Welcome to Nature Source - Alberta Parks' education resource and activity portal.
Explore photos and videos that showcase wildlife in our parks through the seasons.
The diversity of living elements in nature come in all shapes, sizes, textures and smells. Students will explore a natural area, embracing all their senses, while discovering the diversity of life forms in the process.
Grades: 1 - 3
During this thematic walk, students will discover wildlife, plants or insects that represent letters of the alphabet. Through the creation of student posters, construct your own ABC wildlife book or alphabet line for your classroom.
Grades: 1 - 3
This classic activity introduces students to a wide diversity of Alberta’s wildlife. Through questions and reflection, students gain an understanding of how animals can be sorted to better understand animal classifications.
Grades: 1 - 12
Building upon students’ natural curiosity through free exploration, discovery and research, this Inquiry presents students with a guiding question, “What lives in our Natural Area?”
Grades: 1 - 6
Food chains, food webs and the interdependence of producers, consumers and decomposers come to life in this interactive and visual activity. Students will discover that diverse and intact ecosystems are more resilient to natural and human impacts.
Grades: 4 - 6
Explore the many ways plants and animals adapt to winter.
Grades: 4 - 9
In this fun discovery activity, students will become nature detectives exploring the species diversity of their schoolyard or nearby nature.
Grades: 4 - 6
The predator-prey relationship of the Snowshoe Hare and Lynx comes alive in this active outdoor game.
Grades: 4 - 12
Simulate what the subnivean world might feel like for your students and explore for evidence of life.
Grades: 1 - 6
Discover how animals survive Alberta's winters through hibernation. A short video and hands on experiment, reveal the science behind amphibians' natural antifreeze.
Grades: 4 - 9
An engaging game, exploring animal adaptations that can be played in all seasons in any habitat.
Grades: 1 - 9
If you cannot visit Alberta Parks with your class, try “Exploring Biodiversity”, a teacher directed field study for grade 9 & 11 science students.
Grades: 7 - 12
In this interactive game, students gain an understanding of the hardships northern caribou face during their annual migration.
Grades: 7 - 12
Young scientists explore shapes, sizes and problem solving while having fun in puddles!
Grades: 1 - 3
Discover plant transpiration in action as students observe, diagram and connect how water moves from leaves to the environment in this hands-on-activity.
Grades: 4 - 6
Students will search for stories in the snow using evidence and tracks left behind by animals.
Grades: 1 - 6
A predator-prey game in which adaptations to the cold and snow conditions are emphasized.
Grades: 4 - 9
Students will interpret and identify animal tracks in nearby nature to build connections to the wildlife and the land.
Grades: 4 - 12
This lesson introduces Bergmann's Rule, which explains how animals in colder climates tend to be larger to conserve heat, while those in warmer climates tend to be smaller to release heat by exploring two different activities.
Grades: 4 - 12
In this activity, students are challenged to keep a ‘mouse’ from freezing in the winter. This is an engaging activity to help students consider how small animals stay warm in the winter.
Grades: 1 - 9
A field study that can be completed in a local natural area or nearby nature. It explores human use, life cycles and food webs.
Grades: 1 - 3
Visiting a natural area or nearby nature, students observe and record the variety of animals including insects and spiders they see while recording each organism's unique bodily functions.
Grades: 4 - 6
