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Activity

Green Teacher: A Pathway to Stewardship

Downloadable PDF

All About Balsam

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Tiny Finds: The Micro-World of the Forest

Activity • Downloadable PDF

The Beauty of Winter: Nature Crafts in the Cold

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Your Better Sense of Nature

Wanderfall Seeds

Activity • Downloadable PDF

dense blazing star flowers

Pre-Visit Taming the Wildflower

Activity • Lesson Plan • Pre-Visit Program-Related

sprout evolution in dirt

Post-Visit “It’s not Dirt, it’s Soil”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

The Thrill of the Trill

Downloadable PDF

Drawings of birds

Nature Journals

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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

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Nature Note Winter Edition: Episode 5 HOLE PATROL

Activity • Video

bird feeder

Pre-Visit Natural Neighbours

Activity • Lesson Plan • Pre-Visit Program-Related

bird feeder

Nature Notes: Your Bird Feeding Station

Red squirrel in winter

Squirrel Thoughts

Activity • Downloadable PDF • Lesson Plan

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 4 SNOW GAMES with Jacob & Glen

Activity • Video

Stories in the Snow

Activity • Downloadable PDF

NCCIE Website

Forest Guide

Downloadable PDF

Post-Visit Taming the Wildflower

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

Grade One and Kindergarten Book List

Snowy Owl

Nature Notes: Snowy Owl

birds poster

Nature Sound Map

Activity • Downloadable PDF • Lesson Plan

purple flowers

Nature Hammered Prints: A Smashing Good Time

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Nest with 3 bird eggs in it

The Magic of Nests

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Beyond BeLeaf: The Wonder of Leaves

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Note 8: Acorn Whistle

NFB Website

Honourable Harvest Overview

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

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

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Nature Note 1: Speaking Chickadee

“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”

For the Birds

Activity • Downloadable PDF

The Nose Knows

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Note 3: Camouflaged Eggs

Three siblings looking at nature with magnifying glasses

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

Activity • Lesson Plan • Pre-Visit Program-Related

Frozen Bubbles!

young girl up close looking at a tree

Pre-Visit Signs of the Seasons

Activity • Lesson Plan

Post-Visit “Natural Neighbours”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

Species at Risk Public Registry Website Link

Post-Visit “Signs of the Seasons”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

Post-Visit “Seeds and Seed Dispersal”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 8 Nature Sculptures

Activity • Video

Unplug… And Plug Into Nature

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Blurred Trees

Pre-Visit “Treeific: A Program about Plants and Trees”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Pre-Visit Program-Related

The Hidden World of Ponds and Streams

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Note: Snow Activities with Glen

Activity • Video

Educator/Parent Book List

Flutterby’s: The Magic of Butterflies

Activity • Downloadable PDF

House Plants

Nature Notes: Benefits of Indoor Plants

Tomatoes growing

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

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

Take it Outside: Enjoying the Gifts of Winter

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Christmas tree with decorations

Nature Note: The Christmas Tree

Post-Visit “Honing in on Homes”

Activity • Lesson Plan

Post-Visit “Hide and Seek: A Program about Camouflage”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

Hiding in Plain Sight

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Neighbourwood Eco Parent Resource

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Video: The Wild Path Home

Activity • Lesson Plan • Web Link

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Nature Note 7: Using your head… Woodpeckers

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 1 TRACKING

Activity • Video

Young boy walking in the forest

The Art of Stalking

Archive of Outdoor Lesson Plans

Lesson Plan • Web Link

The Nose Knows

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 3 SCAVENGER HUNT

Activity • Video

Beyond the Green Blur: Green Adventures in Your Own Backyard

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Nature Note Winter Edition: Episode 6 MOUSE BABIES Part 1

Activity • Video

Earthworm in dirt

Nature Notes: The Earthworm is an Invader!

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Nature Note 2: Bird Nests

Nurturing Naturalists

Downloadable PDF