The Inside Education team thought a fun way to get into the festive spirit would be with #12DaysofNavigate – a fun way to let you know our top 12 reasons you don’t want to miss out on this award-winning education summit in Canmore, Alberta! Follow along as we recap: 3-day all expenses paid learning experience about water in Alberta’s headwaters Receive personal mentorship from professionals, Inside Education staff and other teams to ensure the success of your environmental project Hear Natalie Panek’s inspiring story on being an explorer and a rocket scientist. (We’re stoked on this!) Learn about how climate…

Dear Steve and colleagues, What an amazing experience you provided July 2017. The value of this exceptional PD will benefit many classes I teach in the future with perhaps a more confident balance in teaching perspective. Though I had previous forest knowledge living in Hinton and having many friends and school field trips with my own children in the area, this time I really was able to pull some corners together that helped me see a more balanced picture. It is so easy to arrive at conclusions with bits and pieces of knowledge and we have a responsibility to present…

We are thrilled to share an update that Kathryn, our Program Director, received from STAR EcoWorks after they travelled to Tanzania to make a special delivery of a solar lantern made during an Inside Education solar lantern workshop. These hands-on interactive workshops allow students to work in small groups, building solar lantern kits as they evaluate sources of energy and investigate electrical technologies.  You can learn more about our solar lantern workshops (and request one today!) by visiting the school programs section of our website. Hello Kathryn, I hope all is well at Inside Education. I’ve just returned from Tanzania where I had the pleasure of donating one of…

Get the inside scoop on what our teachers experience on our professional development tours, straight from the source! Careers educator, Vanessa Lewis, recently joined us on our Western Canada Oil Sands Careers Education program and wrote about her experience on the tour. Greetings! This was an incredible learning opportunity from my perspective as a Career Development Consultant for the Sun West School Division in Saskatchewan. Heading into this experience, I had some preconceived notions and ideas as to what the oil sands were all about.  During the tour and through interactions with industry professionals, I learned much about occupations within…

As you may know, this year Inside Education celebrates our 30th anniversary; and Bruce Wilson has been with us almost the whole way. Around here, we call him the Institute Man. A teacher with the Calgary Board of Education for 37 years, he’s experienced quite a bit with us over the years and was kind enough to share some memories of his time spent with Inside Education. After a long career of teaching, what’s the one thing you’re going to miss the most? The one thing I will miss the most is the smiling, cheery faces of my students as…

The earth is pretty great, it provides all of our life support systems, from our food to our clean air and water. Below are a couple things we can do this Earth day to say thank you. Reduce your Virtual Water Use – Try going vegetarian every once in a while. Over the three years it takes to raise one cow, that cow will use approx. 3,091,000 L of water, this works out to about 15,400 L of water per kg of beef. The water that goes into the products we use is called our virtual water; it’s the water…

Field Season – the most WONDERful time of the year! Springtime at Inside Education is a magical one – it’s when we get to dust off the winter cobwebs and get out to the beautiful nature sites that serve as the outdoor classrooms for our exciting and incredibly interactive no-cost Field Programs. Inside Education field studies operate during May, June, September and October. These full- or half-day programs are available for grades 4-12 at various field sites across the province. Our team of professional educators will lead students through an experiential, curriculum-connected field trip. You can click here for more information…

This year, Inside Education is proud to celebrate 30 years of supporting teachers and inspiring students (although we don’t look a day over 25). Since 1985, we’ve provided programs that enable Canadian teachers and students to understand the multiple perspectives related to our environment and natural resources. That’s 30 years (or 10,957 days) of ‪#‎AhaMoments‬. Join us as we celebrate this incredible milestone.