Using Your Senses - Grade Primary

Exposing children to different settings is important in helping them to better understand the world. Walking through the Park, students will have many opportunities to use their senses and observe nature. Inquiry is used to understand how the senses of bald eagles, cougars, deer, Sable Island horses, reindeer and wolves are used differently.

Need and Characteristics of Living Things - Grade 1

Animal Growth and Changes - Grade 2

Antlers, cocoons, furs, bird nests and sea shells will be viewed and discussed. Examples of different methods used by wildlife to care for their young are explored. Students are asked to comment on the care of the animals in the park and whether the animal’s needs are being met.

Adaptations - Grade 2

This program investigates the relationship between the environment and wildlife’s physical and behavioural differences. Students will observe the wildlife here at the Park focusing on certain physical characteristics, such as webbed feet on the beaver and seasonal fur changes of the snowshoe hare. These adaptations are essential for survival in our North American climate. Outside activities will reinforce the children’s awareness of camouflage of such animals as the hare, the bobcat, the deer, the fox or the owl. 

Project Webfoot - Grades 4 to 6

Students will learn about the importance of wetlands. Through animal and birdwatching, "critter" dipping, playing wetland games and exploring the Centre students will learn to appreciate wetlands and the waterfowl and wildlife that live there. Depending on sponship level, classes can take part in a curriculum-based, in-class component of this program as well.

Species at Risk - Grade 4

Stresses how loss of habitat is the number one reason for a species to become endangered. After walking through the Park, students will recognize some of the species that are at risk in this province such as the Peregrine Falcon and the American Marten. Students will learn the species at risk categories of extinct, extirpated, endangered, threatened and special concern. Several artifacts of species at risk from around the world will be displayed and discussed in the classroom.

Habitat - Grade 4

People and animals need a place to live. Habitat includes food, water, shelter and space. All living things are connected and wildlife is as an important indicator of environmental health. Students will be able to identify the components of habitat, recognize how humans and wildlife depend on it and how a loss or change in habitat can impact both.

Biodiversity - Grade 6

Students will better understand nature when they recognize the interdependence in ecological systems. After walking through the Park and observing the various animals that live here, students will better understand how wildlife depend on one another for survival as predators and prey. The purpose of this program is to help students become aware of how biodiversity issues impinge in subtle ways on all aspects of our lives. The students learn how all kingdoms of life are important and will learn species names. They will understand how adaptations of living things work in a changing environment.

Wetland Ecosystems - Grade 7

Is a special program fulfilling the curriculum requirement of interactions within ecosystems. Our special wetland trail and pond systems are incorporated into the learning experience by hiking and observing the functions of our managed wetland system. The interaction amongst the water plants, invertebrates, birds and mammals is fully investigated. Weather permitting, students use nets to dip in the ponds and share their findings. A simulated activity highlights the way nature and humans affect a waterway. The class will brain storm on how to make a difference in the quality of our wetlands.