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Kindergarden

“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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Grade 01

Post-Visit “Honing in on Homes”

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

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Nurturing Naturalists

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Alien Next Door: Discovering Our Special Pond Friends

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The Nose Knows

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Grade One and Kindergarten Book List

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Hiding in Plain Sight

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The Beauty of Winter: Nature Crafts in the Cold

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Nature Notes: Snowy Owl

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Post-Visit “Signs of the Seasons”

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NCCIE Website

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Nature Notes: The Chipmunk

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Tree Bee Website

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 8 Nature Sculptures

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Magnificent Moths

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 1 TRACKING

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Nature Note 1: Speaking Chickadee

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The Hidden World of Ponds and Streams

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Flutterby’s: The Magic of Butterflies

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Wonderful Worms

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Equitable Nature Access Toolkit

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Whizzing Water Stories

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Archive of Outdoor Lesson Plans

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Honourable Harvest Overview

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Hole Patrol: How Animals Keep Warm in Winter

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Educator/Parent Book List

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Nature Journals

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Stories in the Snow

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Video: The Wild Path Home

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Forest Guide

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Green Teacher: A Pathway to Stewardship

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Pre-Visit Signs of the Seasons

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Animals Keeping Warm and Cozy: Making Winter Nests

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Environmental Education Curriculum ON Screenshot

Ontario Curriculum Environmental Education (2017)

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Pre-Visit Honing in on Homes

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“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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Touching the Earth: A Conversation with Jacob Rodenburg and Drew Monkman

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Nature Note Winter Edition: Episode 6 MOUSE BABIES Part 1

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Beyond the Green Blur: Green Adventures in Your Own Backyard

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Nature Notes: Your Bird Feeding Station

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Unplug… And Plug Into Nature

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

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NFB Website

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The Magic of Nests

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Nature Activity – The 5 Senses

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Brush With Nature

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Squirrel Thoughts

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Nature Note 6: Spring Activities

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

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Your Better Sense of Nature

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Tiny Finds: The Micro-World of the Forest

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Wanderfall Seeds

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Neighbourwood Eco Parent Resource

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Nature Notes: Benefits of Indoor Plants

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The Thrill of the Trill

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Nature Note 4: Using Your Senses

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Fun Bee Activities & Resources

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Take it Outside: Enjoying the Gifts of Winter

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Nature Activity – Mapping with Glen

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Nature Note 5: Micro-Trails

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Nature Note 8: Acorn Whistle

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Nature Note 10: Basement Windows

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 3 SCAVENGER HUNT

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Get to know your bugs!

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Nature Note 3: Camouflaged Eggs

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Nature Note 2: Bird Nests

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Nature Notes: The Earthworm is an Invader!

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Nature Sound Map

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Beyond BeLeaf: The Wonder of Leaves

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Nature Note 9: Nature Frame

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 2 TRACKING 2

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Nature Note 7: Using your head… Woodpeckers

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Post-Visit “Am I Alive?”

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Post-Visit “Natural Neighbours”

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Nature Hammered Prints: A Smashing Good Time

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The Nose Knows

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Frozen Bubbles!

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All About Balsam

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Nature Note Winter Edition: Episode 5 HOLE PATROL

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Species at Risk Public Registry Website Link

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For the Birds

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Nature Note: Snow Activities with Glen

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Nature Note: The Christmas Tree

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

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Pre-Visit Natural Neighbours

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Grade 02

Stories in the Snow

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Nature Note 4: Using Your Senses

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Nature Note: The Christmas Tree

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Pre-Visit Natural Neighbours

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Video: The Wild Path Home

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Nature Notes: Your Bird Feeding Station

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NFB Website

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Get to know your bugs!

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Tree Bee Website

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Nature Activity – The 5 Senses

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Equitable Nature Access Toolkit

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Nature Note 7: Using your head… Woodpeckers

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

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Species at Risk Public Registry Website Link

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Nature Note 2: Bird Nests

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Honourable Harvest Overview

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 2 TRACKING 2

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Archive of Outdoor Lesson Plans

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Fun Bee Activities & Resources

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Nature Note 3: Camouflaged Eggs

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Touching the Earth: A Conversation with Jacob Rodenburg and Drew Monkman

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For the Birds

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Your Better Sense of Nature

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Nature Note Winter Edition: Episode 5 HOLE PATROL

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Nature Sound Map

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Nature Note 5: Micro-Trails

Activity

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Neighbourwood Eco Parent Resource

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The Beauty of Winter: Nature Crafts in the Cold

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Nature Notes: Benefits of Indoor Plants

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Nature Note: Snow Activities with Glen

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 8 Nature Sculptures

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Alien Next Door: Discovering Our Special Pond Friends

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The Nose Knows

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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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The Hidden World of Ponds and Streams

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Ontario Curriculum Environmental Education (2017)

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Grade One and Kindergarten Book List

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Hiding in Plain Sight

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Wonderful Worms

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Nature Note 9: Nature Frame

Activity • Video

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Nature Note 6: Spring Activities

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Animals Keeping Warm and Cozy: Making Winter Nests

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

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Flutterby’s: The Magic of Butterflies

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All About Balsam

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Frozen Bubbles!

Activity

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Nature Activity – Mapping with Glen

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Hole Patrol: How Animals Keep Warm in Winter

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Nature Hammered Prints: A Smashing Good Time

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Magnificent Moths

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Nature Notes: Snowy Owl

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Whizzing Water Stories

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Post-Visit “Natural Neighbours”

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Educator/Parent Book List

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Unplug… And Plug Into Nature

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nurturing Naturalists

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Nature Note 1: Speaking Chickadee

Video

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 3 SCAVENGER HUNT

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Nature Note 10: Basement Windows

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Squirrel Thoughts

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The Thrill of the Trill

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Wanderfall Seeds

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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The Magic of Nests

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Beyond BeLeaf: The Wonder of Leaves

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

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Nature Notes: The Earthworm is an Invader!

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Nature Notes: The Chipmunk

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 1 TRACKING

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Nature Note 8: Acorn Whistle

Video

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The Nose Knows

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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NCCIE Website

Web Link

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Brush With Nature

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Tiny Finds: The Micro-World of the Forest

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Forest Guide

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“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”

Web Link

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Green Teacher: A Pathway to Stewardship

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Take it Outside: Enjoying the Gifts of Winter

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Beyond the Green Blur: Green Adventures in Your Own Backyard

Activity

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Nature Journals

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Note Winter Edition: Episode 6 MOUSE BABIES Part 1

Activity • Video

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Grade 03

Frozen Bubbles!

Activity

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Nature Hammered Prints: A Smashing Good Time

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Video: The Wild Path Home

Activity • Lesson Plan • Web Link

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Take it Outside: Enjoying the Gifts of Winter

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Honourable Harvest Overview

Web Link

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Neighbourwood Eco Parent Resource

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Wonderful Worms

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Note 5: Micro-Trails

Activity

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NFB Website

Web Link

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Green Teacher: A Pathway to Stewardship

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Nature Note 9: Nature Frame

Activity • Video

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Nature Note 2: Bird Nests

Video

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Nature Notes: Your Bird Feeding Station

Activity

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

Activity • Lesson Plan • Pre-Visit Program-Related

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Stories in the Snow

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Hiding in Plain Sight

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

Activity • Lesson Plan • Pre-Visit Program-Related

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Nature Notes: The Chipmunk

Lesson Plan

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Alien Next Door: Discovering Our Special Pond Friends

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Note 1: Speaking Chickadee

Video

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 8 Nature Sculptures

Activity • Video

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Equitable Nature Access Toolkit

Web Link

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Nature Note 3: Camouflaged Eggs

Video

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Nature Note Winter Edition: Episode 5 HOLE PATROL

Activity • Video

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

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

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Wanderfall Seeds

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Post-Visit Taming the Wildflower

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

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Touching the Earth: A Conversation with Jacob Rodenburg and Drew Monkman

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Tiny Finds: The Micro-World of the Forest

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Note 8: Acorn Whistle

Video

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“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”

Web Link

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Squirrel Thoughts

Activity • Downloadable PDF • Lesson Plan

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Nature Note Winter Edition: Episode 6 MOUSE BABIES Part 1

Activity • Video

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Nature Note: Snow Activities with Glen

Activity • Video

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Grade One and Kindergarten Book List

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Pre-Visit First Nations Awareness and Traditional Ecological Knowledge

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The Beauty of Winter: Nature Crafts in the Cold

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Nature Note 10: Basement Windows

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

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Nature Activity – Mapping with Glen

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Nature Sound Map

Activity • Downloadable PDF • Lesson Plan

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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 4: Using Your Senses

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Post-Visit “It’s not Dirt, it’s Soil”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

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Species at Risk Public Registry Website Link

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Ontario Curriculum Environmental Education (2017)

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Nurturing Naturalists

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Educator/Parent Book List

Web Link

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 2 TRACKING 2

Activity • Video

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The Nose Knows

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Get to know your bugs!

Web Link

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

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

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Whizzing Water Stories

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Fun Bee Activities & Resources

Web Link

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Nature Notes: Benefits of Indoor Plants

Activity

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For the Birds

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Your Better Sense of Nature

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Nature Activity – The 5 Senses

Activity

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Archive of Outdoor Lesson Plans

Lesson Plan • Web Link

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 1 TRACKING

Activity • Video

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The Magic of Nests

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Note: The Christmas Tree

Video

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Nature Notes: Snowy Owl

Activity

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Tree Bee Website

Web Link

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All About Balsam

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Pre-Visit “Seeds and Seed Dispersal”

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

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Beyond BeLeaf: The Wonder of Leaves

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Hole Patrol: How Animals Keep Warm in Winter

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Unplug… And Plug Into Nature

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Journals

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Animals Keeping Warm and Cozy: Making Winter Nests

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Brush With Nature

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Notes: The Earthworm is an Invader!

Activity

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The Thrill of the Trill

Downloadable PDF

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Forest Guide

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The Hidden World of Ponds and Streams

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Magnificent Moths

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Nature Note 6: Spring Activities

Activity

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Nature Notes Winter Edition: Episode 3 SCAVENGER HUNT

Activity • Video

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The Nose Knows

Activity • Downloadable PDF

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Post-Visit “Seeds and Seed Dispersal”

Activity • Lesson Plan • Post-Visit Program-Related

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Flutterby’s: The Magic of Butterflies

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