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Bring public transit into your classroom with free, ready-to-use resources. You’ll find lesson plans and hands-on activities that help students learn how buses help connect communities. Everything’s built to make travel that’s sustainable and accessible easy to understand.

Kindergarten - Grade 3

  • Becoming BusReady 

    This lesson introduces students to public transit and its role in community life. They will learn what public transit is, the basic rules for riding the bus and its importance in connecting people and ensuring safe travel.

    Kindergarten – Grade 3 | 30 Mins | Safety | Community

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  • Everyone Belongs on the Bus

    The lesson will highlight why it is crucial for everyone in the community, including people with disabilities, seniors, parents with strollers and those who may not drive, to have access to safe and welcoming public transportation.

    Kindergarten – Grade 3 | 30 Mins | Community | Accessibility

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  • Printable Activities

    Enjoy free printable transit-themed activities like bingo, crossword and word search.

    Kindergarten – Grade 7 | 10-20 Mins | Sustainability | Community

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  • Printable Colouring Sheets

    Download colouring activity sheets for more transit fun!

    Kindergarten – Grade 7 | 20 Mins | Community | Sustainability | Safety

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  • Traffic Jamming

    This environmental activity introduces students to the concept and reality of traffic congestion. They will engage in an experiential learning activity using movement to understand the different spaces required when we use cars, bicycles and public transit.

    Kindergarten – Grade 7 | 45 Mins | Sustainability | Community

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Grade 4 - 7

  • Connecting Communities

    Learn about how public transit is a sustainable solution for growing communities and how transit connects us all. Students are presented with information on how transit impacts communities and to use that information to calculate how transit reduces our carbon footprint.

    Grades 4 – 7 | 40 Mins | Community | Sustainability

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  • Make Your City BusReady!

    Students are immersed in the world of transit planning. They’ll adopt the role of transit planners to design a bus network that meets the needs of a diverse community, using critical thinking, data analysis and understanding community dynamics.

    Grade 4 – 7 | 30 Mins | Community

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  • Printable Activities

    Enjoy free printable transit-themed activities like bingo, crossword and word search.

    Kindergarten – Grade 7 | 10-20 Mins | Sustainability | Community

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  • Printable Colouring Sheets

    Download colouring activity sheets for more transit fun!

    Kindergarten – Grade 7 | 20 Mins | Community | Sustainability | Safety

    Learn more

  • Traffic Jamming

    This environmental activity introduces students to the concept and reality of traffic congestion. They will engage in an experiential learning activity using movement to understand the different spaces required when we use cars, bicycles and public transit.

    Kindergarten – Grade 7 | 45 Mins | Sustainability | Community

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  • Transit Tool Kit

    Mastering bus safety by equipping students with essential safety knowledge and the development of interpersonal skills needed for independent and safe bus travel.

    Grade 4 – 7 | 25 Mins | Community | Safety

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