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Kindergarden

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Nature Note Winter Edition: Episode 5 HOLE PATROL

Activity • Video

Post-Visit “Seeds and Seed Dispersal”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

Hole Patrol: How Animals Keep Warm in Winter

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Note 2: Bird Nests

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Nature Note 4: Using Your Senses

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Nature Note 10: Basement Windows

Activity • Video

sprout evolution in dirt

Post-Visit “It’s not Dirt, it’s Soil”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

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Nature Note: Snow Activities with Glen

Activity • Video

Grade One and Kindergarten Book List

“Cell phone bans may help, but to get to the root cause of too much screen time we need to re-inspire a love for nature”

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Nature Note 7: Using your head… Woodpeckers

Post-Visit “Tree-ific: A Program about Plants and Trees”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

Hiding in Plain Sight

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Your Better Sense of Nature

birds poster

Nature Sound Map

Activity • Downloadable PDF • Lesson Plan

The Nose Knows

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Equitable Nature Access Toolkit

Magnificent Moths

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Pre-Visit Honing in on Homes

Activity • Lesson Plan

Tomatoes growing

Pre-Visit “Local Eats: The Importance of Healthy Food”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Pre-Visit Program-Related

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Nature Note 3: Camouflaged Eggs

Neighbourwood Eco Parent Resource

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Video: The Wild Path Home

Activity • Lesson Plan • Web Link

Earthworm in dirt

Nature Notes: The Earthworm is an Invader!

child feeding birds

Pre-Visit “Seeds and Seed Dispersal”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Pre-Visit Program-Related • Web Link

Red squirrel in winter

Pre/Post Visit for “A Day in the Life of a Squirrel” Programming

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related • Pre-Visit Program-Related

Post-Visit “Honing in on Homes”

Activity • Lesson Plan

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Nature Note 6: Spring Activities

The Hidden World of Ponds and Streams

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Three siblings looking at nature with magnifying glasses

Pre-visit Activity: “Am I Alive?” Program

Activity • Lesson Plan • Pre-Visit Program-Related

Fun Bee Activities & Resources

Forest Guide

Downloadable PDF

Nurturing Naturalists

Downloadable PDF

Post-Visit “Natural Neighbours”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

For the Birds

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 2 TRACKING 2

Activity • Video

Snowy Owl

Nature Notes: Snowy Owl

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Nature Note 9: Nature Frame

Activity • Video

Tiny Finds: The Micro-World of the Forest

Activity • Downloadable PDF

NCCIE Website

NFB Website

Beyond BeLeaf: The Wonder of Leaves

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Note 5: Micro-Trails

The Nose Knows

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 8 Nature Sculptures

Activity • Video

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Nature Note 1: Speaking Chickadee

Young boy reading book under tree

Pre-Visit First Nations Awareness and Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Activity • Lesson Plan • Web Link

purple flowers

Nature Hammered Prints: A Smashing Good Time

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Post-Visit “Signs of the Seasons”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

dense blazing star flowers

Pre-Visit Taming the Wildflower

Activity • Lesson Plan • Pre-Visit Program-Related

Post-Visit “First Nations Awareness and Traditional Ecological Knowledge”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related • Web Link

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Nature Note 8: Acorn Whistle

Young boy walking in the forest

The Art of Stalking

Whizzing Water Stories

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 3 SCAVENGER HUNT

Activity • Video

bird feeder

Nature Notes: Your Bird Feeding Station

Nest with 3 bird eggs in it

The Magic of Nests

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Post-Visit Taming the Wildflower

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

Wonderful Worms

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Post-Visit “Am I Alive?”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

Flutterby’s: The Magic of Butterflies

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Green Teacher: A Pathway to Stewardship

Downloadable PDF

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Nature Note Winter Edition: Episode 6 MOUSE BABIES Part 1

Activity • Video

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 1 TRACKING

Activity • Video

The Thrill of the Trill

Downloadable PDF

Red squirrel in winter

Squirrel Thoughts

Activity • Downloadable PDF • Lesson Plan