PD Corner

Stay tuned your next PD adventure awaits!

Thanks for participating in the Energy Innovations & Toolkit PD program! 

We love hearing your feedback and we would greatly appreciate it if you could fill out this Follow Up Surveyif you haven’t already. It goes a long way to ensuring we can share the impact of the program and develop future programs for teachers and students.

A few handy links:

• Energy Toolkit Digital Version

• Energy Toolkit Materials List - This includes hyperlinks to where we bought each item in case you want to purchase more

• Generate and Alberta Boreal Careers - Explore these recordings and webpages for more career connections for older students  

• AESO Current Supply Demand Report

• Solar Edge - solar monitoring data

• How Does An Electromagnet Work? (video)

• Green Energy Futures

• https://www.oilsandspathways.ca/

• https://careersinenergy.ca/

• www.cityofgp.com/energy 

• https://www.paza.ca/ 

• https://www.cityofgp.com/economic-development/key-sectors/energy-clean-technology 

• https://waqi.info/ 

• https://www.nauticolenergy.com/ 

The presentations from our guest speakers are attached. 

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The team from Ovintiv also wanted to thank you  for everything you’ve done as classroom teachers, especially on the front lines helping young people navigate the past 2 years. Here is a code: 2K0SBBAP1J you can use to make a donation to a charity of your choice using this link

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We are working on splicing together a video with the presentations from each PD - stay tuned for a link to the video within the next 1-2 weeks! 

Please share with us how you are using your Energy Toolkits!
We love to see photos on social media (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @insideeducation), and receive phone calls and emails! 

Thanks again for your participation - enjoy your tool kits! 

Natalie & the Inside Education Team 

Agriculture and Water PD Program, May 26-28, 2022 - Lethbridge Alberta

Thank you for joining us on the Agriculture and Water PD Program! We hope it inspired your teaching and planted some new ideas on how to bring agriculture & water education to life in your classroom. Here are a few of the follow up details we promised you to help keep the momentum of the tour going.

Program Survey

 We value your feedback and would really like to hear what you thought of the program. If you haven’t done so already please complete the post-program survey – it will only take a few moments and goes a long way to help us improve and ensure these programs are available in the future. 

Contact lists

We’ve put together the contact information of our speakers and program partners. A quick thank you note goes a long way towards making these types of programs possible so please take a few moments and let them know what you thought of the program. 

• Sharon Stollery, Canadian Agriculutral Partnership - [email protected] 
• Brian Ilnicki, Executive Director, Land Stewardship Centre - [email protected]
• Judy Paron, Program Officer | Administratrice de programmes, National Science and Engineering Research Centre - [email protected]
• Margo Redelback, Executive Direction, Alberta Irrigation Districts Association - [email protected]  

All of our speakers and participants also agreed to share their contact information so if you would like to connect you can find their email addresses here.

Agriculture and Water Resources

Check our our folder of resources including those mentioned on the program and a few extras we’ve flagged for teachers. 

Photos

We hope you enjoy taking a look back at the program though this Google Photo Album - feel free to comment and add your own photos as well. 

Supply Teacher /Travel Subsidy

Program participants are eligible for a subsidy to help offset the cost of your supply teacher OR travel to the program. The details to claim the subsidy can be found here.

Keep in Touch
We love to see photos on social media (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @insideeducation), and receiving phone calls and emails so please reach out to us.

Have a great rest of your school year!

Natalie, Braeden and Kathryn

Thank you for joining us on the Natural Resources Road Trip PD Program! We hope it inspired your teaching and planted some new ideas on how to bring natural resources education to life in your classroom. Here are a few of the follow up details we promised you to help keep the momentum of the tour going.

Program Survey

We value your feedback and would really like to hear what you thought of the program. If you haven’t done so already please complete the post-program survey – it will only take a few moments and goes a long way to help us improve and ensure these programs are available in the future. 

Contact lists

We’ve put together the contact information of our speakers and program partners. A quick thank you note, noting some of your highlights over the tour, goes a long way towards making these types of programs possible. We’d ask if you could take a few moments and let them know what you thought of the program. 

Alberta Environment and Parks - Cam Lane  - [email protected]
Suncor Energy Foundation - Cassandra Litke-Wyatt - [email protected]   
Syncrude - Kim Nordbye - [email protected]  
Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta (FRIAA) - Todd Nash - [email protected]
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. - Tracey Thompson - [email protected]
Cenovus Energy - Jessica Yarnell - [email protected]
Enbridge - Gina Jordan - [email protected]

All of our speakers and participants also agreed to share their contact information so if you would like to connect you can find their email addresses here.

Classroom Resources

Check out our folder of resources including those mentioned on the program and a few extras we’ve flagged for teachers. 

Photos

We hope you enjoy taking a look back at the program though this Google Photo Album - feel free to comment and add your own photos as well. 

As well, take a look at a quick summary of our whole PD program in this video.

Supply Teacher /Travel Subsidy

Program participants are eligible for a subsidy to help offset the cost of your supply teacher OR travel to the program. The details to claim the subsidy can be found here.

Keep in Touch

We love to see photos on social media (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @insideeducation), and receive phone calls and emails so please reach out to us.

Have a great summer!

Braeden, Laura, Mila, Natalie,

PD Corner Resources

Energy Education Workshop Guests:

Alberta Power Game - download to edit and play with your students! Direct questions to Robin Owens ([email protected]) 
Escape With STEM
EnRoads Climate Simulator
GreenLearning

Guest Expert Presentations:

3 powerpoints available here (Alberta Innovates, Canadian Natural & TC Energy) - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gkppgeoI_5GIqDXG9rGlC4N7SQnDaDJi

Tours:

ENMAX Shepard Energy Centre 
Clean 02 
Go Electric

Resources Shared By Participants During Energy Education Workshop:

Other Funding Sources
Nutrients For Life 
Alberta Emerald Foundation 
Peavey Mart 
APEGA Grants
Energy Futures Lab, Youth Seeds Fund 
Best Buy School Tech Grant 
TD Friends of the Environment
Jane Goodall Institute, APE Fund
Bass Pro Shop/Cabela’s
Industries, banks
Community foundations
Local businesses
Parent community/parent council

Materials/Resources
SNAP Circuits
Tinkercads
Micro:bits
PHET Simulations
Indigisteam 
King’s Centre for Visualisation in Science 
Alberta Tomorrow

Field Trips
CPAWS
Skills Alberta
Universities/Colleges/SAIT/NAIT
Urban farms
Government programs (ex. CFIA)
Municipal Works (landfill, water treatment, recycling)

Thank you for joining us on the Agriculture Futures Professional Development Program! We hope it inspired your teaching and planted some new ideas on how to bring agriculture education to life in your classroom. Here are a few of the follow up details we promised you to help keep the momentum of the tour going.

Program Survey

We value your feedback and would really like to hear what you thought of the program. Please click here to complete the post-program survey – it will only take a few moments and goes a long way to help us improve and ensure these programs are available in the future. 

Contacts & Resources

Program Partners:

A quick thank you note noting some of your highlights and ways you plan to use the content in the classroom, goes a long way towards making these types of programs possible. We’d ask if you could take a few moments to share your experience with the following program partners: 

• Sharon Stollery, Canadian Agricultural Partnership - [email protected] 
• Trina Aburto, Senior Advisor, Community Relations & Investment, Nutrien - [email protected] 
• Tara Baycroft , Public Engagement and Promotions Manager, Alberta Canola - [email protected] 
• Judy Paron, Program Officer | Administratrice de programmes, National Science and Engineering Research Centre - [email protected]
• Margo Redelback, Executive Direction, Alberta Irrigation Districts Association - [email protected]  

As promised we have compiled a list of all the great resources and contacts that we made during the PD experience. Check out this document for tons of links and resources to enhance your lessons on agriculture.

Photos

We hope you enjoy taking a look back at the program though this Google Photo Album - feel free to comment and add your own photos as well. 

Supply Teacher /Travel Subsidy

Program participants are eligible for a subsidy to help offset the cost of your supply teacher OR travel to the program. The details to claim the subsidy can be found here, and please submit your subsidy no later than December 31, 2022.

Keep in Touch

We love to see photos on social media (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @insideeducation), and receive phone calls and emails so please reach out to us.

All the best with the rest of your school year and we hope to see you again soon!

Natalie, Kathryn, Kat and Jon

If you are looking for information/resources/contacts from past professional development programs, please email Natalie at [email protected]