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Outdoor Immersive Haikus

Submitted by: Ben Dewar Grade level: elementary,middle-years,secondary,post-secondary Core Competencies: creative-thinking,communication,positive-personal-and-cultural-identity Subject Disciplines: english,fine-arts,language-arts,outdoor-education,health-education,biology Outdoor Immersive Haikus The objective of this lesson is to introduce poetry

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Living or Non-Living? Characteristics of Life

Submitted by: Julia Kadi Grade level: secondary,middle-years Core Competencies: communication,creative-thinking,critical-thinking Subject Disciplines: biology,chemistry,earth-science-and-space-science,outdoor-education This is a great opportunity to teach students about the Characteristics of

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Woodland Mapping

Submitted by: Hannah Hobbs Grade level: elementary,ece,middle-years Core Competencies: communication,creative-thinking,critical-thinking,positive-personal-and-cultural-identity,social-responsibility Subject Disciplines: applied-skills,geography,indigenous-education,outdoor-education Woodland Mapping…a background: This activity is based on building a stronger connection

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Den Building

Submitted by: Hannah Hobbs Grade level: ece,elementary Core Competencies: communication,creative-thinking,critical-thinking Subject Disciplines: outdoor-education Den Building Children often have a natural instinct to build shelters, possibly

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Noticing Encounters: Revisiting Nature Art Over Time

Submitted by: Trisha Phillips Grade level: ece,elementary Core Competencies: creative-thinking,positive-personal-and-cultural-identity,critical-thinking Subject Disciplines: fine-arts,indigenous-education Location: any natural space (e.g. playground, forest, beach) with accessible, loose materials

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Storytelling, Stamps and Life Maps – An Outdoor Art Project

Submitted by: Anna Moreau Grade level: middle-years,elementary,secondary,post-secondary Core Competencies: communication,creative-thinking,critical-thinking,positive-personal-and-cultural-identity,social-responsibility Subject Disciplines: fine-arts,outdoor-education,language-arts,english Lesson: Mud Art: Be an anywhere artist! https://www.wildaboutvancouver.com/lesson/mud-art-be-an-anywhere-artist/ https://meganzeni.com/imaginative-play-anywhere-artist/ I would certainly

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Creating Patterns in Nature

Submitted by: Alexandra Lamb Grade level: elementary Core Competencies: creative-thinking,communication,social-responsibility Subject Disciplines: outdoor-education,math Location: Outdoor space (e.g. school grounds, forest, garden, etc.) Objectives: Kindergarten: –       I can extend repeating

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