Environmental Education Resources

Science and Environmental Education Resources

It can be overwhelming to sift through all the wonderful science resources available online these days. We’ve put together a selection of our favourite resources to save you time and help support your teaching.

These resources are organized into six themes: ecology and animals, climate change, energy, local food, waste, and water. There is also a Take Action section for each theme, which includes projects put on by other organizations that you can get involved with as a class.

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Climate Change

Download the full NWT Science Focus curriculum document. Explore the Lesson Plans tab at the top of this page for more information about individual lesson plans in this curriculum.

NWT Drinking Water Curriculum

This Water curriculum is comprised of two separate lessons (links below) designed to help students think critically about drinking bottled water in the Northwest Territories.
Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Get To Know Your Watershed - Teacher Resource

This teaching resource is your guide to northern watershed education for student in upper elementary to junior high school.

Northern Backyard Farming Booklet Series

These booklets are full great information and fantastic illustrations, and are handy teaching resources. Make use of these great resources in the classroom.
Contact Ecology North to request copies for your school.

NWT School Gardens: Grade 3 Curriculum

This school garden curriculum is based on the highly successful gardening program at Weledeh School in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

Pepper and the Mighty Mackenzie

This activity book is for children of all ages, and follows Sand Piper as she explores the mighty Mackenzie River, and learns about water stewardship along the way.

WWF Schools for a Living Planet-NWT

Ecology North has developed a series of curriculum linked lesson plans for teachers in the Northwest Territories as part of the WWF Schools for a Living Planet program. The resources are for students and teachers in Grades 3 - 8. please visit schools.wwf.ca and sign up for a free account to to access these amazing resources.

External Links - Environmental Education Resources

Green Learning

GreenLearning creates free online education programs about energy and sustainability that engage and empower students to create positive change for our evolving world.

NatureWatch monitoring programs are suitable for all levels and interests, designed to develop your scientific observation and data collection skills so that you can actively contribute to scientific understanding of Canada’s environment.

This PlantWatch Curriculum was developed by PlantWatch, Nature Canada, and Environment Canada, to offer activities and lesson plans related to PlantWatch. It covers Science, Math, Social Studies and Language Arts, across a variety of grade levels.