Connect youth to their local waterways through a scientific experience out in the field!

Using modern field equipment, chemical testing and field guides, students take science into their own hands and see the impacts humans have on our local environment. With our professional guides' assistance, participants will diagnose the health of their study area and make educated assumptions as to the causes and consequences of this diagnosis.

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Students will engage in this hands-on exploration of a local wetland/waterbody.

What teachers & students are saying

“The best parts of the program were the experiential component, Julie's stories and off-the-cuff teachable moments, the flexibility of the program - seeing that students are experiencing a moment that is great and allowing it to flow instead of moving on to the next thing. The classroom component was great! I liked the visual of the watershed especially.”

-Leah Andries, High School Teacher, Robert Thirsk High School
“It's a great chance for students to go out to the mountains and get hands-on experience with the curriculum material. For many of them, they had never even been to the mountains before so it allowed them to gain a much more personal understanding of the content.” ”

-Teacher, East Lake School, Chestermere
“I loved the use of props and the high level of student involvement. I also like that it encouraged students to work towards protecting animals and their habitats. The program let students know that their voice is heard”

-Teacher, Tuscany School

Which grade levels is this experience for?

Grade 8
Grade 10
Grade 11
Grade 12

Which modalities are available for this experience?

GUIDED HIKE

You can choose between the following locations for this experience: Fish Creek Park or Yamnuska.

Please note down your planned located as you will be asked to fill this information out during time of booking.

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*Please note down your planned located for a hike/community walk as you will be asked to fill this information out during time of booking.

HOW WILL CPAWS SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING AND CURRICULUM GOALS?

Core Competencies

Critical Thinking
Problem Solving
Communication
Collaboration
Culture and Global Citizenship

Explore Curriculum Connections by Grade Level

Grade 8 – Unit E: Fresh Water and Salt Water Ecosystems

1.Describe the distribution and characteristics of water in local and global environments, and identify the significance of water supply and quality to the needs of humans and other living things.

• Describe, in general terms, the distribution of water in Alberta, Canada and the world; and interpret information about water characteristics.

• Recognize that fresh water and salt water contain varying amounts of dissolved materials, particulates and biological components; and interpret information on these component materials.

2.Investigate and interpret linkages among landforms, water and climate.

• Describe the processes of erosion and deposition resulting from wave action and water flow.

3.Analyze factors affecting productivity and species distribution in freshwater environments.

• Investigate life forms found in fresh water and salt water, and identify and interpret examples of adaptations to these environments.

• Analyze relationships between water quality and living things, and infer the quality of water based on the diversity of life supported by it.

4.Analyze human impacts on aquatic systems; and identify the roles of science and technology in addressing related questions, problems and issues.

• Analyze human water uses, and identify the nature and scope of impacts resulting from different uses.

• Identify current practices and technologies that affect water quality, evaluate environmental costs and benefits, and identify and evaluate alternatives.

• Illustrate the role of scientific research in monitoring environments and supporting development of appropriate environmental technologies.

Engage in current affairs, issues and concerns of a local nature.

Grade 10: Science 10, Unit: Unit D: Energy Glow in Global Systems

1.Describe how the relationships among input solar energy, output terrestrial energy and energy flow within the biosphere affect the lives of humans and other species

explain how climate affects the lives of people and other species, and explain the need to investigate climate change

3.Relate climate to the characteristics of the world's major biomes, and compare biomes in different regions of the world

identify the potential effects of climate change on environmentally sensitive biomes

Grade 11: Biology 20, Unit: B – Ecosystems & Population Change

20-B1.1k define species, population, community and ecosystem and explain the interrelationships among them

20-B1.2k explain how terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems support a diversity of organisms through a variety of habitats and niches;

20-B1.3k identify biotic and abiotic characteristics and explain their influence in an aquatic and a terrestrial ecosystem in the local region

20-B1.4k explain how limiting factors influence organism distribution and range

20-B1.1sts explain how science and technology have both intended and unintended consequences for humans and the environment

20-B1.2s conduct investigations into relationships between and among observable variables and use a broad range of tools and techniques to gather and record data and information

Continue your discoveries at home with these activities!

Bring Nature Home is our online database of tried-and-tested CPAWS Southern Alberta activities! Here are some ways that you can bring nature home (or to the classroom) today!