E-Zone
Resources for teachers and parents to teach children about the little actions they can take to help protect the environment. These resources are also available through our interactive E-Zone mobile app. This app is available in both English and French and can be downloaded via the Apple iTunes store.
E-zone is home to resources that support environmental education in grade 1 - 6 classrooms. It also provides teachers with hands-on, ready-to-use classroom tools.
Posters
These posters make great year-round decoration for your earth-friendly classroom. You can also use them as teaching tools during themed units.
These can help teach children about:
- air quality and smog
- the environment
- keeping our water healthy
- how to save energy
- the life of a plastic fork
- energy use at home
- water use at home
- threats to polar bears
- eric tries to go skating
- sources of air pollution
- recycling clothing
- energy conservation
- the water cycle and water treatment
- Asian carp (enviroween)
- algae blooms (enviroween)
- spiny waterflea (enviroween)
- smog (enviroween)
- plastic water bottles (enviroween)
- landfills(enviroween)
- safe medicine disposal(enviroween)
- pesticides (enviroween)
- car exhaust (enviroween)
Colouring pages
Your students will learn fun facts as they colour these scenes featuring the Enviro-Heroes: Maya, Jay, Katie and Eric.
Use these colouring pages to teach children about:
- longhorn beetles
- water conservation
- smog
- greenhouse gases
- disappearing polar bear habitats
- recycling
- energy use at home
- energy conservation and electronics
- clean drinking water
- recycled paper
- landfills
Activity sheets
Keep young minds engaged and focused on the environment with these E-Zone activity sheets.
These can help teach children about:
- Earth Day
- fresh water
- air quality
- energy conservation