Education Resources
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Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network
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Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network is a website meant to encourage environmental stewardship and sustainability by supporting environmental educators through professional development resources and opportunities.
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Earth Rangers
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Containing lesson plans, podcasts and a monthly newsletter, the Earth Rangers Homeroom website aims to ignite passion in students through environmental learning.
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Great Bear Sea
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The Great Bear Sea website includes unit plans and resources for elementary, secondary and post-secondary students. The website helps students reflect on the past and planning for the future exploration with themes of Indigenous Knowledge, collaborative science, marine planning, biodiversity, sustainable resource management and marine stewardship.
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Learning First Peoples and First Nations Education Steering Committee
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In Our Own Words has been developed in response to desire on the part of teachers for more guidance and information on how to incorporate First Peoples materials into their instruction and assessment practices. The eight units in this teacher guide illustrate examples of how authentic resources can be incorporated in Grades K-3 through lesson plans, outdoor components and resources.
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BC Campus
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This book captures ways in which people can teach both Indigenous science and western science in order to establish a relationship of knowledge. Knowing Home provides foundational knowledge of braiding Indigenous science with western science, Indigenous science examples, research and curriculum models that inspire deep reflection on braiding different ways of knowing in North America.
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Open School Bc
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My Seasonal Round is a lesson plan that illustrates the integration of Indigenous Knowledge and western science by exploring the topics of habitat, natural resources, stability and change, and living and non-living components of habitats in the form of a seasonal wheel.
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Thompson Nicola Conservation Collaborative
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Outdoor Learning Through the Seasons is a seasonal curriculum featuring outdoor learning with the incorporation of cultural knowledge and western science to help connect youth with the land. Curriculum content was developed in collaboration with Simpcw educators and environmental science educators to create a resource based around the Secwépemc seasonal round.
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Project Watershed
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Split into three groups according to grade level, Project Watershed is a compilation of field trip ideas, classroom lessons, resources, videos, and community connections that promote stewardship of Comox Valley Watersheds through education, information and action. This resource can be used and modified to be used in the Thompson Watershed.
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Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc and the City of Kamloops
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The Secwépemc Seasonal Round is a piece of the Climate Connections Trail located in Kamloops. It provides information about seasonal foods during the lunar months of the year according to Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc knowledge.
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Thompson-Nicola Conservation Collaborative and the Kamloops Naturalist Club
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These printable colouring sheets teach about threatened or endangered species that live in BC’s grassland, and some tips about how to help them thrive with an agricultural lens.
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Take Me Outside
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The Take Me Outside: Indigenous Resources section provides a list of useful resources and lesson plans for elementary school teachers wanting to integrate Indigenous Knowledge into their classrooms.
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Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network
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The Inspiration Handbook contains a compilation of lesson plans and resources intended to get students outdoors, connect with and learn about the environment, and explore Indigenous culture and language.
