will will explore explore the the who, who, what what and and why why of of agriculture agriculture in in Alberta Alberta and and the the balance balance between between a growing a growing population population and and sustainable sustainable agriculture agriculture practices. practices.

Using Using Inside Inside Education’s Education’s Energy Energy Dialogues Dialogues resource resource wewe will will explore explore the the relationship relationship between between Alberta’s Alberta’s energy energy industry industry and and our our natural natural environment. environment. STSE STSE connections. connections.

Science Science 10/30 10/30 and and CTS CTS

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Forest Forest Field Field Studies Studies An Anawesome awesomeopportunity opportunity for forstudents studentsand andteachers teachers totolearn learnabout aboutthe theforest... forest...

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Our Ourteam teamofofprofessional professional educators educatorswill willlead leadyour your students studentsthrough throughanan experiential, experiential,curriculumcurriculumconnected connectedfield fieldtrip. trip.

FULL FULLDAY DAY PROGRAMS PROGRAMS FOR FOR GRADES GRADES 44 - 12 - 12

Des Des Crossley Crossley Demonstration Demonstration Forest Forest Rocky Rocky Mountain Mountain House House

Huestis Huestis Demonstration Demonstration Forest Forest

Professional Professional Developments Developments Step Stepout outofofyour yourclassroom… classroom…and andinto intoours! ours! Join Joinususon onour ourawardawardwinning winningprofessional professional development developmentprograms programswith with behind-the-scenes behind-the-scenestours tours and andin-depth in-depthdiscussions discussions with withnatural naturalresource resourceand and environmental environmentalexperts! experts! These These all-expenses-paid all-expenses-paid programs programs cover cover allall program program costs costs including: including: •meals •meals •supply •supply teacher teacher subsidy subsidy •accommodation •accommodation

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Jumpingpound Jumpingpound Demonstration Demonstration Forest Forest Kananaskis Kananaskis

Evergreen Evergreen Learning Learning and and Innovation Innovation Centre Centre Grande Grande Prairie Prairie

Cooking Cooking Lake Lake -Blackfoot Blackfoot Provincial Provincial Recreation Recreation Area Area

PD PDPROGRAMS PROGRAMS Energy Energy inin Peace Peace Country Country May May 2323 –25, –25, 2019 2019

Agriculture Agriculture Innovations Innovations

May May 30–June 30–June 1, 2019 1, 2019

Boreal Boreal Wildlife Wildlife

July July 2–6, 2–6, 2019 2019

Renewable Renewable Energy Energy and and Climate Climate Change Change Fall Fall 2019, 2019, 2019 2019

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Grants Grants& &Projects Projects

Edmonton Edmonton Area Area

Gregoire Gregoire Lake Lake Provincial Provincial Park Park

Fort Fort McMurray McMurray and and Area Area

*busing *busing subsidy subsidy available available atat most most field field sites! sites!

A+A+ for for Energy Energy Grant Grant

Calling Calling allall K-12 K-12 teachers, teachers, here’s here’s your your chance chance to to receive receive a grant a grant to to implement implement creative creative approaches approaches to to energy energy education education in in your your classroom! classroom!

Nutrients Nutrients for for Life Life Garden Garden Grant Grant

Would Would a learning a learning garden garden inspire inspire agriculture agriculture education education in in your your school? school? There There are are funds funds available available to to help help you you get get growing! growing!

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Youth YouthEducation EducationSummits Summits Don’t Don’tmiss missthis thisopportunity opportunityto tolet let your yourjunior juniorand andsenior seniorhigh highstudents students add addtheir theirvoice voiceto toAlberta’s Alberta’sclimate climate change changeconversation. conversation.

Cultivate Cultivate 2020: 2020: Youth Youth Agriculture Agriculture and and Environmental Environmental Leadership Leadership Summit Summit - March - March 2020 2020 - -

All-expenses-paid All-expenses-paidexperiential experientiallearning learningtotoinspire, inspire, educate educateand andengage engageAlberta’s Alberta’syoung youngleaders. leaders.

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Alberta Alberta Boreal Boreal Careers Careers Project Project

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Regional Regional Youth Youth Summits Summits *opportunities *opportunities forfor CTS CTS course course credit! credit!

S3S3 | Wood | Wood | Southern | Southern Buffalo Buffalo A3A3 Alberta Alberta Student Student Awareness Awareness to to Sustainability Sustainability Action Action Summit Summit December December 2019 2019 Summit Summit November November 2019 2019

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C3C3 | Calgary | Calgary | Edmonton | Edmonton Climate ClimateE3E3 Energy Energy Change Change Summit Summit Efficiency Efficiency Summit Summit November November 2019 2019

December December 2019 2019


Learning Learning Resources Resources

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MINING MINING POSTER POSTER

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Discover Discover how how we we use use and and manage manage forests forests and and explore explore 88 ofof Alberta’s Alberta’s common common tree tree species. species.

Enhance Enhance your your lessons lessons onon the the generation, generation, transmission, transmission, and and distribution distribution ofof electricity electricity inin Canada. Canada.

This This four-part four-part poster poster series series examines examines Alberta’s Alberta’s mining mining industry, industry, the the extraction extraction process, process, natural natural resources resources hidden hidden deep deep underground, underground, the the environmental environmental and and societal societal impacts, impacts, careers careers and and more! more!

Discover Discover one one ofof Alberta’s Alberta’s most most unique unique mammals mammals through through interactive interactive lessons, lessons, and and activities activities including including building building your your own own bat bat box. box.

Connected Connected toto our our Species Species atat Risk Risk Education Education programs, programs, Alberta’s Alberta’s Woodland Woodland Caribou Caribou poster poster explores explores the the factors factors leading leading toto the the decline decline ofof this this species species and and actions actions underway underway toto protect protect caribou caribou populations. populations.

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OIL OILSANDS SANDS FIELD FIELDTRIPS TRIPS

CARE CARE PACKAGE PACKAGE

Examine Examine 55 real-life real-life case case studies studies related related toto Alberta’s Alberta’s forests forests and and climate climate change, change, careers, careers, economics, economics, management, management, and and forest forest changes. changes.

Take Take aa virtual virtual field field trip trip toto aa Northern Northern Alberta Alberta mining mining and and in-situ in-situ oiloil sands sands operation. operation.

Explore Explore simple, simple, yet yet effective effective ways ways toto conserve conserve energy energy and and water, water, and and reduce reduce waste. waste.

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WATER WATER

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Examine Examine the the formation, formation, exploration, exploration, and and production production ofof our our petroleum petroleum resources. resources.

Find Find out out how how our our energy energy use use relates relates toto climate climate change change and and inspire inspire stewardship stewardship through through personal personal action. action.

Learn Learn the the science science ofof groundwater groundwater inin Alberta Alberta including including water water quality, quality, distribution distribution and and uses. uses.

Investigate Investigate aa variety variety ofof careers careers inin Alberta’s Alberta’s north north while while following following five five residents residents ofof the the boreal boreal forest. forest.

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TOOLS TOOLSOF OFTHE THETRADE TRADE- MINING MINING

Identify Identify common common tree tree and and shrub shrub species species with with descriptions, descriptions, colour colour photos, photos, and and aa handy handy dichotomous dichotomous key. key.

Unlock Unlock the the mystery mystery ofof how how petroleum petroleum was was formed formed and and discover discover how how we we find, find, extract extract and and use use it.it.

Uncover Uncover the the science science and and issues issues related related toto water water use use inin the the semi-arid semi-arid South South Saskatchewan Saskatchewan River River Basin. Basin.

This This collection collection ofof equipment equipment will will allow allow students students toto experience experience the the hands-on hands-on work work that that shapes shapes the the mining mining sector. sector.

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This This interactive interactive website website explores explores student student questions questions onon wind, wind, energy energy and and wildlife wildlife and and hydraulic hydraulic fracturing fracturing from from multiple multiple perspectives, perspectives, helping helping you you start start aa dialogue dialogue inin your your own own classroom. classroom.

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Introduce Introduce your your students students toto the the science science and and issues issues behind behind this this Western Western Canadian Canadian insect. insect.

Explore Explore water water conservation conservation activities activities using using the the hands-on hands-on materials materials inin the the Water Water Innovation Innovation and and Stewardship Stewardship Education Education kit. kit.

Explore Explore forest forest careers careers using using this this toolbox toolbox ofof equipment equipment and and activities. activities.

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Examine Examine forest forest ecology, ecology, forest forest products, products, management management and and the the human human values values ofof the the forest. forest.

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