Schools

- Eco-festival -

Earth Day Hamilton’s Eco-festival invites schools, businesses, non-profit groups and government agencies to share their concerns and expertise for the environment. It is a day of education and entertainment. Exhibitors set up interactive displays that highlight environmental issues with links to the curriculum. A wide variety of Workshops are run all day. An Earth Day Quiz, crafted from questions submitted by each exhibitor relating to their exhibit offers the students a chance to win prizes. Entertainment runs at various times of the day. It is a full day of hands-on opportunities to learn in a fun atmosphere.

- Transportation -

Help the environment - take public transit. If you are unable to use the HSR, Earth Day Hamilton will arrange charter transportation for your class. A $1 fee per student may apply.

Any schools who procure a sponsor for bus transportation for the day will earn a point towards an Earth Day Environmental Award.

We recommend using your February, March or April school newsletters to request a sponsor in the following way: "Our school is planning to attend an Earth Day eco-festival and is seeking a transportation sponsor. Each donation of $100 provides a single bus. Transportation sponsors receive a plaque from Earth Day, recognition from the school and a charitable tax receipt. To assist our transportation requirements, please contact Earth Day at (905) 570-1932."

Remember to send a thank you card to your transportation sponsor immediately after the Eco-festival. An excellent idea is to create a banner for the Eco-festival acknowledging your sponsor. Whenever possible, we take pictures of students with banners to send back to the sponsors.

- Entertainment & Awards -

Each year we provide entertainment.
Let us know if your school would like to perform a play, skit or puppet show, and earn points towards the Earth Day Environmental Award.

- Keynote Speaker -

Each year we line up a keynote speaker with a unique perspective on the environment.

1997: Lt. Col. Chris Hadfield, Canadian Astronaut
1998: Author Bill Lishman who taught geese to fly alongside his ultra-light plane inspiring the movie Fly Away Home.
1999: Professor Skid Crease who encouraged children to ask adults "What kind of world will you leave for us?”
2000: Jed Goldberg, President, Earth Day Canada
2001: Linda Lukasik Hamilton’s most successful environmental watchdog and winner of many awards
2002: Jean-Dominic Lévesque-René a youth cancer survivor who successfully campaigned for a pesticide bylaw in his town.
2003: Dr. David Suzuki award-winning scientist, author, and host of the TV show “The Nature of Things”
2004: Elizabeth May, Executive Director of Sierra Club of Canada and successful campaigner since her youth..
2005: Dr. Velma Grover, United Nations expert on water.

- Outstanding Environmental Education Opportunities -

Where else can you meet so many environmental experts in one place for free? Our Eco-festival provides a level of education
that cannot be reproduced in the classroom. It is growing and changing each and every year. If you know of anyone that
would like to set up an exhibit for free, please tell them to call Earth Day Hamilton at (905) 570-1932.

- Earth Week Theme Days -

Theme days that you can implement at school or work:

Litterless Lunch Day -pack a lunch that creates zero waste and/or have students take their lunch waste back home.
Leave the Car at Home Day -walk, roller-blade, cycle, take public transit
Energy Conservation Day -turn off lights, fundraise to purchase and install energy-saving LED lights in classrooms and offices.
Composting Day -implement a composting program. 30% of our waste can be composted!
Reuse-a-rama Day -host a Reuse-arama.
Recycling Day -capture all recyclable materials.
Battery Collection Day -everyone saves and brings in old batteries to go to special recycler of batteries.

Curriculum

GRADE	TOPIC 1	TOPIC 2
Grade 4	Habitats & Communities	Rocks, Minerals, and Erosion
Grade 5	Conservation of Energy	Weather
Grade 6	Diversity of Living Things	Properties of Air & Characteristics of Flight
Grade 7	Interactions Within Ecosystems	The Earth's Crust
Grade 8	Cells, Tissues, Organs & Systems	Water Systems


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