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 Green Calgary Brings Environmental Awareness to a Home Near You 
Colleen, our new  summer student shares her first blog


  Children's Books: A Fine Balance Between Humans and Nature
This blog from Mountain Equipment Co-Op looks at the subject matter in children's books
 
 

Nature Play Day - June 15

Child and Nature Alliance of Canada is celebrating outdoor play with Nature Play Day. It is all about finding a simple way to connect with nearby nature in your backyard, local park, schoolyard, rooftop garden . . . wherever really!  

  • Share your plans with the rest of Canada and register your play day on the national map
  • Resources to help give you some ideas
  • 5 Minute Field Trips is a 'greatest hits' activity guide of easy activities to do outdoors with students 
 

Active Healthy Kids Report       

We all know the importance of being active, but according to the annual report card from Active Healthy Kids Canada, only 7% of children and youth in Canada are meeting Canada's guideline of 60 minutes of physical activity a day!

Nature and Outdoor play is included in the report, but no grade was given as there was not enough research available for a grade.

Read a summary and the full report:  www.activehealthykids.ca/
 

What strategies would you suggest for teacher professional learning?  

ACEE wants to talk to folk who might suggest strategies for future teacher professional learning to increase and enhance environmental education in Alberta classrooms.

Do you have any experiences or ideas you would like to share? Read more about this ACEE initiative and offer your comments.  
 

Yellow Fish Road Celebrates 21 Years!

The Yellow Fish Road program from Trout Unlimited Canada has been around since 1991 and has engaged 80,000 volunteers in over 250 communities! These volunteers have painted "Yellow Fish" symbols next to 100,000 storm drains and distributed 500,000 fish-shaped door hangers across Canada.

Want to learn more or get your class involved? Visit  www.yellowfishroad.org/.
 

Get To Know Your Wild Neighbours Contest   

This contest invites students to submit art, photos, music, writing or video inspired by nature. Great prizes are on offer! The deadline is July 16th.

For more information visit: www.get-to-know.org/contest/canada/
 

The Great Canadian Turtle Race       

Did you know we have Leatherback Sea Turtles in Canada? They spend part of the year off the coast of Nova Scotia and then migrate south to tropical areas for nesting.

This summer the Canadian Wildlife Federation and the Canadian Sea Turtle Network are tagging turtles and inviting students from across Canada to follow the turtles' migration journey using satellite technology.

When you register, you will get access to the satellite data and be able to follow a turtle in real-time! Find out more here: www.cwf-fcf.org/en/action/awareness/great-canadian-turtle-race/
Quick Links
Encyclopedia of Life
The Encyclopedia of Life brings together information about all life on earth - text, images, video, sounds, maps, classifications and more - all freely available on-line. You can add your own comments and start your own collection of favorite media to support your lessons and share with your students: eol.org/. 
What is Missing?
This unique website focuses on the root cause of species lose - habitat degradation. By navigating a map made up of dots, you learn about species at risk but also about the organizations working to protect and enhance habitat: whatismissing.net/#/home
For more information visit:  www.abcee.org
Questions or comments? Please contact christina@abcee.org.