Public Health Association of BC

Learning activities for beyond your schoolyard

Bring your class off the school grounds for a chance to experience a multitude of new outdoor learning experiences. Watch our webinar from Groundbreakers on tips for how to do this (webinar recording).

Program ideas include:

  • Creating a territory acknowledgement with your class
  • Inviting an Elder into your class to talk about local Indigenous foods
  • Creating a weekly journal-writing activity outside
  • Going on a hike to learn about native plants

Activity and Resource List 

Name
Suggested Grade Level
Description
Developed by
K-12
Lesson plan to guide a native plant walk following First Peoples Principles of Learning. 
K-12
Visual field guide to learn about native plants.
K-12
Visual field guide to learn how to forage for edible flowers.
2-8
Activity to think about the properties of plants in creative ways and helps students connect with a specific plant. 
3-12
Activity to act out and reflect on the connections in a forest ecosystem common to southwestern B.C. 
K-8
Activity about pollinators and what they need to survive, then find some in the schoolyard.
4-8
Activity to use your sense of hearing to create a map of your ecosystem.
K-12
Toolkit with activities, recipes and information for gathering and brewing teas and more!
Valerie Segrest & Elise Krohn

 

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