Resources

Free online lessons

Shuswap Watershed Project: Teaching Aids and Learning resources

There are a wide variety of locally relelvant resources here that are organized by subject and grade level. This is a site you must bookmark if you haven't done so already!

Learning for a Sustainable Future - Resources for Rethinking. This robust site has a bit of an eastern bias but very worth while for lessons, ideas, and natural history. This is organized by subject areas and themes.

Cool 2.0 at greenlearning.ca - This site has an education database that focuses more on sustainability education. Search filters enable searching by subject, grade, province, and even language. The site offers lesson plans, videos, research, and collaborative projects.

Free PDF downloads

Leap into Action - This provides a range of lessons and action projects that will get your students' hands dirty and involved in local environmental issues.

Bridging the Nations - Published by the Fraser Basin Council, this resource outlines the history and culture of First Nations People in the Fraser River Basin.

5 minute Fieldtrips - These outdoor activities are simple to prepare and require few resources.

Kingfisher's watershed model explained - a great simulation of how our watershed works

Other useful resources to add to your collection

Project Wild (Wild BC)

Below Zero (Wild BC)

Lesson Plans from SD 83 Teachers

Outdoor Awesome 2

Excellent Ecosystems - Kira Limber

Fire - Adam Barraball

Team Building - Katie Dawson

Ethnobotany - Launa Rennie and Ceren Caner

Food-web wide game - Earl Dodds, Janu Smith