Hosted by SuperNOVA and sponsored by the Nova Scotia Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD), the Climate Education Teacher Conference (CETC) is a series of professional development (PD) conferences, targeting primarily grade 7 and 8 science teachers across the province. The CETC offers a full day of interactive PD sessions focused on climate change and environmental education, aimed at equipping teachers with the knowledge and tools to deliver impactful climate education in their classrooms. A $100 attendance stipend will be provided to all participants.
Please note: All sessions will be presented in English. French materials will be offered for every session.
Cetc Lunch and LEarn 2026:
Event Date: September 26th
Program Location: Dalhousie University, Halifax
Eligibility: Grade 7 and 8 teachers at Nova Scotia Regional Centres for Education as well as the Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincial, as well as any teachers who may find the content relevant to their classrooms.
Contents:
Speakers
Mira MacNeill – Program Coordinator – Supernova
Mira is a program coordinator at SuperNOVA at Dalhousie University. She is SuperNOVA’s computer science programming lead, and runs an all-girls STEM program called ITS (Industry, Technology and Science) For Girls. She has been teaching since 2015 and has provided teacher training to teachers across Nova Scotia. She was invited to speak at ISTE Live 2024 in Denver, Colorado about integrating technology education with the natural environment. She has organized and presented at SuperNOVA’s previous three CETC Conferences in 2024 and 2025.
Schedule + Session Information
Saturday September 26th
Registration
9:00-9:30 AM
Arrive on location to check into the conference and receive your badge and materials. Coffee, tea, and snacks will be provided to participants.
Welcome Remarks – SuperNOVA / DEECD
9:30-9:40 AM
Introduction to the PD day from SuperNOVA and the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.
Hands-On Workshop #1: Wind Turbines
9:40-11:00
SuperNOVA will walk participants through a hands-on climate science activity suitable for grade 7 students. You will leave this session with all of the materials required to run these activities in your own classrooms.
This activity addresses green technologies, environmental stewardship and human impacts on the climate by allowing students to design and test their own wind turbine blades. Students will discover the benefits of implementing sustainable energy sources in their communities, and how natural resources can be harnessed using various technologies. This design challenge will also address engineered structures and the forces that act on them.
Hands-On Activity #2: Ecosystem Dynamics Game
11:00 – 12:00
SuperNOVA will walk participants through a hands-on climate science activity suitable for grade 7 students. You will leave this session with all of the materials required to run these activities in your own classrooms.
Lunch and Table Talks
12:00 – 12:30
Catered lunch will be offered in the conference room.
Table Talks!
12:30-1:00
Teachers will be able to connect, exchange ideas, and discuss how to incorporate what they’ve learned throughout the PD day in their own classrooms! Members of the SN team will foster conversations between participants, allowing teachers to create connections and foster a sense of community. Don’t be scared: this isn’t a formal networking event, it’s a free-flowing discussion that helps us learn from one another!
Closing Remarks and Evaluations – SuperNOVA / DEECD
1:00 – 1:30
SuperNOVA and the DEECD will provide closing remarks and time for session evaluation. Raffle prizes will be awarded at this time. After this, classroom bins will be distributed to all participants.
Further Information
The CETC conference is free of charge, and each participant will take home a bin of classroom materials that includes activity write-ups in your preferred language (English or French). The content of this conference is the same as the ones run in Halifax and Truro in the spring of 2026.
Upon registration, participants will be prompted to indicate whether they are interested in receiving a travel reimbursement. Travel reimbursements up to $200 will be offered to teachers who live outside of the Truro and Halifax metropolitan areas. Reimbursement will be provided to participants after attending the event.
Registered and unable to attend? Please reach out to mira@superstaff.ca for cancellation.
Not a middle school teacher? If you think that this content will be relevant for your classroom, please email mira@superstaff.ca to request participation.
For media inquiries, please contact:
SuperNOVA at Dalhousie University
902-210-6220
supernova@dal.ca