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School Programs
Programmes Scolaires
2 0 1 8 –1 9 P R O G R A M G U I D E
F O R G R A D E S K–1 2
SPECIAL THANKS! UN GRAND MERCI!
We are ever grateful to those contributors that make our environmental, social science and
outdoor adventure programs a continued success. Thank you to the following for 2018-2019:
B U S I N E S S & F O U N D AT I O N PA R T N E R S : G O V E R N M E N T PA R T N E R S :
Paul Albrechtsen Foundation, Manitoba Hydro, City of Winnipeg Water and Waste Department,
Stantec, CN Rail, Cargill Limited / Cargill, Manitoba Education and Training, Bureau de
Incorporated, Lafarge Canada, TELUS Manitoba l’éducation française, Manitoba Indigenous
Community Board and Municipal Relations, Manitoba Sustainable
Development
HOW TO BOOK 4
S U M M A R Y O F R E N TA L S 6
GUIDED PROGRAMS PROGRAMMES GUIDÉES
K, 1, 2 & 3 6 - 7
4, 5 & 6 8
4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 9
4, 5, 6, 7, 8 , 9, 10 , 11, 12 10 - 11
T E A C H E R P R O F E S S I O N A L D E V E L O P M E N T 11
W I N T E R F U N D AY S 12
HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS 13 - 14
C O N TA C T F O R T W H Y T E A L I V E : WAT E R-B A S E D P R O G R A M S 15
Email: schools@fortwhyte.org
SELF-GUIDED PROGRAMS 16 - 17
Phone: (204) 989-8355 x 206
Fax: (204) 895-4700 P R O G R A M M E S A U T O -I N T E R P R É T É S 17
fortwhyte.org/schoolprograms T E A C H I N G S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y 18 - 19
HOW TO BOOK Visit fortwhyte.org/foreducators to book online. FortWhyte Alive program bookings are made on a first-come, first-served basis. Programs CANNOT be booked over the phone. Your request will be reviewed upon submission of your completed online booking form. Consider your booking complete upon receiving your electronic confirmation document. PLEASE NOTE In order for us to best serve your group, please make us aware of any special details, such as time constraints or students with additional support needs, prior to arriving for your field trip. Please bring a printed copy of your confirmation document with you on your trip. This document with a barcode will help to expedite your check in. C A N C E L L AT I O N P O L I C Y We DO NOT cancel programs. We do have some alternate indoor activities to minimize outdoor time in the event of extreme weather conditions. Groups cancelling at least 14 days in advance will not be charged. All groups failing to show or cancelling within 14 days will be charged 50% of the total fee. PAY M E N T Payment for your program can be made upon arrival to FortWhyte Alive. Cash, cheques, P.O., and credit cards are all accepted methods. Invoicing is an option, and subject to a $10 processing fee. Winter and spring bookings will be processed after October 15, 2018 to allow sufficient time to schedule fall program bookings. 4
GUIDED PROGRAMS PROGRAMMES GUIDÉES
LITTLE EXTRAS Kindergarten & Grade 1
Enhance your field trip. FortWhyte Alive has FA L L : G E T T I N G R E A D Y F O R W I N T E R
a variety of rentals available for your next
You may be wearing a warmer jacket now that winter is on the way
class visit!
– what would you do if you were a squirrel, a turtle, or a Canada
goose? Discover the amazing ways that animals and plants keep
GAS BARBECUE $ 28 / H A L F D AY
warm throughout Manitoba's long, frozen season.
SNOWSHOE $ 3 / PA I R Dates: September 17 – December 7
Fee: $5.75/student (minimum program fee $86.25)
F I R E P I T R E N TA L $ 17 Group Size: 15 – 60 students
Length: 1.5 hours
LUNCH FOR YOUR BUNCH FROM SLO: K-1-02, 03, 06 / 1-1-06, 07, 14 / 1-4-09, 10, 16
T H E B U F FA L O S T O N E C A F É * $ 1 1+
S P R I N G : N AT U R E A L I V E
*Price per person. Taxes and gratuities extra.
Longer days mean livelier nature! The sounds and smells of spring
are all around us, if we know how to find them. Search for the signs
of the season by watching the leaves come out, spotting birds' nests,
and catching critters in a dipnet in the swamp.
Dates: April 15 – June 21
Fee: $5.75/student (minimum program fee $86.25)
Group Size: 15 – 60 students
Length: 1.5 hours
SLO: K-1-02, 03, 07 / 1-1-07, 10, 14 / 1-4-09, 16
Maternelle et 1ère année
A U T O M N E : O N S E P R É PA R E P O U R L’ H I V E R
Portez-vous un manteau plus chaud avec l'approche de l'hiver? Que
feriez-vous si vous étiez un écureuil, une tortue ou une bernache
du Canada? Vous allez découvrir les méthodes formidables par
lesquelles les animaux et les plantes se gardent au chaud pendant la
longue saison froide au Manitoba.
Dates: 17 septembre au 7 décembre
Frais: 5,75 $/élève (frais minimum 86,25 $)
Nombre d’élèves: 15 à 40 élèves
Durée: 1.5 heures
RAS: M-1-02, 03, 06 / 1-1-06, 07, 14 / 1-4-04, 10, 16
P R I N T E M P S : R É V E I L D E L A N AT U R E
Le printemps et les plus longues jours nous amènent l’éveil de la
nature! Les sons et les aromes du printemps nous entourent, si l'on
connaît comment les chercher! Venez découvrir les richesses de la
nature, en observant les feuilles, les nids d'oiseaux, et en attrapant
des animaux aquatiques dans le marécage.
Dates: 15 avril au 21 juin
Frais: 5,75 $/élève (frais minimum 86,25 $)
Nombre d’élèves: 15 à 40 élèves
Durée: 1.5 heures
RAS: M-1-02, 03, 07 / 1-1-07, 10, 14 / 1-4-09, 16
6 GUIDED PROGRAMS PROGRAMMES GUIDÉES
Grades 2 & 3 2e et 3 année
FA L L : L I F E I N A G R A S S L A N D AUTOMNE: L A VIE DANS LES PL AINES
North America's prairies teem with life – come discover their La vie fourmille dans les prairies de l'Amérique du Nord. Venez
wonders, from bison to butterflies to boulders. Get to the root of the découvrir ses merveilles, des bison jusqu’aux papillons. Créez un profil
natural world by building a soil profile, and find out what insects de la terre, identifiez quels insectes vivent dans les herbes hautes et
live in the long grasses that cover the ground and collect some wild recueillez des graines sauvages pour les faire pousser à votre école.
seeds to grow back at school. Dates: 17 septembre au 7 décembre
Dates: September 17 – December 7 Frais: 6 $/élève (frais minimum 90 $)
Fee: $6/student (minimum program fee $90) Nombre d’élèves: 15 à 40 élèves
Group Size: 15 – 60 students Durée: 2 heures
Length: 2 hours RAS: 2-1-12, 16 / 3-1-03, 08, 13 / 3-4-02, 09, 12
SLO: 2-1-09, 10, 12, 16 / 3-1-03, 08, 13 / 3-4-02, 09, 12
AUTOMNE/PRINTEMPS:
D E L A T E R R E À L A TA B L E – V I S I T E À L A F E R M E
FA L L / S P R I N G : F R O M FA R M T O F O R K
Votre nourriture préférée a sa propre histoire! Peut-être qu'elle vient de
Your favourite foods have stories to tell. Some have travelled from votre jardin, ou peut-être qu'elle a beaucoup voyagé avant d'arriver sur
far away to reach your plate, while others may have grown up in votre assiette. Les fruits et les légumes ont besoin d'un sol riche pour
your own garden. Growing more fruits and vegetables close to avoir un bon goût et pour bien à pousser. Creusez pour apercevoir des
home is good for you and for the health of our planet, too! Visiting vers de terre, et prenez une promenade dans un jardin, pour voir sous
the greenhouse, digging for earthworms and mixing up soil on a un nouveau jour la nourriture que vous mangez quotidiennement. Vous
working farm will give you a fresh look where food comes from. apprendrez à quel point vos choix ont un impact sur la santé de notre
planète.
Dates: September 17 – October 19, May 6 – June 21
(Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays only) Dates: 17 septembre au 19 octobre, 6 mai au 21 juin
Fee: $6/student (minimum program fee $90) (Ce program est seulement disponsible les lundis,
Group Size: 15 – 45 students mercredis et vendredis)
Length: 2 hours PR OGR AM SPONSOR:
Frais: 6 $/élève (frais minimum 90 $) P ROGRA M S P ON S OR:
SLO: 2-1-04, 07 / 3-1-01, 02 / 2-KE-036 / Nombre d’élèves: 15 à 40 élèves
3-KG-031 Durée: 2 heures
RAS: 2-1-04, 07 / 3-1-01, 02 /
3-4-01, 02, 08, 09, 10 / 2-KE-036 / 3-KG-031
S P R I N G : C AT TA I L S A N D C O O T S
PRINTEMPS: CANARDS ET QUENOUILLES
Wetlands come to life as you discover the plants that make them,
and the animals that call them home. Find out which creatures begin La vie des milieux humides se révèle lorsque vous découvrez les
their lives in the water and what changes they go through as they plantes et les animaux qui y habitent. Vous apprendrez quelles espèces
grow up. Learn how wetlands clean our water, and take a closer look passent le début de leur vie dans un marécage, quels changements
at some underwater critters by catching them in a dipnet. elles subissent, et comment fonctionne la métamorphose! Regardez les
animaux invertébrés de près en les attrapant dans un filet, et explorez
Dates: April 15 – June 21
l'importance environnementale des milieux humides.
Fee: $6/student (minimum program fee $90)
Group Size: 15 – 60 students Dates: 15 avril au 21 juin
Length: 2 hours Frais: 6 $/élève (frais minimum 90 $)
SLO: 2-1-08, 09, 14, 15 / 3-1-07, 13, 14 Nombre d’élèves: 15 à 40 élèves
Durée: 2 heures
RAS: 2-1-08, 14, 15 / 3-1-07, 13, 14
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Grade 4 4e année
FA L L / S P R I N G : A D A P T O R D I E A U T O M N E / P R I N T E M P S : L’ A D A P TAT I O N AVA N T T O U T
Nature can seem wonderful, surprising, and strange, thanks to the La nature peut être formidable, surprenante, et étrange, grâce
amazing ways that living things are able to survive. Learn how aux adaptations incroyables développées par les différentes
the plants and animals around us use physical and behavioural espèces pour survivre! Vous apprendrez comment les espèces
adaptations to find food, shelter, water, air and space, and how you réagissent à leurs environs grâce à leurs adaptations physiques et
can help provide habitat for critters of all kinds. comportementales . Réfléchissez aux adaptations que vous voyez
Dates: September 17 – December 7, April 15 – June 21 dans votre propre environnement et considérez votre rôle dans ce
Fee: $6/student (minimum program fee $90) monde divers.
Group Size: 15 – 60 students Dates: 17 septembre au 7 décembre, 15 avril au 21 juin
Length: 2 hours Frais: 6 $/élève (frais minimum 90 $)
SLO: 4-1-01, 02, 03, 04, 07, 09, 15 Nombre d’élèves: 15 à 40 élèves
Durée: 2 heures
RAS: 4-1-01, 02, 03, 04, 07, 09, 15
Grade 5 5e année
FA L L / S P R I N G : W E AT H E R I N G T H E C L I M AT E AUTOMNE/PRINTEMPS:
R É C H A P P E Z A U X C H A N G E M E N T S C L I M AT I Q U E S
Whether the weather is cloudy or clear, it's something we all have
to face! Learn the difference between weather and climate, and Malgré le temps, il faut toujours lui faire face! Vous apprendrez
use weather instruments to make a meteorological forecast, as you la différence entre la météo et le climat et comment utilisez
discover how weather and climate both affect our environment. des instruments professionnels pour faire des prédictions
météorologiques. Venez découvrir comment la météo et le climat
Dates: September 17 – December 7, April 15 – June 21
affectent la nature à FortWhyte Alive. Appliquez ces connaissances
Fee: $6/student (minimum program fee $90)
dans votre propre vie pour vous préparer pour une tempête!
Group Size: 15 – 60 students
Length: 2 hours Dates: 17 septembre au 7 décembre , 15 avril au 21 juin
SLO: 5-4-01, 02, 06, 07, 09, 13, 14 16, 18 PR OGR AM SPONSOR:
Frais: 6 $/élève (frais minimum 90 $) P ROGRA M S P ON S OR:
Nombre d’élèves: 15 à 40 élèves
Durée: 2 heures
RAS: 5-4-01, 02, 06, 07, 09, 13, 14 16, 18
Grades 4 & 5 Grade 6
WINTER: DUE NORTH – THE CHANGING ARCTIC SPRING: A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
Journey northward by snowshoe to a world of wonder and change. All living things have something in common, but the way they
At our onsite Field Station, you will have the chance to think like look, grow, and live can be wildly different! Explore the variety of
Arctic scientists, discovering the effects of climate change on life in the forests, wetlands, and grasslands of FortWhyte, using
snow, the Arctic food chain, and Inuit communities with traditional classification keys, nets and your own eyes and ears. Learn why
knowledge of the land and ice. Get connected with ways to slow the biodiversity is important and ways to help protect it.
change by reducing pollution closer to home. Dates: April 29 – June 21
Dates: January 14 – March 15 (Monday – Wednesday only) Fee: $6/student (minimum program fee $90)
Fee: $9.50/student (minimum program fee $142.50) Group Size: 15 – 60 students
Group Size: 15 – 45 students Length: 2 hours
Length: 4.5 hours SLO: 6-1-03, 06, 08, 09, 11, 12
SLO: 4-1-01, 04, 07, 09, 10, 11, 14, 15 / 4-2-01, 07 / 4-KI-013, 4-KH-
034, 036, 038 / 5-2-08 / 5-4-01, 06, 16, 17, 18 / 5-KI-006
8 GUIDED PROGRAMS PROGRAMMES GUIDÉES
Grades 4, 5 & 6 4e, 5e et 6e
FA L L / S P R I N G : P E O P L E O F T H E P R A I R I E S AUTOMNE/PRINTEMPS: PEUPLES DES PRAIRIES
Follow in thousands of years of footsteps, hearing the stories of the Venez découvrir l'histoire des Premières nations des plaines, des
Plains First Nations, the pioneers, and the Métis. Step inside a tipi pionniers et des Métis. Vous aurez la chance d’entrer dans un tipi et
and a sod house, discover useful wild plants, and re-create the early une hutte de terre, d’observer notre troupeau de bisons et de recréer
bison hunt by throwing an atlatl. See how our own lives connect with l'ancienne chasse aux bisons en lançant un atlatl. Vous apprendrez
the past, and how life on the Prairies has changed over time. au sujet de la connexion entre les habitants, et à quel point nos
propres vies sont liées à celles du passé.
Dates: September 17 – December 7, April 15 – June 21
Fee: $6/student (minimum program fee $90) Dates: 17 septembre au 7 décembre, 15 avril au 21 juin
Group Size: 15 – 60 students Frais: 6 $/élève (frais minimum 90 $)
Length: 2 hours Nombre d’élèves: 15 à 40 élèves
SLO: 4-KI-010, 011, 4-KL-026, 4-KH-035 / 4-1-14 / 5-KL-017; Durée: 2 heures
5-KE-050, 051 / 6-KI-011 RAS: 4-KI-010, 011, 4-KL-026, 4-KH-035 / 4-1-14 / 5-KL-017;
5-KE-050, 051 / 6-KI-011
Grades 5, 6, 7 & 8 Grade 7
S P R I N G : L E V O YA G E U R S P R I N G : E V E R- C H A N G I N G E C O L O G Y
"Welcome to the Northwest Company! Hard work, low pay, bad food, Nature's only constant is change. Discover how fire can plant new
and thrilling adventure await you!" Embark on a perilous career as trees, and what impact a single species can have when it disappears,
a voyageur in the year 1800. The Fur Trade shaped our history, and or invades new territory. Explore the role of humans in FortWhyte’s
as you paddle your trade goods across the lake, you will have the ecosystem by identifying plants, tracks, and soil, and finding out
chance to play a part in this rich chapter. how we can have affected nature’s balance over time.
Dates: May 6 – June 21 Dates: April 29 – June 21
Fee: $6.50/student (minimum program fee $97.50) Fee: $6/student (minimum program fee $90)
Group Size: 15 – 28 students Group Size: 15 – 60 students
PROGRA M S P ON S OR:
Length: 2 hours Length: 2 hours
SLO: 4-KI-010, 011, 012; 4-KH-033, 034 / 5-KI-009; 5-KL-021; SLO: 7-1-01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 12
FO RTW H YT E A L I V E S C H O O L P R O G R AMS G U I D E 2 0 1 6-1 7
5-KH-030, 036; 5-KE-051 / 6-VI-007A, 007F / 7-KL-028, 029 /
8-KI-021, 8-KG-044
Grades 6 & 7 Grades 7, 8, & 9
FA L L : D Y N A M I C D I V E R S I T Y WINTER: ARCTIC EXPERIENCE
Even in the smallest natural area, an incredible diversity of living Follow the snowshoe trails across a frozen lake, and unleash your
and non-living things are constantly interacting. Take a closer look inner Arctic scientist. The impact of climate change on snow and
by completing an investigation of FortWhyte’s plants, animals, and ice, Inuit communities and the Arctic food web will come to light as
soil. Learn about the importance of fire in maintaining diversity in you explore through hands-on experiments and games. Pollution in
the boreal forest, and how diversity keeps ecosystems strong. the South is affecting the North, so how can we reduce our carbon
footprints?
Dates: September 17 – November 8
Fee: $6/student (minimum program fee $90) Dates: January 14 – March 15 (Monday – Wednesday only)
Group Size: 15 – 60 students Fee: $9.50/student (minimum program fee $142.50)
Length: 2 hours Group size: 15 – 45 students
SLO: 6-1-01, 04, 08, 09 / 7-1-01, 02, 03, 05, 12 Length: 4.5 hours
SLO: 7-0-5, 7-1-01, 11, 7-2-03, 23 / 8-0-5, 8-3-06, 09 / 7-KC-002,
7-KL-026, 027, 029, 7-VE-017 / 8-VI-004 / 9-KE-052, 9-KI-017,
018A, 9-VI-004, 005A, 9-VL-006, 007, 9-VE-017
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WATER-THEMED TEACHING RESOURCES Grade 8
Contact slowtheflow@fortwhyte.org, and visit
SPRING: BLUE PL ANET
us online at fortwhyte.org/slowtheflow.
Who needs water? Everyone! Find out how this unique substance
shapes our world and keeps us alive. Learn about the pollutants that
SLOW THE FLOW E C O L’ E A U
water can pick up on its travels through a watershed, and use different
This free local resource linked to Grade technologies to filter and purify swamp water. As you come to
7 & 8 curriculum offers a series of appreciate the role that water plays in everyday life, ask the question:
lesson plans about water conservation, How can you protect the world's water sources for the future?
drinking water sources, water pollution, Dates: April 17 – June 21 P ROGRA M
and Winnipeg’s water history. Fee: $6/student (minimum program fee $90) S P ON S OR:
Order yours today! Group size: 15 – 60 students
Disponible en français. Length: 2 hours
SLO: 7-2-18, 23, 7-4-04 / 8-4-01, 02, 06, 07, 14, 15, 17
THE LEAK DETECTOR CHALLENGE!
LE DÉFI DE DÉTECTION DE FUITES!
Grades 8 & 9
Find and report water leaks in your
school using our Leak Detector THE
FA L L : WAT E R WAT C H E R S
worksheets. Submit your results to
receive great student rewards including CHALLENGE! Enjoy this unique opportunity to 'take the pulse' of water quality in
Leak Detector water bottles and water FortWhyte’s watershed. Using scientific equipment, measure water’s
conservation devices for your home. LE transparency and chemistry, and collect invertebrates to discover
what they have to tell us about the water bodies around us. How can
Disponible en français.
you help to protect wetlands, rivers and lakes, so all can enjoy good
FALL: October 1 – 31 DE FUITES! water quality into the future?
SPRING: March 1 – 31
Dates: September 17 – November 8 P ROGRA M
S P ON S OR:
Fee: $6/student (minimum program fee $60)
S C H O O L P R E S E N TAT I O N S Group size: 10 – 30 students
Length: 2 hours
We can come to you! Book a classroom presentation with a SLO: 8-4-01, 02, 11, 17, 18 / S1-2-10, 13
Slow the Flow Coordinator. Great for eco-clubs and schools
participating in the Leak Detector Challenge.
Grades 4 – 12
P R O G R A M S P O NS O R :
FA L L / S P R I N G : P R E D AT O R & P R E Y
Go wild and play the game of survival! Put yourself in the place of an
WATER-THEMED TEACHING RESOURCES animal, escaping predators, hunting prey, and seeking the essentials
Learn more at fortwhyte.org/yellowfishroad, of food, water, shelter, air, and space. Dodge environmental hazards,
or contact the Winnipeg Coordinator at and hide from the human, as you run through the woods. It’ll get you
thinking about the difficulties that species face, and the importance
winnipegyfr@tucanada.org
of protecting habitats.
Dates: September 17 – December 7, April 15 – June 21
The Yellow Fish Road program, delivered
Fee: $6/student (minimum program fee $90)
in Winnipeg since 2015 by Trout
Group size: 15 – 60 students
Unlimited Canada, offers educational
Length: 2 hours
resources, classroom presentations, and
SLO: 4-1-01, 03, 09, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 / 7-1-05, 06, 09, 10, 11 /
a storm-drain painting action project
S2-1-03, 04, 05, 07, 10 / B12-3-04, 05, B12-5-01, 02
that can help your students and broader
community understand our impact on
local rivers and streams.
10 GUIDED PROGRAMS PROGRAMMES GUIDÉES4e – 12e TEACHER PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT P ROGRA M S P ON S OR:
A U T O M N E / P R I N T E M P S : P R É D AT E U R E T P R O I E
O U T D O O R E D U C AT O R
Jouez au jeu de la survie! Mettez-vous dans la peau d'un animal
sauvage. Échappez-vous des prédateurs, chassez votre proie et Do you want a school culture valuing high-
cherchez pour de la nourriture, de l'eau, un abri, de l’air et de
l'espace. Évitez les dangers environnementaux et cachez-vous des
quality outdoor learning? This professional
humains dans les bois. C'est une façon amusante et active d'illustrer development plan will help!
les difficultés naturelles que font face les différentes espèces dans la
Outdoor Educator: Get Out And Teach builds the confidence
nature, ainsi que l'importance de protéger leurs habitats.
in educators in taking their lessons outside through dynamic
Dates: 17 septembre au 7 décembre, 15 avril au 21 juin presentation and hands-on examples, teaching ideas and plans,
Frais: 6 $/élève (frais minimum 90 $) and sharing local ecological knowledge. FortWhyte offers
Nombre d’élèves: 15 à 60 élèves à ongoing support before and after the workshop, too!
Durée: 2 heures
RAS: 4-1-01, 03, 09, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 / 7-1-05, 06, 09, 10, 11 / If a full PD day isn’t your style, FortWhyte offers consultation
S2-1-03, 04, 05, 07, 10 / B12-3-04, 05, B12-5-01, 02 services that will help you craft the best outdoor learning
opportunities for students (and staff) at your school and
around your community.
Both consultation and professional development services are
Grades 5 – 12 available to any educator in Manitoba. Subsidies to offset
service fees are available. Contact education@fortwhyte.org
FA L L / S P R I N G : B L A Z I N G Y O U R T R A I L for more information.
Hit the trails to gain some navigation skills to find your way through
FortWhyte. Locate good landmarks, use a GPS to find geocaches, N AT U R E S C A P E F O R E D U C AT O R S
and use an orienteering map and compass. You’re ready to go places!
Naturescape For Educators combines lesson plans and practical
Dates: September 17 – December 14, April 15 – June 21 information for greening your schoolyard, in ways big or small.
Fee: $6.50/student (minimum program fee $97.50) We can help with project ideas and resources, schoolyard visits
Group size: 15 – 60 students PROG RAM and local expertise.
Length: 2 hours SPONSOR:
SLO: 5-, 6-, 7-, 8-S-100, 200, 203, 206, 207A, Contact education@fortwhyte.org for more information.
208 / 9-, S2-S-100, -200, -202, -204
FIELD TRIP ENHANCEMENT KITS
N E W ! FA L L / S P R I N G : W I L D E R N E S S S U R V I VA L A FortWhyte field trip does not stand alone —
Are you prepared for being lost in the woods? This introductory
it is enhanced by your hard work in the
program will teach teamwork, knowledge and basic skills around classroom both before and after the trip.
wilderness survival. Students will decide on necessary equipment
Our Field Trip Enhancement Kits are full of fresh teaching
in a survival kit, try a variety of methods to start a fire, construct an
ideas to help students get the most out of their FortWhyte
emergency shelter, find direction without a compass, and identify
experience. Each program’s specific resource includes book
some local wild foods.
lists related to program content, links to helpful websites,
Dates: September 17 – December 7, April 15 – June 21 and many lesson ideas with outdoor teaching and
Fee: $6.50/student (minimum program fee $97.50) Indigenous connections.
Group size: 15 – 60 students
Length: 2 hours Find Field Trip Enhancement resources online,
SLO: 5-, 6-, 7-, 8-S-100, 103, 104, 203, 207A, 208, 301, 303 / 9-, S2-S- included below each school program description.
100, 202, 303 / 5-2-11, 7-2-08, 8-4-15, S2-2-05 / A.1.6, K.3.[5-9].A.2, Visit fortwhyte.org/schoolprograms.
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11WINTER FUN DAYS
Winter Fun Days encourage students and teachers
to get outside and get active with fun winter
activities such as snowshoeing, tobogganing,
orienteering and Inuit and Voyageur Games.
Please note that activities may be modified or changed
to suit weather or snow conditions.
Grades 4 – 6
Nursery, K & Grade 1 Grades 6 - 12
L AT E FA L L : F U R T R A D E C H A L L E N G E
FROSTY FROLICS OUTDOOR SKILLS
What is a hivernant? Do you have the guts to survive as an
This half-day program is Includes a snowshoe hike,
winter fur trader on the edge of the prairies? This adventure
a perfect fit for little ones fire and shelter building,
program incorporates elements of orienteering, historical fact,
with little legs. Includes a tobogganing, bannock bake,
and a big bundle of fun! Roast bannock the old way; check your
Nature Hike, Tobogganing, and orienteering.
trapline, and see if you would have “wintered over” circa 1800.
Indoor Scavenger Hunt and a Dates: January 14 – March 15
Dates: November 12 – December 14 Marshmallow Roast. Fee: $9.75/student
Fee: $6.50/student (minimum program fee $130)
Dates: January 14 – March 15 (minimum program fee $390)
Group size: 20 – 60 students
Fee: $6.00/student Group size: 40 – 100 students
Length: 2 hours
(minimum program fee $240) Length: 4 hours
Group size: 40 – 60 students
Grades 6 – 12 Length: 2 hours Grades K-12
L AT E FA L L : F R O N T I E R C H A L L E N G E
Grades 1, 2 & 3 WELCOME TO WINTER
The year is 1875. Chased from their homeland by a volcanic FOR NEW CANADIANS
eruption, Icelanders arrive in the new province of Manitoba to W I N T E R C A R N I VA L D AY
Embrace the cold and learn
carve a livelihood from the land. Spark a fire against the cold;
Includes a snowshoe hike, to have fun year-round in
build shelter against the cold wind off the lake, and test your
inuit games, indoor scavenger Manitoba! This special
aim with a throwing hatchet – after all, you never know when a
hunt, marshmallow roast and program is focused on students
bear will show up at your door!
tobogganing. who are spending their first
Dates: November 12 – December 14 winter or two in Canada. We
Fee: $6.50/student (minimum program fee $130) Dates: January 14 – March 15 will begin by making sure we
Group size: 20 – 60 students Fee: $9.75/student are dressed for a Canadian
Length: 2 hours (minimum program fee $390) winter; we’ll dip into our library
Group size: 40 – 100 students of warm clothes as needed.
Length: 4 hours Program includes a snowshoe
hike to a tipi to learn about
Grades 4, 5 & 6 Indigenous culture, playing
traditional Arctic games,
BE INSPIRED! V I V E L E V O YA G E U R
making campfire bannock
bread and tobogganing.
Follow us at pinterest.com/fortwhytealive Includes a snowshoe hike, To warm up, we’ll tour the
voyageur games, snow taffy, exhibits inside.
for our favourite classroom lesson plans and
tobogganing, and fur trading Dates: January 14 – March 15
ideas to get your students up and outside. with the chief. Fee: $9.75/student
Our website carries a series of teaching ideas for the Dates: January 14 – March 15 (minimum program fee $390)
outdoors with activities tailored to Early, Elementary and Fee: $9.75/student Group size: 40 – 100 students
Senior Years. From science experiments for young naturalists (minimum program fee $390) Length: 4 hours
to traditional Inuit games, these great resources will get you Group size: 40 – 100 students
outside in every season. Length: 4 hours PROG RAM
SPONSOR:
Visit fortwhyte.org/classroom-resources.
GUIDED PROGRAMS PROGRAMMES GUIDÉESGUIDED HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Grade 10 Grade 12
FA L L / S P R I N G : L I F E S U P P O R T FA L L / S P R I N G : R I PA R I A N H E A LT H A S S E S S M E N T
Our unique planet supports all the life we know, including our own. Aquatic life in lakes and streams is protected by riparian areas
Find out how to gather information about ecosystem health, and that filter runoff, hold the soil together, and provide habitat.
how human activity can have an impact on biodiversity. Complete Get your feet wet and complete a full assessment of
a timber cruise to calculate the value of harvesting FortWhyte’s FortWhyte’s shoreline including classifying vegetation,
forests, and consider environmental, social and economic examining soil, and testing water quality. Students will learn
perspectives. transect and quadrat sampling methods, use dichotomous
keys and take water chemistry measurements.
Dates: September 17 – November 8, April 29 – June 21
Fee: $6.50/student (minimum program fee $65) Dates: September 17 – November 8, April 29 – June 21
Group size: 10 – 30 students Fee: $6.50/student (minimum program fee $65)
Length: 2 hours Group size: 10 – 30 students
SLO: S2-1-07, -08, -09, -10 Length: 2 hours
SLO: B12-5-01, -02, -03, -04, Culminating Task
13Grades 7 – 12
H A N D S - O N S C I E N C E D AY S
Get in on a fantastic science experience this year by registering a
group of students for a station-based, hands-on learning day led by
experts in areas important to our environment such as clean water,
healthy soil and climate change. Students will be able to try out
scientific equipment and get informed and inspired towards careers
in environmental science, biology and more.
P ROGRA M
A R C T I C S C I E N C E D AY: M A R C H 7, 2019 S P ON S OR:
Register and learn more at
fortwhyte.org/foreducators/sciencedays
R I V E R WAT C H WAT E R M O N I T O R I N G
Are your students driven by experiential learning? Spark their
inquiry by monitoring a local pond, creek or river near your school.
This program is a great way to develop hands-on science skills and
increase understanding of local water quality issues.
Our Riverwatch Coordinator will assist you in choosing a
monitoring site, and meet your group onsite to complete a
monitoring session using the Riverwatch Kit full of scientific
equipment. Students will measure water transparency, complete
a variety of water chemistry tests, and investigate aquatic
invertebrates and other biodiversity.
Find out more about this program at fortwhyte.org/watermonitoring
Dates: September 10 – November 2, April 15 – June 21
Program Fee: $175/session
Equipment Rental Only: $50*, plus $100 refundable deposit**
Group size: 4 – 25 students
Length: 2 hours
*Kit delivery available upon request at an additional $25 fee
**Terms and conditions apply
Grades 9 – 12
HIGH SCHOOL À LA CARTE
Looking for a way to connect curriculum topics to a real-life
outdoor setting? Pick from the below one-hour activities to build
a customized program for any season. For requests outside of the
options listed below, please contact education@fortwhyte.org.
FA L L / S P R I N G WINTER
Forest Plant Survey Snow Science by Snowshoe
Water Quality Monitoring Water Quality through the Ice
Wildlife Diversity Winter Wildlife
Dates: September 17 – December 14, January 14 – March 15,
April 15 – June 21
Fee: $3.50/student (minimum program fee $35)
Group size: 10 – 30 students
Length: 1 hour per activity
14 GUIDED HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMSWATER-BASED PROGRAMS
FortWhyte’s small, sheltered lakes provide the perfect setting for teaching basic skills in canoeing and
kayaking. Programs available for Grades 5 and up. All water-based courses are taught by experienced
instructors. We maintain low student to instructor ratios to ensure safety and individual attention.
Paddling programs are an excellent enhancement to the Physical Education curriculum.
C A N O E & K AYA K S A M P L E R S W I M M I N G AT F WA
Students will become familiar with basic equipment, strokes, and A lifeguard is available for $40 per hour of swimtime.
safety procedures for both of these awesome paddle sports. Lifejacket use is mandatory for all swimmers.
Dates: May 7 – June 21
Cancellation Policy: We reserve the right to cancel, postpone
Fee: $16/student (minimum program fee $192)
or shorten water-based programs due to adverse weather
Group size: 12 – 24 students
conditions (wind, rain, lightning, etc.). We will provide dry-land
Length: 2.5 hours
programs when appropriate.
INTRODUCTION TO CANOEING
Ideal for students heading out on a school canoe trip. Introduction
to Canoeing covers boat safety, equipment selection and care, and
basic paddle strokes.
SCHOOL OUTDOOR
Dates: May 7 – June 21
OVERNIGHT OPPORTUNITIES
Fee: $16/student (minimum program fee $192)
Group size: 12 – 24 students
FortWhyte’s fully-equipped, energy-efficient
Length: 2 hours
Siobhan Richardson Field Station is the base
I N T R O D U C T I O N T O K AYA K I N G for our school overnight programs. Located
on a beautiful, secluded lakeshore site,
The thrill of powering a kayak across our lakes will exhilarate your
students. This program covers safe kayak entry and exit, basic students (Grades 4-12) will be immersed in
strokes, equipment care and boat safety. the outdoors, while exploring all FortWhyte
Dates: May 7 – June 21 Alive has to offer.
Fee: $16/student (minimum program fee $160)
Available from September to June for 16 to 24 participants.
Group size: 10 – 16 students
Contact us to create your customized program. Email
Length: 2 hours
bookings@fortwhyte.org or call (204) 989-8355 ext. 204.
15SELF-GUIDED PROGRAMS PROGRAMMES AUTO-INTERPRÉTÉS
You know your students, and love to teach them about nature and history. Booking a self-guided program
will allow you to customize your students’ experience at FortWhyte. All programs include links to
Manitoba curriculum.
We provide: Fees:
• A program overview and pre-program teaching resources Half day: $3.75 – Min: 15 students (or $56.25)
• Expedition kit containing: Full day: $4.75 – Min: 15 students (or $71.25)
Combo: $2.50 – Min: 15 students (or $37.50)
• Booklet with recommended schedule, discussion topics,
interpretive stops and learning games Frais:
• Map of FortWhyte Alive Demi-journée: 3,75 $ – Min: 15 élèves (ou 56,25 $)
• All the equipment you will need for your students Journée complète : 4,75 $ – 15 élèves (ou 71,25 $) au 60 élèves
Combiné avec un programme guidé: 2,50 $ – 15 élèves (ou 37,50$)
au 60 élèves.
16FA L L & S P R I N G S E L F - G U I D E D P R O G R A M S
S E P T E M B E R 1 7 –D E C E M B E R 14 , A P R I L 1 5 –J U N E 21 / 17 S E P T E M B R E–1 4 D É C E M B R E , 15 AV R I L–2 1 J U I N
Nursery Grades 4 & 5 Grades 6 – 9 Grades 5 – 12
A N I M A L TA L E S WALK ON THE WILD SIDE LIVING LINKS SUPER SELF-GUIDED
ORIENTEERING
Encourage your pre-school Discover natural systems within Investigate biotic and
children to explore nature Manitoba by investigating abiotic relationships Discover the thrill of exploring
using all their senses and to plants and animals in a variety between organisms and through orienteering. A
deepen their appreciation of habitats. Lead your students their environment. Using the pre-visit kit including maps,
of the natural world and the on explorations and discoveries Ecology Journal, students rules and background of
creatures that live in it. through forests, wetlands, will learn about the diversity orienteering and an on-site
lakeshores, and grasslands. of natural systems and will introduction by a FortWhyte
K & Grade 1 investigate the relationships Alive staff person will allow
Grades 1 – 6 and interdependencies you to maximize the fun and
FOREST FRIENDS
O U R P R A I R I E PA S T between humans, other learning for your class using a
The forest is a wonderful place! animals, plants, and the permanent orienteering course.
Trees meet the needs of people Step back in time to when the environment.
and wildlife; learn how trees bison roamed the prairies!
grow and change through the Experience the connection
seasons. This kit will help you between the people of Manitoba’s
make the forest come alive for past and our prairie ecosystem.
your class. Visit the sod house, tipi
encampment, and bison herd. WINTER SELF-GUIDED PROGRAMS
Grades 2 & 3 J A N UA R Y 15–M A R C H 16
LIFE BENEATH OUR FEET
K & Grade 1 Grades 2 - 4
A fascinating world exists
WELCOMING WINTER CA N A DIA N SNOWFL AKE
under our feet! Discover the
IN V E S TIGAT ION
workings of life underground Winter for us means toques
as you dig in to the soil. Peek and scarves. But what does Delve into the frozen world
into the underwater world it mean for the plants and as you compare and contrast
using dipnets to catch wetland animals? This program the properties of snow and
critters. Your students will highlights winter adaptations ice. Take a closer look at
learn there’s much more to in nature and covers the effect snowflakes from different
life than what we see on the of snow on Manitoba habitats. layers of a drift and learn about
surface. their fascinating formations.
Maternelle et 1ère 2e et 3e années animaux dans divers habitats. 5e à 12e
Dirigez vos élèves vers des
année L A VIE SOUS NOS PIEDS explorations et découvertes à SUPER COURSE
LES AMIS DES BOIS travers les forêts, les milieux D’ORIENTATION
Un monde fascinant se cache
humides, les lacs, et les
sous nos pieds! Venez étudier Explorez FortWhyte Alive
La forêt est un endroit prairies.
le sol et jeter un coup d’œil en faisant une course
merveilleux! Apprenez
comment les plantes de la forêt au monde marin en attrapant 1ère à la 6e année d’orientation! Nous vous
subviennent à leurs besoins et des animaux aquatiques. Vos remettrons une trousse,
étudiants apprendront qu’il y a NOTRE PASSÉ DANS LES avec des cartes et des clés
répondent à ceux des gens et PRAIRIES
de la faune. Votre trousse « Les plus à la vie que ce qui paraît à d’identification. Un membre
amis des bois » vous permettra la surface! Reculez dans le temps de notre personnel offrira
de donner vie à la forêt. jusqu’à l’époque où les bisons une explication détaillée de
4e et 5e années parcouraient les Prairies! l’utilisation de ces cartes et
Découvrez la relation entre des règles. Les jeunes de votre
LES SENTIERS SAUVAGES
les peuples manitobains classe pourront s’amuser en
Découvrir les systèmes d’autrefois et notre écosystème découvrant notre parcours
naturels au Manitoba en des prairies. Visitez l’hutte de d’orientation.
étudiant les plantes et les terre, les tipis et les bisons.TRASH CAN JAM CHALLENGE!
Get ready to reduce, reuse, recycle, and conquer!
Take part in the Trash Can Jam Challenge
during your field trip this year.
To get started in class before your trip, visit
fortwhyte.org/trash-can-jam. When booking
your program, be sure to indicate your
participation. Aussi disponible en français!
THE CHALLENGE:
All disposable lunch garbage produced by your group must fit
into a provided 5-litre trash pail.
THE RULES:
Your group must bring the least amount of lunch garbage
possible. FortWhyte Alive will provide recycling and compost
bins along with one trash pail per 30 students.
THE INCENTIVE:
If your school completes the Trash Can Jam successfully during
their field trip lunch-time, each participating student will go
home with an individual pass to FortWhyte Alive!
#TDTrashCanJam
DEEPER CONNECTIONS
Is this the year you explore Deeper Connections
with the natural world?
Working with school educators, a FortWhyte Alive Educator
develops a customized outdoor-inquiry-based learning program.
This is not a one-time field trip to FortWhyte Alive. Most Deeper
Connections programming happens in natural spaces both at
FortWhyte and at or around your school. Teachers and students
learn about the local ecology, developing a stronger sense of
community.
Pricing and scheduling are adapted to fit school
needs. Contact education@fortwhyte.org for
more information.
18 T E AC H I N G S U S TA I N A B I L I T YFORTWHY TE ALIVE SCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE GOING WASTE FREE BY 2020!
FortWhyte is passionate about sustainability and we want to encourage youth, as the environmental
stewards of the future, to be more aware of the daily impact that they have on the earth. With the average
student producing up to 30 kilograms of waste per year and with up to 30,000 school-aged kids visiting
FortWhyte annually, lunch waste adds up!
FortWhyte has been a YOUR STUDENTS impact of their daily choices. RESOURCES
champion of litterless lunches LOVE BEING OUTSIDE, Our challenge resources have
for years, but in Winter 2016 we everything you need! From recycleeverywhere.ca
N O W W H AT ?
launched our Trash Can Jam helping your students get recyclemanitoba.ca
Challenge to help you prepare All natural systems are acquainted with their garbage greenactioncentre.ca
your students for our most interconnected, so have your through a waste audit, to
ambitious waste reduction students experience these providing tips for school-wide
campaign yet. Starting in Fall relationships first-hand to change, we want to give you NEED HELP?
2019, any school program develop their appreciation the tools needed to meet
waste that can’t be recycled or of the earth. Join us for a our waste reduction goals — FortWhyte Alive offers teacher
composted must be brought FortWhyte School Program to and yours. professional development
back to school. get immersed in nature within workshops and programs that
D AT E S T O N O T E
city limits, or take advantage can help you turn the natural
W H E R E T O S TA R T ? world into your classroom.
of the unique customization Waste Reduction Week in
Lay the foundation; have the of our Deeper Connections Canada: October 15 – 21
program and see FortWhyte or Find out more online at
students develop a sense Global Recycling Day: fortwhyte.org/foreducators
of their own place in the your own neighbourhood in a
March 18
environment. Connect. Start new light (Page 18).
International Compost
local! Get outside and into
Finally, bring it all together Awareness Week: May 5 – 11
your own schoolyard and
to foster real change through
community. Naturescape
positive action. Our Trash
for Educators (page 11) has
Can Jam Challenge (page 18)
several resources to help you
is the simplest way to expose
find nature just outside your
students to the environmental
classroom door.
19VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AT FORTWHY TE ALIVE Do you know a friend, colleague, or family member who... • Wants to use their skills and experience working with children and youth? • Is a new graduate looking for teaching experience • Is newly retired and looking for a way to give back and stay active? • Loves the outdoors and sharing their passion? Each season, FortWhyte Alive recruits a team of passionate volunteers to lead students of all ages in unforgettable outdoor experiences. FortWhyte volunteers are the kind people who help kids roast their first marshmallow over an open fire, or teach them the difference between an aspen and a spruce tree. These are the moments we live for! Leading school groups is also a great way to meet people, and learn new skills – all while staying active. Training starts September 4. Become part of our of volunteer community at FortWhyte Alive, visit fortwhyte.org/volunteering or call (204) 989-8355 x 213. N’oubliez pas que nous cherchons aussi des bénévoles bilingues pour nos programmes! VO LUN TE E R P R O GR A M S P O N SO R E D BY C O N TA C T F O R T W H Y T E A L I V E : Email: schools@fortwhyte.org Phone: (204) 989-8355 Fax: (204) 895-4700 fortwhyte.org/foreducators
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