BCHydro Power Smart for Schools Program

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

Conservation

Global citizenship and climate leadership

Students will explore the origin of the United Nations and its relevance in today’s world.

Grade 6 3 activities 2.5 hours

Conservation

Saving electricity and sharing habitat

Explore how living things are connected. Students learn how all living things depend on water, and how we can help protect them by conserving water and electricity.

Grade 1 3 activities 1.3 hours

Conservation

Bat protection

Through discussion, games and creating skits, students learn about bats, their role in the wild and farm ecosystems, and how humans can protect them.

Grade 3 3 activities 1.5 hours

Conservation

Energy distribution

Electricity is distributed through grid systems. Discover how this happens, consider the challenges and synergies, and explore how energy sharing can save energy and build energy resilience.

Grade 10 2 activities 2.5 hours

Explore Units

Natural B.C. shaping hydro electricity

Adapting to extreme environments

Global citizenship and climate leadership

Saving electricity and sharing habitat

Bat protection

Energy distribution

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