EnerAction's lessons and activities offer your Grades 4 to 7 students an experiential, group-oriented and reflective learning experience in energy efficiency and conservation.

Written by teachers for teachers, EnerAction is a flexible and innovative curriculum-linked resource that is rooted in best practices for environmental education.

Who is EnerAction for?

• Created for students in Grades 4 to 7, EnerAction suits many subject areas, especially Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, Fine Arts and Math. Click here for curriculum tables for Grades 4 to 7 in British Columbia and Grades 5 to 7 in Ontario.
• Designed for a variety of learning styles, EnerAction is differentiated learning made easy.

How does EnerAction work?

With EnerAction, you can use as much or as little as you need. The fourteen lesson plans work as standalone units, or they can be combined in any number of ways, depending on what you want for your class.

The Carbon Calculator is an innovative and interactive
web-based activity that students use to investigate the cost
in greenhouse gases of lighting at school. Students make the connection to their daily lives and test out different scenarios for saving energy. 

EnerAction doesn't expect you or your students to be experts in energy and the environment: backgrounders support the class every step of the way.

As a registered teacher, what can I expect the EnerAction resource to provide?

• Comprehensive teacher materials:  a Teacher's Guide, student handouts and worksheets, backgrounders, assessment rubrics, and suggested adaptations and extentions to help you tailor each lesson plan.
• Flexible and curriculum-linked lesson plans that you can teach in any number of ways. Click here to see the lessons bundled into teachable groups of 3, 5 and 7, as well as by subject area and learning approach.
• An engaging, educational and secure student website.
• Curriculum tables for Grades 4 to 7 in British Columbia and Grades 5 to 7 in Ontario for Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, Fine Arts and Math, as well as Physical Education and Personal Planning.

Why GreenLearning?

GreenLearning is dedicated to increasing the environmental literacy of young Canadians. We strive to develop in young people a deep understanding of energy in their lives, and the skills to think critically, make decisions and take positive action. 

When you bring GreenLearning projects like EnerAction into your classroom, you serve your students in many ways:

• empowerment
• development of citizenship and character
• enhancement of creative and critical thinking
• development of deeper understanding
• integration of diverse subject areas
• broad curriculum coverage
• higher achievement level
• positive reinforcement from others
• opportunities for collaboration.

GreenLearning helps you engage, empower and inspire inspire, engage and empower today's youth!

"Lighting has become much more than illumination. By simply changing a light bulb, Canadians can demonstrate a civic consciousness, and by doing so, leave a little more energy for future generations."

Nina Gupta, President, Greenlite Corporation