BCHydro Power Smart for Schools Program

Electrical Safety Week

In May we celebrate Electrical Safety Week with presentations in schools all over BC. Join us with these Safety activities.

Grades K-7 10 activities 5.5 hours

Conservation

Hydroelectricity and water use

Through games and crafts, students learn about summer drought in B.C., how this affects our electricity, how to conserve water and ways to stay cool in summer.

Grade 2 3 activities 1.5 hours

Conservation

Women in STEM, past and present

Travel back in time to uncover the innovations of women in STEM and reflect on how we can honor and encourage women in STEM today.

Grades 8-10 3 activities 2.2 hours

Energy

Women in STEM, then and now

Through games, experiments and research, travel back in time to celebrate the influence of women in STEM.

Grade 5 3 activities 2 hours

Sustainability

Natural B.C. shaping hydro electricity

Using games, stories and creative arts students discover how natural and human-made features have shaped our local environment by creating electricity to power our lives.

Grade 1 3 activities 1.3 hours

Conservation

Adapting to extreme environments

Students explore the extreme environment on Mars, how we humans could adapt to live on Mars and how to use some of the ideas and apply them to life on Earth.

Grade 6 3 activities 2.2 hours

Explore Units

Electrical Safety Week

Hydroelectricity and water use

Women in STEM, past and present

Women in STEM, then and now

Natural B.C. shaping hydro electricity

Adapting to extreme environments

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