Teaching and learning tools for educators
Teachers across BC now have more opportunity to include community in their classrooms: sustainability and place-based learning are core foundations of the BC K-12 curriculum. Metro Vancouver provides classroom-ready resources which support teachers to connect to essential priorities and local sustainability topics while engaging students in inquiry and experiential learning.
| Metro Vancouver Map and Sustainability Activities | https://metrovancouver.org/school-programs/metro-vancouver-map-and-sustainability-activities, Metro Vancouver Map and Sustainability Activities | Metro Vancouver Map and Sustainability Activities | <div class="ExternalClass2F1BDEAB097B4C699588AA62F3CCD2E2"><p>Activities to explore the relationships between our everyday lives, our region, and Metro Vancouver services.<br></p></div> | |
| Climate Change | https://metrovancouver.org/school-programs/climate-change, Climate Change Resources for K-12 | Climate Change | <div class="ExternalClassB49C31B2145349AAA2658983C648A9B4"><p>Resources to support learning about climate change, better understand local impacts, and support effective, local climate action.<br></p></div> | |
| Water | https://metrovancouver.org/school-programs/water, Water Resources for K-12 | Water | <div class="ExternalClassB58DCCD285B3452BB3C87C3027D0F9C8"><p>Resources that introduce Metro Vancouver’s drinking water sources, water treatment, water testing, and water conservation.<br></p></div> | |
| Solid Waste | https://metrovancouver.org/school-programs/solid-waste, Solid Waste Resources for K-12 | Solid Waste | <div class="ExternalClass71B2BCD57E2249C88CD68D50F3B496F3"><p>Resources that provide an overview of solid waste management from your home to a recycling and waste centre, and beyond.</p></div> | |
| Wastewater | https://metrovancouver.org/school-programs/wastewater, Wastewater Resources for K-12 | Wastewater | <div class="ExternalClassA2C1044EBDEC4DA7A7D11A086BE3BF9D"><p>Resources to learn about wastewater collection and treatment and the systems and processes that protect our health and the environment.<br></p></div> | |
| Air Quality | https://metrovancouver.org/school-programs/air-quality, Air Quality Resources for K-12 | Air Quality | <div class="ExternalClassBC8FC8607C06499888A7AECCFD5366A4"><p>Resources to explore what contributes to air quality, and how and why air quality across Metro Vancouver is monitored. <br></p></div> | |
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Find pathways to connect to the following topics throughout the BC Science and Social Studies curriculum:
| K–12 Curriculum Connections – Air Quality | https://metrovancouver.org/school-programs/Documents/k-12-curriculum-connections-air-quality.pdf, K–12 Curriculum Connections – Air Quality | K–12 Curriculum Connections – Air Quality | |
| K–12 Curriculum Connections – Regional Planning | https://metrovancouver.org/school-programs/Documents/k-12-curriculum-connections-regional-planning.pdf, K–12 Curriculum Connections – Regional Planning | K–12 Curriculum Connections – Regional Planning | |
| K–12 Curriculum Connections – Ecological Health | https://metrovancouver.org/school-programs/Documents/k-12-curriculum-connections-ecological-health.pdf, K–12 Curriculum Connections – Ecological Health | K–12 Curriculum Connections – Ecological Health | |
| K–12 Curriculum Connections – Water | https://metrovancouver.org/school-programs/Documents/k-12-curriculum-connections-water.pdf, K–12 Curriculum Connections – Water | K–12 Curriculum Connections – Water | |
| K–12 Curriculum Connections – Solid Waste | https://metrovancouver.org/school-programs/Documents/k-12-curriculum-connections-solid-waste.pdf, K–12 Curriculum Connections – Solid Waste | K–12 Curriculum Connections – Solid Waste | |
| K–12 Curriculum Connections – Wastewater | https://metrovancouver.org/school-programs/Documents/k-12-curriculum-connections-wastewater.pdf, K–12 Curriculum Connections – Wastewater | K–12 Curriculum Connections – Wastewater | |
| K–12 Curriculum Connections – Climate Change | https://metrovancouver.org/school-programs/Documents/k-12-curriculum-connections-climate-change.pdf, K–12 Curriculum Connections – Climate Change | K–12 Curriculum Connections – Climate Change | |