Invite Sea Smart into your classroom!
Join our wave of ocean heroes!
We've educated and empowered over 43,000 students, instilling a love for our oceans through engaging in-person programs.
Our trained educators will come to your classroom for a fun, hands-on experience that connects directly to your STEAM curriculum.
Our school programs
Clean Water Champions
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In partnership with Environment and Climate Change Canada, we are excited to offer this hands-on program about freshwater pollution and how it connects to our oceans.
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This program includes three 1-hour workshops, scheduled 1-2 weeks apart.
Our educators will come to your classroom!
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$200 for up to 30 students.
Species at Risk 1 & 2
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These two programs will teach students about endangered species; Southern Resident Killer Whales, Steller Sea Lions, Leatherback Turtles, Basking Sharks, Pacific Salmon, Eulachon, and White Sturgeon and what we can do to help them.
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This program includes three 1-hour , scheduled workshops 1-2 weeks apart.
Our educators will come to your classroom!
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$200 for up to 30 students.
Ocean Design Lab
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Ocean Design Lab is an innovative and hands-on workshop designed to educate participants about the environmental damage caused by bottom trawling. Students will redesign bottom trawling nets to minimize their environmental impact by building and testing prototypes in a friendly competition.
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This workshop is 2-hours long.
Our educators will come to your classroom!
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$200 for up to 30 students.
Shoreline Cleanup Field Trips
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Sea Smart’s shoreline clean-ups are a fun and engaging way for students to learn about plastic pollution, marine animals, and how to protect our ocean. All equipment and educational activities provided by Sea Smart!
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One 2-hour facilitated field trip.
Location to be determined based on our availability and your transportation requirements.
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$250 for up to 30 students.
* $10 for each additional student over 30.
*1 free chaperone per 5 students, any additional chaperone is $10
**If you book both a cleanup and a program, receive a $50 discount for a total of $400
Scholarships are available for Clean Water Champions and select shoreline cleanups.
Inquiry-based learning
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Created by teachers, for teachers
Experts in the classroom
Connects learning to the real world
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Looking for online classroom resources?
We are thrilled to offer free resources to educators, that make learning about plastic pollution hands-on, fun, and accessible to all learners! Our resources are created by teachers, for teachers. We include all the resources you need to teach a quality lesson including:
Differentiated K-12 lesson plans
BC Curriculum connections
Presentation slides
Educational videos
Attention: Youth groups, Guides, Scouts, and environmental clubs!
Sea Smart’s programs are for you, too! Please apply through this form.
Are you a parent who wants Sea Smart to come to your child’s school? Fill out this form!
