Biodiversity

Background Information on Biodiversity in Saskatchewan

Teaching Resources

  • The e-veww Internet Webquest on Sask Ecology Issues

    This webquest was created by a partnership of the Saskatchewan Valley School Division, the Saskatoon East School Division, the Saskatoon West School Division, and the Wakaw School Division

  • Nature Saskatchewan

    Interesting programs underway in Nature Saskatchewan include:

  • Ducks Unlimited Saskatchewan

    Offers a variety of educational opportunities for students and classes, including: through which individual, community groups and businesses can enhance the education of grade three to six classes across the province with supplementary in-class lesson plans on wetlands and wetland field trips.

  • Project Wild Saskatchewan

    Project WILD activities are fun, hands-on, resource based education for youth, to help them discover the value of a healthy environment through learning activities focused on wildlife and habitat needs. Project WILD is recommended by Saskatchewan Learning as a supplementary instructional resource.

  • Sturgeon Outreach Program - Saskatchewan Watershed Authority

    Schools in Saskatchewan are learning all about the Lake Sturgeon. As part of a provincial program, the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority has teamed up with schools to raise and release a group of Lake Sturgeon in Saskatchewan. Watershed Authority fisheries biologist, Al Young, works with students and explains how they can help Lake Sturgeons re-establish themselves in Canadian Waters. The idea, according to Young is to get the kids to be more aware of the sturgeons, especially the problems with their populations.

  • Growing a Natural Habitat Garden at Your School - Janet McVittie

    Janet McVittie is an educator at the University of Saskatchewan who has put together a number of curriculum resources for teachers who want to introduce ecology and environmental awareness in the classroom. This guide to growing a Natural Habitat Garden at Your School provides hints and tips for how teachers can introduce these concepts into their classrooms.

  • Schoolyard greening Greening School Grounds: Creating Habitats for Learning

    Schoolyard "greening" is an excellent way to promote hands-on, interdisciplinary learning through projects that benefit schools and increase green space and biodiversity in communities. In this new anthology from Green Teacher magazine, readers will find step-by-step instructions for numerous schoolyard projects, from tree nurseries to school composting to native-plant gardens, along with ideas for enhancing learning by addressing the diverse needs of students. Among more than a dozen schoolyard habitat options presented, the guide includes:
    • detailed articles on rooftop gardens
    • far-north gardens
    • desert gardens
    • butterfly gardens
    • ponds and prairie restorations
    For project planners, there are practical tips on:
    • minimizing vandalism
    • maximizing participation
    • raising funds
    And for teachers there are:
    • dozens of outdoor classroom activities and curriculum links
    • a bibliography of learning resources
    • up-to-date listings of funders and training organizations.

    Greening School Grounds is a compendium of the best schoolyard greening articles and activities from Green Teacher

  • Build a Prairie Website

    A fun website that poses a challenge to participants to try to build a virtual prairie ecosystem by adding the right mixture of plants and animals at the right time...

Saskatchewan Organizations working on Biodiversity related issues:

Education Resources

  • Prairie Conservation Action

    The Prairie Conservation Action Program is a partnership of a variety of government, business, education and not-for profit groups whose goal is to ensure that the native prairie be sustained in a healthy state in which natural and human values are respected. PCAP has three different specific education programs including:

  • Build a Prairie Website

    A fun website that poses a challenge to participants to try to build a virtual prairie ecosystem by adding the right mixture of plants and animals at the right time...