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Young boy reading book under tree

Pre-Visit First Nations Awareness and Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Activity • Lesson Plan • Web Link

Stories in the Snow

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Honourable Harvest Overview

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Nature Note: Snow Activities with Glen

Activity • Video

Three siblings looking at nature with magnifying glasses

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

Activity • Lesson Plan • Pre-Visit Program-Related

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Nature Note Winter Edition: Episode 5 HOLE PATROL

Activity • Video

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Nature Note 1: Speaking Chickadee

Post-Visit “Natural Neighbours”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

Christmas tree with decorations

Nature Note: The Christmas Tree

Post-Visit “Honing in on Homes”

Activity • Lesson Plan

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Nature Note 4: Using Your Senses

Educator/Parent Book List

Closeup of a Dragonfly

Alien Next Door: Discovering Our Special Pond Friends

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Note 2: Bird Nests

Young boy walking in the forest

The Art of Stalking

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 2 TRACKING 2

Activity • Video

Tomatoes growing

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

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

All About Balsam

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

Post-Visit “Am I Alive?”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

bird feeder

Nature Notes: Your Bird Feeding Station

The Great Popsicle Fuel Race

Green Teacher: A Pathway to Stewardship

Downloadable PDF

Equitable Nature Access Toolkit

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

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

bird feeder

Pre-Visit Natural Neighbours

Activity • Lesson Plan • Pre-Visit Program-Related

The Beauty of Winter: Nature Crafts in the Cold

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 3 SCAVENGER HUNT

Activity • Video

Wonderful Worms

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Tiny Finds: The Micro-World of the Forest

Activity • Downloadable PDF

For the Birds

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Species at Risk Public Registry Website Link

Wanderfall Seeds

Activity • Downloadable PDF

NCCIE Website

Nest with 3 bird eggs in it

The Magic of Nests

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Magnificent Moths

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Animals Keeping Warm and Cozy: Making Winter Nests

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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

Activity • Video

Post-Visit “Seeds and Seed Dispersal”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

The Hidden World of Ponds and Streams

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Frozen Bubbles!

purple flowers

Nature Hammered Prints: A Smashing Good Time

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Snowy Owl

Nature Notes: Snowy Owl

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Nature Note 9: Nature Frame

Activity • Video

Unplug… And Plug Into Nature

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Note 3: Camouflaged Eggs

Brush Article

Brush With Nature

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Note 10: Basement Windows

Activity • Video

Post-Visit Taming the Wildflower

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 1 TRACKING

Activity • Video

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Nature Note 6: Spring Activities

Red squirrel in winter

Squirrel Thoughts

Activity • Downloadable PDF • Lesson Plan

young girl up close looking at a tree

Pre-Visit Signs of the Seasons

Activity • Lesson Plan

dense blazing star flowers

Pre-Visit Taming the Wildflower

Activity • Lesson Plan • Pre-Visit Program-Related

Archive of Outdoor Lesson Plans

Lesson Plan • Web Link

Blurred Trees

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

Activity • Lesson Plan • Pre-Visit Program-Related

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 8 Nature Sculptures

Activity • Video

Hiding in Plain Sight

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Forest Guide

Downloadable PDF

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Nature Note 5: Micro-Trails

NFB Website

Tomatoes growing

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

Activity • Lesson Plan • Pre-Visit Program-Related

Pre-Visit Honing in on Homes

Activity • Lesson Plan

The Nose Knows

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Post-Visit “Signs of the Seasons”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

Neighbourwood Eco Parent Resource

Activity • Downloadable PDF

House Plants

Nature Notes: Benefits of Indoor Plants

sprout evolution in dirt

Post-Visit “It’s not Dirt, it’s Soil”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related