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Project Ideas
Are your students searching for a project idea? Take a look at what other schools from across Canada are doing to make a difference.
Career Ideas
The environment industry is full of exciting opportunities for your students. Here are some suggestions for how you can help your students incorporate a career component into their project:
1. Connect your students to an environmental professional
Environmental professionals can be great role models for aspiring students and often have great first-hand experiences to share. Have your students prepare questions in advance and provide them with the opportunity to speak directly to an environmental professional as it relates to their project.
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2. Partner with a local organization
Organizations are often more than happy to give back to the community and spend some time with today’s youth. Ask a botanist to help your students plan the school’s greenhouse, an arborist to help beautify the school grounds, or take your students on a tour of a local recycling facility to learn more about jobs in the industry.
3. Tour a post-secondary institution’s faculty of environment
Sixty-six percent of environmental professionals have post-secondary education, compared to 42% of the Canadian workforce . With a highly educated environmental workforce, it’s never too early to get your students exploring careers and the education that’s required to land that dream job.
4. Get your students to research environmental careers online
With over 120 occupational profiles and an online interest-matching tool, your students can explore a day-in-the-life of an environmental professional, including working conditions, educational requirements, and salary ranges.
5. Assign careers to students for role-play activities
Your students can have a lot of fun with their project, making it an engaging experience for all. For example, are you installing solar panels on your school’s roof? There are roles for a clean energy researcher, environmental communications officer, project manager, and more!