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Forest Guide

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

Brush Article

Brush With Nature

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Nature Activity – The 5 Senses

Christmas tree with decorations

Nature Note: The Christmas Tree

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 3 SCAVENGER HUNT

Activity • Video

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Nature Note Winter Edition: Episode 5 HOLE PATROL

Activity • Video

Red squirrel in winter

Squirrel Thoughts

Activity • Downloadable PDF • Lesson Plan

Wanderfall Seeds

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Post-Visit “Natural Neighbours”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

The Great Popsicle Fuel Race

Species at Risk Public Registry Website Link

Hole Patrol: How Animals Keep Warm in Winter

Activity • Downloadable PDF

birds poster

Nature Sound Map

Activity • Downloadable PDF • Lesson Plan

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 1 TRACKING

Activity • Video

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Nature Note 9: Nature Frame

Activity • Video

Hiding in Plain Sight

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Wonderful Worms

Activity • Downloadable PDF

bird feeder

Pre-Visit Natural Neighbours

Activity • Lesson Plan • Pre-Visit Program-Related

Nest with 3 bird eggs in it

The Magic of Nests

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Snowy Owl

Nature Notes: Snowy Owl

Green Teacher: A Pathway to Stewardship

Downloadable PDF

Equitable Nature Access Toolkit

Frozen Bubbles!

Video: The Wild Path Home

Activity • Lesson Plan • Web Link

Honourable Harvest Overview

Post-Visit “Seeds and Seed Dispersal”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

bird feeder

Nature Notes: Your Bird Feeding Station

sprout evolution in dirt

Post-Visit “It’s not Dirt, it’s Soil”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

Young boy walking in the forest

The Art of Stalking

Tiny Finds: The Micro-World of the Forest

Activity • Downloadable PDF

dense blazing star flowers

Pre-Visit Taming the Wildflower

Activity • Lesson Plan • Pre-Visit Program-Related

Nurturing Naturalists

Downloadable PDF

Closeup of a Dragonfly

Alien Next Door: Discovering Our Special Pond Friends

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Take it Outside: Enjoying the Gifts of Winter

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Note 4: Using Your Senses

Tomatoes growing

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

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

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

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

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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 1: Speaking Chickadee

The Hidden World of Ponds and Streams

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Post-Visit “Signs of the Seasons”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

Archive of Outdoor Lesson Plans

Lesson Plan • Web Link

NFB Website

Magnificent Moths

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Blurred Trees

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

Activity • Lesson Plan • Pre-Visit Program-Related

Pre-Visit Honing in on Homes

Activity • Lesson Plan

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 2 TRACKING 2

Activity • Video

Post-Visit “Am I Alive?”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

child feeding birds

Pre-Visit “Seeds and Seed Dispersal”

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

Neighbourwood Eco Parent Resource

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Whizzing Water Stories

Activity • Downloadable PDF

Beyond BeLeaf: The Wonder of Leaves

Activity • Downloadable PDF

purple flowers

Nature Hammered Prints: A Smashing Good Time

Activity • Downloadable PDF

NCCIE Website

Flutterby’s: The Magic of Butterflies

Activity • Downloadable PDF

All About Balsam

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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

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

Drawings of birds

Nature Journals

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 8 Nature Sculptures

Activity • Video

Stories in the Snow

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Note 5: Micro-Trails

House Plants

Nature Notes: Benefits of Indoor Plants

For the Birds

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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

Activity • Video