1. A Snapshot of Our GreenLearning Programs
Would you like to bring even more innovative, curriculum-linked energy and environmental programs to your students in 2009? If so, you may find this snapshot of our classroom resources helpful.
Visit www.greenlearning.ca to learn more, or contact one of our regional directors.
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Sustainable Futures for a Small Planet
Explore sustainability with your high school social studies, geography and civics classes. Activities 1 to 3, for example, explore needs versus wants, quality of life indicators, gross domestic product (GDP) and genuine progress indicators (GPI). The introductory video is an excellent place to start.
Electricity All Around Us
Study electricity and
magnetism with your grade 5 students and explore electrical safety,
conductors/insulators, electrical circuits, power meters, and
energy use at home. Activity E3, Build a House, for example, allows students to choose
electrical appliances and other items, place them in a virtual home,
turn them on and see how they impact the monthly electricity meter.
EnerAction
Bring lessons on energy sources, ecological footprints, energy ethics and energy conservation to your grade 4 to 7 classes. In Lesson 7, for example, students use the Carbon Calculator on the EnerAction website to measure the cost in dollars and in greenhouse gas emissions to light their school.
Real World Ecosystems
Investigate ecosystems
with your junior high science students by studying relationships and interactions, succession,
monitoring, benefits, energy flows, cycles, impacts, solutions, and creating
change. Activity A5, for example, provides an
overview of ecosystem benefits such as air purification, food production, and
climate stabilization. Students map watersheds then investigate important
questions about their watershed.
eCards
Invite your grade 7 to 9 students to research, write, design and send eCards about wind power, solar energy, nuclear power, arctic glaciers, and energy success stories using the eCards website. If you are new to eCards, take the Video Tour of eCards to see how this popular eLearning program works.
Real World Energy
Explore energy dynamics,
energy in living systems, and the production, delivery and consumption of energy
with your junior and senior high science students. Activity
A1, for example, provides an introduction to forms of energy — kinetic,
potential and electrical.
Build small-scale working models of solar ovens, wind turbines, micro-hydro generators and biogas generators with your grade 6 to 12 students. They will learn about solar electricity, solar heat, wind energy, water power, and biomass energy hands-on. Visit re-energy.ca to learn more.
