EVENTS FOR TEACHERS
Earth Rangers: From Eco-Anxiety to Eco-Action
In this interactive workshop, you’ll explore tools and hands-on approaches to address challenging topics in the classroom and create student-approved ecoaction projects. You’ll leave with fresh insights and practical strategies that will help students build confidence, empathy, and a sense of agency in caring for the natural world. Maximum 30 participants.
Audience: K-12 Teachers
Duration: Half day
Format: Online or in-person
Dates: Flexible
Canadian Wildlife Federation Workshop
Looking for practical ways to connect Nature Education to curriculum? Project WILD empowers teachers to help students learn how to think, not what to think, about wildlife and the environment. All participants receive an activity guide with 146 ready-to-use interdisciplinary lesson plans and a certificate of completion. Maximum 20 participants.
Audience: K-12 Teachers
Format: In-person at your school
Duration: Full day (6 hours)
Dates: Flexible
Canadian Wildlife Federation Workshop
What keeps wood frogs from croaking in winter? Put on your long johns and join us on an amazing sub-zero safari into the world of winter wildlife through Below Zero! All participants receive an activity guide with 46 ready-to-use interdisciplinary lesson plans for winter learning, plus a certificate of completion. Maximum 20
Audience: K-12 Teachers
Format: In-person at your school
Duration: Half day
Dates: Flexible
Project Learning Tree Canada Training
Explore Project Learning Tree Canada’s key resources and expand your knowledge and confidence to embed environmental education in your classroom. All participants will leave with a copy of either Explore your Environment (Grades K-8) or Green Jobs (Ages 12-25) and a certificate of completion. Maximum 20 participants.
Audience: K-12 Teachers
Format: In-person
Duration: Full or half day
Dates: Flexible
Wetland Field Trip Training with Ducks Unlimited Canada
Explore wetlands as outdoor classrooms! This hands-on training invites teachers to discover the ecological wonders of wetlands while gaining practical skills to deliver safe and engaging outdoor lessons. Learn how wetland education connects to curriculum topics like plants, habitats and communities, biodiversity, interactions in the environment and water. Maximum 20 participants.
Audience: Grades 4, 6, 7, and 8 Teachers
Format: In-person
Duration: Full or half-day
Date: Flexible
Outward Bound Canada Training Academy
Facilitating Social Emotional Learning in the Outdoor Classroom: In this hands on and interactive program, teachers will explore group management, facilitation and leadership tools for engaging outdoor experiential learning. Be prepared to spend the day outdoors! Maximum 20 participants.
Audience: K-12 Teachers
Format: In person
Duration: Half or Full day
Dates: Flexible
Outward Bound Canada Training Academy
Crafted with the outdoor leader in mind, these three online microcredentials from the Outward Bound Canada Training Academy explore Risk Management, Judgment and Decision Making; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; and Environmental Leadership. These microcredentials are accredited by Nipissing University. No limit to participants.
Audience: K-12 Teachers
Format: Virtual
Duration: 2 hours per course
Dates: Ongoing
EVENTS FOR STUDENTS
Earth Rangers Assembly
This year’s Earth Rangers assembly is styled like a fast-paced game show where students team up to answer questions, make eco-decisions, and tackle environmental challenges. Everyone will have a blast – while learning key biodiversity and conservation concepts.
Grade: Grades 1-6
Format: In-person
Duration: 45 minutes
Dates: Flexible
Explore Your Environment
A PLT Canada facilitator will lead students through age-appropriate activities to help them to discover why trees matter, explore nature in their schoolyard, and learn about different jobs in environmental education. A field trip to a local forest may be an option, please contact for additional details.
Grade: K-12
Duration: Full day
Format: In-person
Dates: Flexible
WILD Spaces
Offered by the Canadian Wildlife Federation, WILD Spaces connects students to nature in your schoolyard through pollinator conservation and hands-on stewardship action! Teachers gain access to an online classroom filled with lesson plans and resources and guidance for engaging students in stewardship action through school gardening and citizen science projects! Classes that take part are also eligible to receive free pollinator-friendly plants in Spring 2026.
Grade: 2-6
Duration: 90-120 minutes
Format: Virtual or in-person
Dates: Flexible
GET INVOLVED
The NEC is looking for school board partners in Winnipeg, Ontario, and New Brunswick who would like support implementing more nature-based education in their schools. Interested in receiving free school programs, field trips, teacher training, and a regional event? Contact Jessy at j_stjean@ducks.ca.