Activities in the curriculum guide centre around a field trip to the local river or creek
Award of Excellence in Interpretation, Interpretation Canada 2006
The Habitat Means Home Curriculum Guide was another Rivers West project. It was
developed for Grade 4 science, focusing on the Habitats and Communities Unit. The
objective of the guide is to teach students about the riverbottom forests of the Red
River Basin. http://www.riverswest.ca/index.cfm?pageID=17
This guide is activity based:
- each learning outcome will be covered with activity
- activities revolve around a central field trip to the riverbottom forest
- pre-field trip activities provide a foundation
- students explore the riverbottom forest, gathering data and making
observations - post-field trip activities analyse the data students gathered and look at the
riverbottom forest as a whole
There are many innovative activities in the guide. Students create their own field
guides to identify riverbottom forest plants and animals. There are PowerPoint
presentations for the teachers. Teachers are encouraged to use a local park with a
river or creek for their field trips.
The artwork that illustrates the guide was produced by the students of St. Adolphe
School who also focus tested the curriculum package.
