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Spring 2024 Workshops
Buzzing with Bees $90 | Gr.K-2
Discover the importance of pollinators through the life cycle of native bees and learn bee identification. Understand issues impacting bees and how you can help. View our observation beehive with live honeybees!
Butterfly Beauties $90 | Gr.K-2
Uncover the importance of pollinators through the life cycle of a butterfly. Learn how to identify a variety of native butterfly species. Complete a craft to support pollinators with our instructor and raise a class set of Painted Lady caterpillars!
Scales and Tales $90 | Gr.K-7
Learn about a keystone species and how salmon fit into this complex Pacific ecosystem. Watch the salmon transition through a life cycle story. The types of Pacific Salmon and their life cycle are introduced in this program. Students will participate in interactive demonstrations and activities and will come away with an understanding of the trials and tribulations that salmon must face.
Forest Explorers $90 | Gr.K-7
Understand the importance of wildlife trees and nursery logs in our ecosystem. Participate in an impression activity to learn how to identify tracks of animals here in the Alouette Watershed, while learning everything and more about our forests
Night Creatures $90 | Gr.K-7
Uncover the mysteries of nocturnal creatures wandering the night. Discover how these animals use their adaptations and tools to thrive in the dark. Observe a preserved Western Screech Owl and various bat bones encased in resin to determine what makes these creatures so unique. Engage in a food web activity to understand how all these creatures are connected.
Wild Water Cycle $90 | Gr.K-7
Learn about the water cycle and how water moves through lakes, rivers, and creeks in the Alouette watershed. Analyze the effects of pollution on waterways through the use of an EnviroScape. Learn what storm drain markings mean and discover new ways that you can help protect the local watershed.
Wildlife Habitat Building $60 + $11/kit | Gr.2-7**
Build a bird feeder from reclaimed cedar. This hands-on workshop includes a presentation on the wildlife species that will use these feeders, as well as step-by-step building instructions from our educator. The completed product can be taken home by students or placed in suitable habitats around the schoolyard. All building equipment is provided.
**Workshop is available to K – Gr 1 classes if school can provide additional adult helpers during the session.
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