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Lesson Our sources of light support image
Conservation

Our sources of light

Get your students thinking and moving with two games designed to illuminate the difference between natural and artificial light.

Grade 1 2 activities 40 mins
Lesson Water conservation support image
Conservation

Water conservation

Think about ways we use water daily, build a rain gauge, find out how much fresh water is on Earth, and make posters to encourage others to conserve.

Grade 2 4 activities 1.6 hours
Lesson The water cycle support image
Energy

The water cycle

Learn how energy from the sun drives the water cycle and how water cycles around the Earth over and over again.

Grade 2 4 activities 1.7 hours
Lesson Water cycle and hydroelectricity support image
Electricity

Water cycle and hydroelectricity

Watch a video and build a model turbine to learn how electricity in B.C. depends on the water cycle.

Grade 2 2 activities 45 mins
Lesson Electricity generation and energy transformations support image
Energy

Electricity generation and energy transformations

Explore the energy transformations that take place in various methods of generating electricity and then assess their impacts.

Grade 10 3 activities 2.2 hours
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Energy

Devices that transform energy

Explore devices that transform energy with a video, a show and tell presentation, and a creative hands-on activity that builds a chain reaction machine.

Grade 4 4 activities 2.6 hours

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