Social Studies

Energy Dialogues
Energy Dialogues is a web-based resource that explores current energy topics using an inquiry-based approach.  The Energy Dialogues interactive site allows students to view a series of videos...
Career and Technology Studies, Environmental and Outdoor Education, Knowledge and Employability, Science, Social Studies
Forest Field Trips Online Video Series
The It's Our Forest video is designed to initiate discussion with your students on Alberta's forest-related issues. This resource examines forest ecology, the human values of the forest, land-use...
Science, Social Studies
Careers, Environment, Economy, Forests
Petroleum Field Trips Online Video Series
This video series takes your students behind the scenes of oil and gas development. Your hosts unlock the mystery of how petroleum was formed, how we find it, how we get it out of the ground and what...
Science, Social Studies
Energy, Oil and Gas, Petroleum
Oil Sands Field Trips Online Video Series
In this fun video series, hosts Zoe and Eric take your students on field trips to the oil sands operations in northern Alberta. Your students will learn what oil sand is, why it is important, how we...
Science, Social Studies
Energy, Oil Sands
Current Forest Issues
This series of five short readers contain real-life case studies and discussion questions related to Alberta's forests: climate change, forest changes, forest careers, forest management and forest...
Environmental and Outdoor Education, Science, Social Studies
Careers, Climate Change, Environment, Wildlife, Economy, Forests, Stewardship
CARE Package
We have updated our popular CARE kits for the 2012-2013 school year!  This kit is filled with over 20 items that will help you and your students explore simple yet effective ways to conserve...
Science, Social Studies
Climate Change, Energy, Stewardship, Water
Between the Stands
This education poster kit focuses on forest ecosystems and how humans use and manage forests. This downloadable package comprises: two full-colour high-resolution poster images - a forest in its...
Science, Social Studies
Environment, Forests
Petroleum
This digital poster education kit examines the formation, location, exploration and production of petroleum, everyday products made from petroleum, and issues related to our use of this natural...
Career and Technology Studies, Science, Social Studies
Careers, Economy, Oil and Gas
Electricity
This digital poster education kit examines Canada's most common sources of electricity as well as its generation, transmission, and distribution. Download the poster to project in your class. ...
Science, Social Studies
Electricity, Energy, Stewardship
Stewardship: Energy, Climate and You
This digital poster education kit focuses on how our use of energy relates to climate change. The teacher's guide contains activities that encourage personal action to engage in effective stewardship...
Science, Social Studies
Climate Change, Electricity, Energy, Stewardship