Resources for Educators

Environmental Education Web Links

Grizzly Bear Web Links

Black Bear Beware
This Parks Canada interactive web game challenges students to find clues that a bear has been in the area.

Eastern Slopes Grizzly Bear Project
ESGBP was created to address the need for scientific information about the cumulative effect of human development and activities on grizzlies in the Central Rockies Ecosystem

Foothills Model Forest Grizzly Bear Research Program
Visit this website for research, excellent grizzly videos and other terrific information on managing landscapes for grizzly bears.

Grizzly Bear Alliance

Craighead Environmental Research Institute
Information on the status, distribution and trends for North American grizzly populations

Environment Canada - Hinterland Who’s Who

Friends of Banff National park - Bear Edukit
Book the Friends of Banff Edukit for pelts, books, movies, tracks, classroom activities and more!

Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee

International Association for Bear Research & Management

National Geographic Grizzly Webcam
Watch the world’s largest gathering of grizzly bears – via live webcam – as they splat, swipe, and splash to fish for salmon on the run. Awesome bear facts, photo and video galleries, too!

National Wildlife Federation - spotlight on the Grizzly Bear

North American Bear Center

Wind River Bear Institute
Karelian bear dogs used in ‘aversive conditioning’ to teach bears to recognize and avoid human territory

World Wildlife Fund – Canada
Under “newsroom/TV listings” you can download a video about grizzly bear research and conservation in Alberta

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Endangered Species Web Links

Species at Risk in Canada
Excellent resources for finding and researching federally-listed endangered species

Species at Risk in Alberta
Contains information on provincially-listed species

Environment Canada - Hinterland Who’s Who
Have a series of Species at Risk Fact Sheets

World Wildlife Fund
Features a Teacher & Kid Treehouse zone worth checking out

Parks Canada Species at Risk
A great source of useful and interesting information on species at risk protection and recovery efforts in our national parks

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Action-Related Websites

David Suzuki Nature Challenge 4 Kids
Fun on-line activities and environmental links. See “Tools for Students” for the top 10 things kids can do.

World Wildlife Fund - Canada
Great information on action projects your class can take to help wildlife in Canada.

Nature Conservancy of Canada
Features conservation work done across Canada. Opportunities to raise money for donations to conserve wilderness in Alberta.

EcoKids Club
See some success stories that the schools themselves have sent in at:

Youth Action Centre
Discover opportunities to create positive, real solutions around sustainability issues that are important to you and your students.

The (Bio)Daversity Code
This is an engaging resource created by a number of environmental organizations and artists. It’s a take-off on the Da Vinci Code film in animated flash media. Subject: The Web of Life. Duration: approximately 4 minutes.

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Online EE activities, resources or presentations

Alberta Environment
Loads of excellent EE resources available

Alberta Tomorrow
Explore the future effects of land use on Alberta’s wildlife, ecosystem services, and natural resources. Test your knowledge of sustainable development in Alberta.

The Bug Club: For Young Entomologists - Amateur Entomologists’ Society

The Evergreen Foundation – schoolyard naturalization

Calgary Zoo - Take a trip to visit some of the Zoo’s endangered species up close!

Clean Calgary
Non-profit dedicated to assisting Calgarians in leading environmentally sustainable lifestyles. Recycling and composting information and school programs are available.

Evergreen Theatre
Calgary-based Evergreen Theatre Society is a touring, educational theatre company dedicated to science theatre of the natural world.

Green Street
A portal to affordable EE activities and programs across Canada

Inside Education (Formerly known at FEESA)
Environmental education materials and services, and public education and outreach programming.

Fish Creek Provincial Park Environmental Learning Centre

Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic)

Green Teacher Magazine

Kananaskis Country Environmental Education
loads of on-line activities

The Microbe Zoo (featuring Dirtland and WaterWorld)

NASA K-12 Internet: Live From The Hubble Space Telescope
Features a Teacher's Guide with Activities

Netfrog : The Interactive Frog Dissection - An online tutorial

Parks' Canada's Teacher's Corner
This web site contains over 100 downloadable, curriculum-based educational resources, searchable by province, grade, topic or subject.

Parks Canada's True to Our Nature
Bring Canada’s national parks into your classroom with lesson plans and resources for many subjects, including geography and natural sciences.

SEEDS : Become a Green School!

Sierra Club B.C. Education Programs : Visit the Sierra Club B.C.’s education website to access information about their programs, download teaching resources, or to check out their cool Action Challenge program.

Sustainable Calgary
Calgary Green Map information and tips for reducing size of ecological footprint.

Tree Canada Foundation

Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y)
Learn more about wildlife corridors, why they are important and what people are doing to conserve them.

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Adopt a…

If you are interested in raising money to support conservation efforts of a specific endangered species, check out these sites:

Alberta Birds of Prey Centre
Sponsor burrowing owls and more

Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation
Adopt injured wildlife Website

Cochrane Ecological Institute
Swift fox reintroduction program

Canadian Peregrine Foundation

Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Project
Adopt a Marmot program

WWF Polar Bear Adoption

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