Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Program description: Students investigate how plants and animals survive in relation to seasonal changes and the basic needs of all living things. They study animal track patterns and movement. Students identify how natural communities are similar to human communities. Available year round, adapted to season.
Curricular connections: Students investigate direction, pathway, and speed of moving objects and animals; Students analyze environments and investigate interactions and changes; Students investigate and examine needs of plants and animals; Students follow instructions and relate them to outcomes.
Landscape Changes and Human History
Program description: Students develop a sense of place by exploring their place in the community and the histories that connect us. Available year round, adapted to season.
Curricular connections: Students explore some of the major physical features of our world; Children explain how cooperation contributes to achieving common goals; Students explore cultures and histories of diverse communities;
Beavers
Program description: Students learn how beavers have become such successful animals and how they contribute to healthy ecosystems. They also explore the importance of beavers to different cultures and learn how beavers shaped Canada as we know it today.
Curricular connections: Students analyze properties of objects and investigate how they can be changed; Students investigate direction, pathway, and speed of moving objects and animals; Students analyze environments and investigate interactions.
Rivers and Wetlands
Program description: Students investigate the needs of plants and animals and explore environmental changes in rivers and wetlands.
Curricular connections: Students investigate direction, pathway, and speed of moving objects and animals; Students analyze environments and investigate interactions and changes; Students investigate and examine needs of plants and animals; Students follow instructions and relate them to outcomes; Students examine major physical features and key landmarks of our world.