Program Levels:
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grades 9-12
Course Types:
Day Visit, Full Day
Contact jasmine.green@trca.ca to request a booking.
This integrated program will encourage participants to use their analytical skills and decision-making abilities to successfully determine the effects of urbanization on the natural community.
After a brief introduction to the site, participants will use basic mapping skills, data collection skills, research abilities, and powers of observation to gain sufficient knowledge to determine the impact of human activities.
Participants will compare two or more wetland ecosystems based on biotic and abiotic factors and hypothesize what has contributed to their restoration or decline.
Availability:
September-November and April-June
Curriculum Connections:
- Earth and Space – Grade 10: Climate Change, Earth’s Dynamic Climate
- Biology – Grade 9: Sustainable Ecosystems and Human Activity; Grade 11: Diversity of Living Things