{"id":1561,"date":"2026-07-09T09:08:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/?p=1561"},"modified":"2026-07-09T09:08:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:08:31","slug":"earth-week-ideas-and-2-great-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/2026\/07\/09\/earth-week-ideas-and-2-great-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Week Ideas and 2 Great Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"
In honour of Earth Week I have two great websites (programs) to share with you and a great opportunity to try out Minecraft\u00a0Frozen Planet with a\u00a0free\u00a0online live\u00a0lesson\u00a0from Cobblestone Collective.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u200bSierra Club BC:<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
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I used to have the Sierra Club come in and do amazing workshops with my classes (for free) when I worked at NIDES and I loved it.\u00a0 They also offer online learn to draw lessons which I hear are fabulous (thank you Christa for sharing this) and they combine Art, Science and the Indigenous ways of knowing.<\/div>\n
Check out their K-8 School Programs here:\u00a0School Programs<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
Sign up for their newsletter here:\u00a0Click here then scroll down to sign up\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
Find the cool Drawing lessons here:\u00a0Drawing lessons\u200b\u200b<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
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BC Hydro:<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
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BC Hydro has awesome lesson plans, activities and free stuff for teachers (thank you Mallory for sharing this).<\/div>\n
You can check out their Earth Week lessons (and challenges with prizes)\u00a0until April 22nd here:\u00a0Earth Day Activities<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
Check out their other activities and lesson plans here:\u00a0Power Smart for Schools<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In honour of Earth Week I have two great websites (programs) to share with you and a great opportunity to try out Minecraft\u00a0Frozen Planet with a\u00a0free\u00a0online live\u00a0lesson\u00a0from Cobblestone Collective.\u00a0\u00a0 \u200bSierra Club BC: \u200b I used to have the Sierra Club come in and do amazing workshops with my classes (for free) when I worked at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1561"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1565,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561\/revisions\/1565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}