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Squirrel Thoughts

This activity is a nature-themed exercise in memory-building. It provides an opportunity to review what the students learned at the Environment Centre, while also providing a new challenge with which to engage. Begin with some fun squirrel stretches and movements. Review what sorts of food squirrels prefer to eat and discuss how these small creatures ensure that they have food available all winter long.

Nature Sound Map

A great way to get to know your local woodlands is to venture out, find a sit-spot, and listen to your surroundings. Create a Sound Map to help you remember what you heard!

Nurturing Naturalists

These educational articles were written by our Executive Director, Jacob Rodenburg. Click the links below to learn more! Download PDF Version

Wonderful Worms

After a long, cold winter there is something rejuvenating and comforting in turning over garden beds. With each shovelful, the smell of moist, damp earth rises up and we rejoice in the promise of a new season of growth. And as we turn the soil, we inevitably will come...

Whizzing Water Stories

Skating on ice is one thing, but skating on water? How cool would that be?! Did you know that there’s an insect that can do just that? Water striders—or pond skaters—can zoom over the surface of lakes and ponds without even getting wet! Water striders have elegant,...

Wanderfall Seeds

Isn’t it curious that even though plants can’t walk, they still manage to show up in the strangest of places? But plants can’t just pick up and move, so how do seeds find their way to new homes? It turns out that plants have many ingenious ways to disperse their...