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Sierra Club of BC

: Sierra Club BC's dynamic and professional staff work to preserve B.C.'s imperiled wilderness and wildlife, and to ensure that B.C. is a global leader when it comes to tackling climate change.
Sierra Club BC:
• Presses for strong, effective wilderness and wildlife protections in provincial legislation.
• Tracks provincial commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
• Monitors provincial forestry policy to ensure environmental protections.
• Advocates for parks and protected areas.
• Cultivates the next generation of environmental stewards through our award-winning
• Runs an award-winning Environmental Education Program, reaching 10,000 school children across B.C. each year in Kindergarten through Grade 12.
• Provides quick answers to urgent environment-related questions from the public through our innovative Enviro911 Program.
• Sows an enduring grassroots commitment to wild spaces through our guided Outings Program that introduces people to urban parks, wilderness and the marine environment.
• Creates and publishes GIS maps of B.C.'s ancient rainforests, logging activity, the Great Bear Rainforest, land use plans, wild salmon stocks at risk and potential sea level rises due to global warming.

Programs:
• Climate Change Education Programs (CCEP) (Grades 4-8) focus on having youth take action towards climate change.
• TREE Team Programs (Grades K-7) investigate the temperate rainforests of B.C.
• Interior Ecosystem Programs (Grades K-7) explore the Central and Southern Interior Ecosystems of BC.
• Green Star! (Grades K-7) shares the importance of being good environmental stewards.
• Downloadable Resources:
• K-4: Clarke's Nutcracker Lesson Plan, Clarke's Nutcracker Story, Drawing Food Webs Lesson Evaluation, Boreal Chorus Frog Lifecycle Lesson Plan, Boreal Chorus Frog Lifecycle Backgrounder, Boreal Chorus Frog Lifecycle Transparency, Boreal Chorus Frog Lifecycle Test.
• 3-5: Grassland Safari Lesson Plan, BC Grasslands Backgrounder, Grassland Habitat Transparency, Grasslands Safari Test
• 4-7: Frogwatch Lesson Plan, Frog Life Cycle Backgrounder, Boreal Forest Lesson Plan, Lost in the Boreal Student Worksheet, Boreal Forest Student Reader
• Boreal Forest Teacher Backgrounder,
• 6-8: Bighorn Mystery Lesson Plan, Student Handout - Mystery Story & Questions, Bighorn Mystery Fact Cards
• Water and Watersheds (Grades 5-7): Understand watersheds, especially the Fraser River.
• Wolves and their Needs (Grades 3-4): Comparing the needs of humans to the habitat and needs of wolves. Wolf Habitat transparency
• Ecological Footprints from Around the World: Learn about ecofootprinting, and some of the reasons why ecofootprints are different around the world.
• Map Your EcoFootprint: A teacher's backgrounder, written activity and answer guide comparing Canadian ecofootprints with others in developing countries.
• Why Bats Are Unique: Discuss the differences between bats and birds and colour your own bat.
• Earth Day Groceries Project: Create your own Earth Day-themed grocery bags for a local store.
• Build an Arctic Tern: Use the adaptations and behaviour of an Arctic tern to build your own model.
• A Day Without Energy: How would you survive if you had to go an entire day without using energy? Examine your daily energy use in this writing exercise.
How to use this resource: The Sierra club has done a great job of creating and making accessible resources and lesson plans for teachers to use in their classroom. In addition to the amazing lesson plans, the Sierra club is also a great basis of knowledge about environmental concerns and can help direct a teacher to the correct information in order to build a unit.