Creative and Fun:
• Math out your window (shared by School District 38).
• Fun with shadows (shared by School District 38).
• West Coast artist, Claire Watson, has made her colouring pages free to download.
• CBC Parents: simple ways to celebrate Earth Day with your child(ren) here.
• Painted stones. I have seen so many on my nature walks. Some with art, most with art and an inspirational message, tucked here and there along the trails. Choose, design, paint or colour. Keep or share.
• 50 Earth Day Activities found here.
In case you are overwhelmed with the volume of things coming at you these days, here are a few gems from the list:
•How to make sun-print fabric art.
• Nature Art using found natural objects.
• Nature dioramas.
• Fun with shadows (shared by School District 38).
• West Coast artist, Claire Watson, has made her colouring pages free to download.
• CBC Parents: simple ways to celebrate Earth Day with your child(ren) here.
• Painted stones. I have seen so many on my nature walks. Some with art, most with art and an inspirational message, tucked here and there along the trails. Choose, design, paint or colour. Keep or share.
• 50 Earth Day Activities found here.
In case you are overwhelmed with the volume of things coming at you these days, here are a few gems from the list:
•How to make sun-print fabric art.
• Nature Art using found natural objects.
• Nature dioramas.
Educational:
World Bee Day is Wednesday, May 20th. We are so fortunate to bee able to go on an unbeelievable virtual field trip to the backyard hive of an apiarist (beekeeping) Carisbrooke family. Check out their amazing video tour of their bee colony here.
Sierra Club BC Online Resources for connecting kids with nature.
Junior SeaDoctors is an interactive website exploring the Salish Sea.
Ocean Networks Canada provides continuous realtime data and live ocean video feeds.
Ocean School Interactive activities and daily lessons around weekly themes.
Bursting Buds STEM activity from Project Learning Tree in which students can learn about plant growth.
Outdoor Learning Activities from the NVSD Cheakamus Centre.
• Nature Lab - The Nature Conservancy (lessons organized by grade) here.
• #EarthDayAtHome with NASA. Out of this world!
• Ted Ed Talk: The Life of a Plastic Bottle. Informative, and great for inspiring family discussion. Another video geared toward older students can be found here.
• Water pollution lessons for younger students and older students.
Sierra Club BC Online Resources for connecting kids with nature.
Junior SeaDoctors is an interactive website exploring the Salish Sea.
Ocean Networks Canada provides continuous realtime data and live ocean video feeds.
Ocean School Interactive activities and daily lessons around weekly themes.
Bursting Buds STEM activity from Project Learning Tree in which students can learn about plant growth.
Outdoor Learning Activities from the NVSD Cheakamus Centre.
• Nature Lab - The Nature Conservancy (lessons organized by grade) here.
• #EarthDayAtHome with NASA. Out of this world!
• Ted Ed Talk: The Life of a Plastic Bottle. Informative, and great for inspiring family discussion. Another video geared toward older students can be found here.
• Water pollution lessons for younger students and older students.