Alberta Science Curriculum Quick-Start Guides
Switch Classroom provides a full set of free Alberta Science curriculum quick-start guides to help teachers connect lessons and activities to provincial learning outcomes, from Alberta’s new elementary science curriculum through the senior high programs of study. Each guide shows where videos, labs, quizzes, and problem sets fit, with activities that build skills in analyzing and interpreting data, evaluating impacts, and applying concepts related to energy and technology.
Teachers can pick the pieces that fit their own unit plans: every lesson is free, ready to use, and built to connect scientific concepts to real-world energy issues.
Available Guides
- Alberta Grade 5 Science Curriculum Guide
Lessons to investigate and analyze various energy resources. - Alberta Grade 6 Science Curriculum Guide
Activities on investigating energy resources and explaining factors that influence energy use. - Alberta Science 10 Curriculum Guide
Skill practice and discussion starters on energy math, efficiency, conversions, and environmental impacts for Units B and D. - Alberta Science 20-4 Curriculum Guide
Accessible, hands-on lessons on oil, natural gas, coal, wind, and efficiency for the Knowledge and Employability energy conversion systems unit. - Alberta Science 24 Curriculum Guide
Labs and videos on wind, electricity, efficiency, oil, gas, and coal for the common energy conversion systems unit. - Alberta Science 30 Curriculum Guide
The Switch On series plus labs and debates on solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, coal, and nuclear for Unit D, Energy and the Environment.
Why Use These Guides?
- Save time by linking activities directly to Alberta’s programs of study.
- Reinforce key competencies including questioning, analyzing, evaluating, and communicating.
- Connect classroom instruction to real-world issues in energy, technology, and resource development.
Provide students with hands-on, data-driven learning that builds both content knowledge and problem-solving skills.
To see the full collection of Switch Classroom’s curriculum quick-start guides, click here.
