FALL AND SPRING PROGRAMS$98.50 (max 30 students)9:30am-11am or 12noon-1:30pm Grades 1-7 may add a second program for a full day experience!

WINTER PROGRAMS $129.75 (max 30 students)10am-12noon

HALLOWEEN IN THE FOREST PROGRAM$129.75 (max 30 students)9:30am-11am or 12noon-1:30pm Add an optional class set of pumpkins for an additional fee.

ACTIVITY KITSFree two-week loan from September to June. Please inquire for details and availability.

TEACHER WORKSHOPSExploring Nature’s Classroom and Building Nature Knowledge9am-3pm | $30 per participantPlease contact us for private workshop enquiries.

BOOKING A PROGRAMCall 604-502-6065 or email naturecentre@surrey.caBe prepared to provide three possible dates for your field trip. Book early to avoid disappointment!

BE PREPARED • All programs include time outdoors - rain or shine!

Please have students wear appropriate footwear and dress in layers.

• Please ensure at least 3 adult chaperones will attend (including the teacher)

CANCELLATION POLICYCancellations made less than seven days before the date of your program will incur a cancellation penalty.

PARK FACILITIESMake the most of your day! Enjoy nature trails, picnic tables, and natural play structures. Take a self-guided nature walk to Green Timbers Lake, or do some hands-on team building in our Pole Forest.

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2017 / 2018Elementary School Programs

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EXPERIENCE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT THROUGH OBSERVATION, INQUIRY, PLAY, AND STORYTELLING.

Inspire nature connections as you discover local plants and animals, and explore the interconnectedness of the urban forest. Come for a full- or half-day visit and get ready to grow competencies and content knowledge from the new BC Curriculum. Then

book an activity kit or teacher workshop to bring outdoor learning back to school with you.

WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING...“Awesome day – I want more!”

Teacher workshop participant with 20+ years’ experience

“It ties in great with Grade 7 science. It was very organized, informative, and engaging.”

Grade 7 Teacher

“Fantastic! Hands on activities were so engaging.”

Kindergarten / Grade 1 Teacher

WHAT STUDENTS ARE SAYING...“The learning games are really fun and teach you lots of stuff about trees”

Grade 3 student

“It was very cool using all those tools real scientists would use and learning about it.”

Grade 6 student

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All programs are 90 minutes long and take place outdoors. They are linked to the prescribed content and competencies under the new BC Curriculum. For more details, please contact us or visit our webpage at www.surrey.ca/naturecentre

ANIMAL ADVENTURESK–GR 2 FALL Discover local animals who live in Green Timbers Urban Forest, and use your senses to uncover their unique habitats. Bring your wild spirit and imagination for a themed game and a dramatic story in the great outdoors.

TREE–MENDOUSK–GR 2 SPRINGVenture into the world of trees! Get a closer look and feel of cones, bark, and leaves. Hide amongst the trees in an active animal hiding game, and hear a dramatic tale of tall trees.

PLANT DETECTIVESGR 1–3 FALL & SPRINGBecome a plant detective! Use clues to find out who’s who among Surrey’s native plants, uncover their unique qualities, and discover the roles they play in the lives of people.

MINI ECOSYSTEMSGR 3–4 FALL & SPRINGGet your hands dirty! Use your creativity and imagination as you design and build a mini ecosystem, focusing on a local animal and their role within it. Show off your ecosystem awareness and creative design in a presentation to your peers.

SURVIVING IN THE FOOD CHAINGR 3–7 FALLGet wild with this all-out roleplaying game! Transform into an animal as you forage for food, water, and shelter, all while trying to avoid predators. Customize your program by choosing from natural selection, forestry, or natural disasters to discover their impacts on the food chain. Partly indoors.

ECOSYSTEM FIELD STUDYGR 5–7 FALL & SPRINGCalling all ecologists! Take on a scientific inquiry challenge as you collect field data, analyze your findings, and consider human impacts on biodiversity. Come in the Fall for a forest field study, or in the Spring to visit Green Timbers Lake.

URBAN FOREST 101GR 4–7 SPRINGWhat is an urban forest? Uncover the beauty and challenges of caring for natural areas within a city. Meet local native and invasive species, measure and study a mature tree, and discover forest values through an active hiding game.

UNCOVERING OUR PASTGR 5–7 SPRINGWhose land is this, anyway? Reveal the complex history of Green Timbers Urban Forest as you venture on a clue-collecting tour of the site. Considering logging and conservation, government involvement, First Nations’ interests, and the enduring effects of early settlers, Green Timbers is more than just the birthplace of reforestation in British Columbia!

HALLOWEEN IN THE FOREST K–GR 3 OCTOBER ONLY!Follow the Forest Fairy who will introduce you to the misunderstood creatures of the night! Dare to identify mystery items using only your sense of touch. Optional – add a class set of pumpkins for an additional fee.

January 9 – March 13 Forest Lab is a 2 hour science-based program that takes place primarily indoors. Students take on the role of a scientist, with lab coats, procedures, and experiments.

FOREST LAB – SOIL & PLANTSK–GR 2 WINTERCollect soil samples outside and bring them into the lab to investigate with tools and microscopes. Take a closer look at seasonal growth rings on a real tree, and discover what trees need to survive through interactive play and dress-up.

FOREST LAB – ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS GR 2–4 WINTERBecome an eco-scientist, explore the outdoors and bring your findings inside. Put the scientific method into action as you discover animal adaptations for winter survival, and test out how birds' beaks are adapted to their food sources.

FOREST LAB – FORM & FUNCTION GR 4–7 WINTERBirds and bats – do you really know the difference? Put your inquiry skills to the test in a comparison study of the mechanics of bird and bat wings. Then check out bird and bat skulls, and interpret how their form affects their function.

FOREST LAB – PIGMENTS & PINECONES GR 6–7 WINTERWhy do leaves change colour in fall? What is nature’s “golden ratio”? Find out as you dissolve leaf pigments in a chromatography experiment, isolate the agents of photosynthesis, and discover how Fibonacci’s mathematical spiral shows up on tree cones.

Get your class outdoors and experience the local environment with a self-guided Nature Activity Kit! Borrow one for free, for up to two weeks, and choose from the following themes.• Binoculars • Bird Olympics (Activities to test your bird abilities)• Bug Jars• Nature Art• Weaving Frames

Gain confidence teaching outdoors and explore the natural beauty of Surrey’s parks. Register for Exploring Nature’s Classroom to build your repertoire of hands-on games and activities to use outdoors, or learn to identify and interpret local flora and fauna in Building Nature Knowledge.

EXPLORING NATURE’S CLASSROOM • November 3, 2017 • May 28, 2018

BUILDING NATURE KNOWLEDGE • October 20, 2017 • November 10, 2017 • February 16, 2018

Ask us about a private workshop for your whole staff team.

GRADE FALL WINTER SPRINGK Animal Adventures Forest Lab: Soil & Plants Tree-mendous

GR 1 Animal Adventures

Plant Detectives

Forest Lab: Soil & Plants Tree-mendous

Plant Detectives

GR 2 Animal Adventures

Plant Detectives

Forest Lab: Soil & Plants

Forest Lab: Animal Adaptations

Tree-mendous

Plant Detectives

GR 3 Mini Ecosystems

Plant Detectives

Surviving in the Food Chain

Forest Lab: Animal Adaptations

Mini Ecosystems

Plant Detectives

GR 4 Mini Ecosystems

Surviving in the Food Chain

Forest Lab: Form & Function

Forest Lab: Animal Adaptations

Mini Ecosystems

Urban Forest 101

GR 5 Ecosystem Field Study

Surviving in the Food Chain

Forest Lab: Form & Function

Ecosystem Field Study

Urban Forest 101

Uncovering our Past

GR 6 Ecosystem Field Study

Surviving in the Food Chain

Forest Lab: Form & Function

Forest Lab: Pigments & Pinecones

Ecosystem Field Study

Urban Forest 101

Uncovering our Past

GR 7 Ecosystem Field Study

Surviving in the Food Chain

Forest Lab: Form & Function

Forest Lab: Pigments & Pinecones

Ecosystem Field Study

Urban Forest 101

Uncovering our Past

FALL & SPRING PROGRAMS WINTER PROGRAMS PROGRAMS BY GRADE NATURE ACTIVITY KITS

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