School Programming

  • Recyclogic
    • Explore the effects of consumerism on people  and places. Learn how to make trash into treasures and find out tips and tricks for frugal, eco-friendly living.
  • How to Bird
    • Discover how to identify birds and learn about the behaviors that help them survive in their environment.
  • Bioblitz
    • Learn to identify plants and animals based on observable features.
    • Learn how the creatures interact with each other.
    • Create a list of all species observed in a specific location and submit your list to iNaturalist app/website to share with the world.
  • Stages of Life
    • Explore the stages of insect life in your neighbourhood.
    • Choose from insects of the water (pond), soil (compost), or land.
  • Story of Salmon
    • Choose this THEME for any of our existing programs to learn more about salmon and our coho hatchery.
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Curriculum Connections

Overview

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Kindergarten

Science: Plants and animals have observable features.

  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Science: Daily and seasonal changes affect all living things.

  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Socials: Stories and traditions about ourselves and our families reflect who we are and where we are from.

  • Story of Salmon

Socials: Rights, roles and responsibilities shape our identity and help us build healthy relationships with others.

  • Recyclogic
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Grade 1

Science: Living things have features and behaviours that help them survive in their environment.

  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Socials: Healthy communities recognize and respect the diversity of individuals and care for the local environment.

  • Recyclogic
  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Socials: We shape the local environment, and the local environment shapes who we are and how we live.

  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Socials: Our rights, roles and responsibilities are important for building strong communities.

  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Grade 2

Science: Living things have features and behaviours that help them survive in their environment.

  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Science: Materials can be changed through physical and chemical processes.

  • Recyclogic

Science: Water is essential to all living things, and it cycles through the environment.

  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Socials: Canada is made up of many diverse regions and communities.

  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Socials: Local actions have global consequences, and global actions have local consequences.

  • Recyclogic
  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Socials: Individuals have rights and responsibilities as global citizens.

  • Recyclogic
  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Grade 3

Science: Living things are diverse, can be grouped, and interact in their ecosystems.

  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Science: Wind, water, and ice change the shape of the land.

  • Story of Salmon

Socials: Learning about indigenous peoples nurtures multicultural awareness and respect for diversity.

  • Story of Salmon

Socials: Indigenous knowledge is passed down through oral history, traditions, and collective memory

  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Socials: People from diverse cultures and societies share some common experiences and aspects of life.

  • Story of Salmon

Grade 4

Science: All living things sense and respond to their environment.

  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Science: The motions of Earth and the moon cause observable patterns that affect living and non-living things.

  • How to Bird
  • Stages of Life

Socials: The pursuit of valuable natural resources has played a key role in changing the land, people, and communities of Canada.

  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Grade 5

Science: Multicellular organisms have organ systems that enable them to survive and interact within their environment.

  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Science: Solutions are homogenous.

  • Recyclogic

Science: Earth materials change as they move through the rock cycle and can be used as natural resources.

  • Recyclogic

Socials: Natural resources continue to shape the economy and identity of different regions of Canada.

  • Story of Salmon

Grade 6

Science: Multicellular organisms rely on internal systems to survive, reproduce, and interact with their environment.

  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Socials: Economic self-interest can be a significant cause of conflict among peoples and governments.

  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Story of Salmon

Socials: Complex global problems require international co-operation to make difficult choices for the future.

  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Grade 7

Science: Evolution by natural selection provides an explanation for the diversity and survival of living things.

  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Science: Elements consist of one type of atom, and compounds consist of atoms of different elements chemically combined.

  • Recyclogic

Socials: Geographic conditions shaped the emergence of civilizations.

  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Story of Salmon

Socials: Complex global problems require international co-operation to make difficult choices for the future.

  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Grade 8

Science: Life processes are performed at the cellular level.

  • Bioblitz
  • Story of Salmon

Socials: Exploration, expansion, and colonization had varying consequences for different groups.

  • Bioblitz
  • Story of Salmon

Socials: Human and environmental factors shape changes in population and living standards.

  • Recyclogic
  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Grade 9

Science: The biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere are interconnected, as matter cycles and energy flows through them.

  • Recyclogic
  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Socials: The physical environment influences the nature of political, social, and economic change.

  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Grade 10

Science: DNA is the basis for the diversity of living things.

  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

Science: Energy change is required as atoms rearrange in chemical processes.

  • Recyclogic

Science: Energy is conserved, and its transformation can affect living things and the environment.

  • Recyclogic

Socials: Worldviews lead to different perspectives and ideas about developments in Canadian society.

  • How to Bird
  • Bioblitz
  • Stages of Life
  • Story of Salmon

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