Inside Education is please to offer online presentations during the school closures. Requests for the 2020-2021 school year will open in June.
Energy and the Environment – An Oil Sands Case Study
Using Inside Education’s Energy Dialogues resource we will explore the relationship between Alberta’s energy industry and our natural environment.
Themes: energy sources, energy production, technology, sustainable development, climate change, wildlife, careers & stewardship.
Curriculum Connections:
- Biology 20
- Science 10/30,
- CTS: Natural Resources (NAT)
- STSE Emphasis (Science, Technology, Society, Environment)
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Energy Dialogues – Energy & Wildlife
The Future Of Agriculture In Alberta
Learn how a changing climate will influence our food, water, and energy systems. Students will explore how science, innovation, and stewardship can help meet our growing population needs while maintaining ecological integrity.
Curriculum Connections:
- Science 10
- Social Studies 10
- CTS
Water Quality Science and Monitoring
Take your aquatic study to the next level by adding data to a province-wide water quality monitoring program. Your students will have the opportunity to perform a DNA extraction and analysis to assess a water sample for invasive species, algal blooms and more! Together will evaluate the impact of water quality on ecosystems and human health.
Inside Education has teamed up with a lab in the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta along with financial support from Alberta Innovates to create a school-based program that educates about Alberta’s watersheds and gives students the opportunity to use leading-edge technology to assist in monitoring their own local water bodies for biological issues.
- Request a classroom program where Inside Education will lead the class through an interactive presentation including DNA extraction and use of a portable monitoring device to identify biological hazards in the water.
Themes: watersheds, water monitoring, aquatic biodiversity, aquatic invasive species, connections between science and technology to the healthy people and healthy watersheds, DNA, citizen science, water use, biological contamination
Curriculum Connections:
- Biology 20: Ecosystems & Population Change
- Science 20: Changes in Living Systems
- Biology 30: Cell Division, Genetics and Molecular Biology (STSE Emphasis)
*note: classroom program is adapted to suit the grade level and curricular outcomes
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