Stewardship and sustainability lesson plans
Your local Education Coordinators may provide support for integrating Stream to Sea into student learning. Digital and print copies of these lesson plans are available if you contact us.
We worked with BC educators to design the following lesson plans in order to help educate K-12 students on the key concepts of "Aquatic ecosystems, sustainability and stewardship".
Lesson plans
| Lesson | Description | Program | IRP/Match grade |
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| Making a redd | A classroom experiment that explores how salmon protect their eggs. | Primary |
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| Ocean climate activity | Create a zine discussing the science of ocean climate change. | Primary, intermediate | |
| Habitats activity | Design a travel poster for one of Canada’s extreme deep-sea habitats. | Primary, intermediate | |
| Species activity | Become whale ‘pen pals’ and write about their unique lives and adaptations. | Primary, intermediate | |
| Food webs activity | Play a game and pretend to be capelin. | Primary, intermediate | |
| How we learn activity | Develop a monitoring and research plan for a marine species. | Primary, intermediate | |
| Salmonids in the classroom - primary | A teacher’s resource for studying the biology, habitat and stewardship of Pacific salmon. | Primary |
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| Antifreeze; anti fish | A short play that introduces students to the link between storm drains and natural water systems. | Intermediate |
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| Bioaccumulation: a case study of British Columbia’s killer whales | A series of 5 classroom lessons introducing students to the natural history of killer whales, the threats they face, and personal actions that can be taken to help protect them. | Intermediate |
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| Coho salmon and habitat loss | A classroom or outdoor activity linked to the Science Probe text that introduces students to the issues threatening coho habitat in the BC Interior’s Fraser River watershed. | Intermediate |
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| Compose a stream song | An activity that familiarizes students with a streamside environment and encourages them to express themselves through song. | Intermediate |
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| Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents: Canada’s first marine protected area | Through class discussions, research, and activities, students in grades 4 to 11 will learn about the ocean biome, hydrothermal vents, and more specifically about Canada’s Endeavour Hydrothermal vent site and its designation as a marine protected area. | Intermediate, secondary |
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| Salmonids in the classroom - intermediate | A teacher’s resource for studying the biology, habitat and stewardship of pacific salmon. | Intermediate |
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| Turn down the volume! The impact of sound on harbour porpoise | The purpose of this activity is to create awareness about why harbour porpoise are considered a species of special concern in British Columbia. | Intermediate |
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| Where the land meets the sea — the nearshore | A lesson plan about marine nearshores and some of their inhabitants. | Intermediate, secondary |
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| British Columbia species: native, introduced or invasive? | The goal of this activity is to have students consider the importance of biodiversity. | Secondary |
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| BC white sturgeon: life history, lifecycle and population decline | A series of 3 classroom lessons introducing students to British Columbia’s “Dinosaurs of the Deep,” their incredible long history and adaptations, and the current threats to their continued existence. | Secondary |
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| Difficult decisions: the sakinaw sockeye case study | An exercise in consensus decision-making through role playing that enables students to devise a solution for managing dwindling Sakinaw sockeye salmon stocks. | Secondary |
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| Ecological footprint — how does the way we live affect earth? | A classroom activity and discussion using a measurement tool that allows students to calculate and consider the effects of their personal resource use. | Secondary |
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| The northern abalone — species at risk | In the first lesson students learn about the northern abalone. The northern abalone is the first marine invertebrate to be designated at risk by COSEWIC (Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada). | Secondary |
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