Freshwater ecosystems and watersheds
"Fairlight Farm & Forest Centre is run by Leah ""Sparrow"" Houghton, who has extensive teaching experience in outdoor settings and specializes in survival skills and farm animals. The many farm animals (horses, pigs, chickens, cow, goats, pony) are a big draw, as children can participate in chores and learn about livestock care and food security. The farm also has an outdoor classroom and multiple camps in the 40 acres of mixed hardwood/softwood forest and a stream for exploring.
This program is designed to get youth excited about biodiversity conservation, through a multi-faceted educational approach highlighting the importance of healthy, functioning ecosystems!
Students will get to use a Water Rangers kit to take water quality samples from the Hammond River- they will learn the concepts of testing water’s pH, conductivity, salinity, temperature, and alkalinity. They will be Citizen Scientists for the day!
We would love to engage your class in environmental education whether it's a classroom session or outdoor field trip! We have previously hosted angling activities, bioblitz adventures, and benthics (riverbed bugs) demonstrations. We can also organize a visit to one of our rain gardens or restoration sites, or involve the kids in volunteer work such as bird box building, tree planting or willow cutting. The programs we can offer are dependent on available funding, but feel free to reach out and we can determine the activity that's right for you.
This is a teacher's workshop that involves a field trip to a beach in the Parrsboro, NS area to learn how to teach the basics about rock identification. Provided with the workshop are classroom-ready teaching resources including, a comprehensive Pebble Guide (based on the Science 4 Properties and Uses of Earth Materials curriculum); a field journal; and a pencil case filled with a magnifier, ruler, pencil, eraser and sharpener.
Les grands penseurs se rencontrent dehors est un programme de perfectionnement professionnel pratique, relié au programme d’études et en plein air qui offre aux enseignants et aux éducateurs les compétences, les outils et les ressources nécessaires pour enseigner aux élèves en plein air quel que soit le sujet!
Le programme surveillez vos pattes est un programme éducatif basé sur la nature qui enseignera à vos élèves tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur la faune et la flore du Nouveau-Brunswick. Le programme se déroule en deux parties, la première étant une présentation interactive en classe, suivie d'un défi d'action dans la nature.
The Watch Your Paws program is an engaging nature-based education program that will teach your students all about wildlife in New Brunswick. The program is run in two parts, first with an in-class interactive presentation, followed by our nature action challenge.
Nous avons un nouvel effort de sensibilisation qui eut un succès énorme - nous avons apporté notre science à vous! Les employés de ABVP sont allé à au-dela de 30 réunions de groupe, bureaux minicipaux, salles de classe et plus pour partager notre travail récent et ses résultats. La tournée de présentations se passa lors des mois d'hiver quand nous sommes incapables d'aller sur le terrain. Au lieu, nous sommes dans la communauté!
We have an ongoign outreach effort that was hugely successful- we brought our science to you! PWA staff went to over 30 group meetings, municipal offices, school classrooms and more to share our most recent work and results. The roadshow took place over the winter months when we aren't able to be out in the field. Instead, we are out in the community!
Our subject matter varies from general watershed geography, to specific local species at risk; water quality, pollution, storm water initiatives; fish habitat assessment and remediation; and local ecological knowledge.
Great Minds Think Outside is a hands-on, curriculum-linked, outdoor professional development program that will give teachers and educators the skills, tools, and resources they need to teach their students outside – whatever the subject matter!
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