Using Your Senses
Using Your Senses incorporates the senses of grade primary and
1 students. They will explore the natural world and will understand
how some
wildlife
use their senses. Hands-on workstations, utilizing items from
nature, accent the use of the senses individually and how they
can work
together. The students will marvel how our senses can fool us
and discover with role playing games how bear cubs learn from
their mothers. The importance of animal signals becomes apparent
when
the children must find similar species by sounds alone. An audio
tape teaches them real wildlife sounds.
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Adaptations
Adaptations utilizes grade 2 and 3 curriculum topics of animal
growth and changes. It investigates the relationship between
the environment and wildlife’s physical and behavioural
differences. The students are guided through ocean, wetland, desert
and arctic
adaptations by animal artifacts, crafts, games and imagination.
Experimentation and role-playing are used to help understand
migration. Hibernation is discussed and a hibernating bear in
a cave is crafted.
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Species at Risk
Species at Risk fulfills the curriculum requirement for grades
3 and 4 by developing concepts of growth, changes and stressing
habitat awareness. It concentrates on categories of endangered species,
and stresses that all wildlife is vulnerable. Artifacts, a short
slide show and props are used to stimulate learning. Various issues
and problems facing wildlife are presented and reinforced with games
and hands-on activities. Students will learn about the status of
the piping plover, the effect oil has on birds, and the problem
of introduced species. Remember everyone can make a difference!
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Habitat
Habitat focuses on grade 4 and 5 curriculum for habitats and communities of
living things. It stresses the 4 basic needs of living organisms. The classroom
becomes transformed into a wildlife habitat drawing the information from the
students by discussion, slide show, games and activities. A terrarium is constructed
that is left with the class and can lead to more learning activities. Carrying
capacity of wildlife is demonstrated by a group activity. How we can help wildlife
in our own backyards is information that is conveyed to the class.
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Food Chains
Food Chains develops the grade 5 and 6 curriculum for life cycles
of plants and animals and communities of living things. Herbivore,
carnivore and omnivore are defined and skulls are examined to identify
how different teeth are used to eat different foodstuffs. Several
food chain activities demonstrate the energy exchange amongst the
sun, plants and animals which develop into an understanding of food
pyramids and food webs. A salt marsh food web is examined in detail
utilizing description and classification. There is an option available
of starting a worm bin to explore the role of the decomposer through
an extended experiment. This is an opportunity to decrease waste
and provide compost, both will benefit wildlife.
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Birds of Prey
Birds of Prey is a special program aimed at grade 6 and 7 students
fulfilling the curriculum requirement of interactions within ecosystems
and diversity of life. Birds of prey or raptors demonstrate a healthy
ecosystem by being at the top of the food chain. Students learn
through role-playing games: the food pyramid needed to sustain a
peregrine falcon, prey populations affect osprey, and chemicals
can accumulate to the top of the food chain and affect bald eagle
reproduction. Experimentation with feathers, paper gliders and binoculars
utilize hands-on activities to understand physiological characteristics.
Students learn how to recognize raptor silhouettes from shape, movement
and hunting techniques.
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