To support the families and teachers we work with in the outdoor classroom, we’ve put together this list of ideas for playful learning outdoors in April during Covid-19. Remember how important it is to get outside everyday, be sure to follow the guidelines recommended by the provincial health officer. This post is in compliance as of […]
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Have you ever gone for a walk with your family and come across a plant that you have always been curious about but just don’t know the name? I suggest you download the free app Seek, by iNaturalist (LINK). This app allows you to hover your phone’s camera over a plant and it will (most
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At home with your kid(s) and trying to find something to do outside to help them connect to nature? Nature Journalling might just be what you were looking for. What is Nature Journaling, you might ask? Nature Journaling is the act of going outside and partaking in careful observation of an element of the natural world.
An outdoor learning lesson by Jason Camp. Good for all grades from K to 12. How to do the Sound Mapping exercise 1. Have the students mark the middle of their paper with a stick drawing of themselves. 2. Have them mark north on their map 3. Move outside to any location and help the
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The goal is to use a North American First Nations technique to derive the height of tall objects, such as trees. It works like this. All sides of a square are equal in length. There are 4 x 90 degree angles in a square. If we bisect a square from corner to opposite corner, we
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The students were asked to record the addresses of each houses along 59th Avenue, starting from Ross Street and heading west towards Prince Albert Street in Vancouver, BC, Canada. After recording the addresses of 3 houses, many students noticed the numbers going bacward. As the students continued recording the house numbers, they began to notice
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Division 29 was lucky enough to have Hartley spend an afternoon with us as part of a WAV experience. After practicing our noticing skills in the classroom, we took advantage of the beautiful weather and took a walk to a local park. There, nature became our workspace and inspiration as we explored dandelions, shadows, and
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It was a wild week for Templeton Secondary school students, as WAV’s very own, Kate Inch, taught 3 Science lessons around the school. On Tuesday, she led a class in making ionic compounds where students learned the chemical formula: baking soda + vinegar = fun. This was followed up on Thursday with an Earth Science
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All the recent rain has left us with springtime mud! With all the recent rain… The Grade 4/5s went outside with sentences, poetry, and quotes to see if they could leave a message in mud for someone else to find. We learned a lot about mud, soil and sand in the last several months. Which