Environmental Literacy

Learning About Worms

Grade 3D- Ms. Rachel- We read a non-fiction book called "Worms."  Partners read facts about worms and practiced reading important information by highlighting it.  We followed a how to recipe for making playdough together.

Project number: 
52
CIS
Ho Chi Minh City
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Yellow Fish Road

We had a volunteer from Trout Unlimited Canada come to our school and give three kindergarten classes, two grade one classes and one grade three class a lecture one the effects of pollution and garbage in our fresh water ways.The kindergarten and grade 3 classes then took an afternoon and stencil

Project number: 
254
Ecole Edwards Elementary
Airdrie
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Coho in the Classroom/ Walking with the Smolts

We raised coho in a tank in school, and learned more about the life cycle of salmon, ecosystems, the importance of healthy habitats, how humans can hurt or help salmon habitat, and local traditional preparation and uses of salmon.We released our fry during a field trip hosted by the Lillooet Natu

Project number: 
2
Sk'il' Mtn Community School
Shalalth
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The Greenville Garbage Solution

This narrative short story tells of how two young children and their father battle a garbage monster that is wreaking havoc on their lives.When everyone in Greenville, the fictional town in which the story takes place, implements the three R’s, the garbage monster is forced back where it belongs,

Project number: 
1
Tracey Coutts
Maple Ridge, BC

Funders and Sponsors

  • RBC Foundation
  • The Calgary Foundation
  • Kamp Kiwanis
  • Cenovus Energy
  • Alliance Pipeline
  • TD Friends of the Enivornment Foundation
  • Rife Resources Ltd