With over 2 million lakes and rivers in Canada, we sometimes forget that water is a finite and invaluable resource. In this dynamic program, students participate in five water themed team-building challenges in which they attempt to protect their ‘watershed’ from pollution. Grounded in the principles of water conservation, this program aims to teach students how our lifestyle choices affect this shared resource and what strategies we can use to better safeguard our water sources for the future.
Environment Centre Program
Water Conservation Pentathlon
Resources:
Water Footprint Calculator: Resources for Teaching Water Conservation
https://www.watercalculator.org/resource/teaching-conservation-with-water-footprintcalculator/
The Story of Stuff Project: An Educational Series of Animated Short Films
https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/story-of/
Canadian Geographic Education: Water is Life
https://resources4rethinking.ca/en/resource/water-is-life
Post Visit Activities: (if applicable)
Help a local park or forest feel its best and organize a Litter Collection Day.
Participate in Citizen Science and get to know your local ‘Wild Lands’! Organize a
BioBlitz and provide helpful data for local scientists and research groups. Here is a
helpful link to get you started… https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/bioblitz+guide
Curriculum Links:
Science & Technology
• Grade 5 - Earth and Space Systems: Conservation of Energy
• Grade 8 - Relating Science and Technology to our Changing World, Earth and Space
System: Natural Water Systems and Human Impact
• Grade 9 - Biology: Sustainable Ecosystems and Water Quality
• Grade 10 - Earth and Space Science: Climate Change and Reducing Human Impact
• Grade 11-12 - Sustainability and Stewardship
* Curriculum links for this program are based on "The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8:
Science and Technology"
* Curriculum links for this program are based on “The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9-10:
Science”
* Curriculum links for this program are based on "The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11
and 12: Science”
* Curriculum links for this program are based on “The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8: Science and Technology“
Feel free to contact us about modifying programs to suit older or younger students.
Pathway to Stewardship & Kinship
20. Plan an Environmental Project
24. Calculate Your Ecological Footprint
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
