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OPG offers Ontario teachers free resource kits to help teach electrical energy and electricity generation to students in grades 1, 6 and 9. OPG has developed the resources in consultation with science educators across the province. The resources align to curriculum expectations in the Ontario Curriculum, 2007 and the Ontario Curriculum, 2008.

Kits are available in English.

Kits contain a teacher's guide, and sufficient student guides and pens or pencils for a class. Selected resources for grades 6 and 9 are also available in French in PDF format. The contents of the kits are described in more detail below:

Grade 1 Kit


  • Teacher's Guide
  • 25 Student Booklets
  • 25 Pencils

Grade 6 Kit


  • Teacher's Guide
  • 30 Student Booklets
  • 30 Pencils
  • Water Safety Game Poster
  • "How It Works" DVD

Grade 9 Kit


  • Teacher's Guide
  • 30 Student Booklets
  • 30 Pens
  • 3 Generating Station Diagram Posters
  • "How It Works" DVD
  • Simulated Nuclear Fuel Pellet
  • Canadian Nuclear Association Website brochure


To order a free electricity resource kit, click on the button below and complete the online order form.*


The student booklets and other material may be downloaded in PDF format from the links below:

For more information about Ontario Power Generation's Education Program, please e-mail us at education@opg.com.



*Electricity resource kits are only available to teachers in Ontario, while quantities last. One kit per teacher. Please allow six to eight weeks for delivery.

Last modified: September 2, 2011


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