Earth and Environmental Sciences

Students participate in a series of exciting virtual quizzes.

Students will be introduced to ecosystems and the differences between native and invasive species, with a focus on fish that can be found in Hamilton Harbour.

Students learn about daily and seasonal changes through group discussion, songs, drawing and interactive demonstrations.

Read "Greg's Microscope" and learn about microscopes by building your own.

Read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and learn about the different steps in the life cycle of a butterfly.

Read "Who Likes the Wind?" and learn about wind and renewable energy.

Read "The Cloud Spinner" and learn about the water cycle in nature.

Students will learn about food chains and trophic levels, and then gain an appreciation for the complexity and interconnectedness of ecosystems and how food chains are affected by environmental events using a game of Jenga with colour-coded blocks.

Students will go on an outdoor scavenger hunt to find things related to nature and the environment.

Students will go outdoors to search for various natural objects and living things, and try to be the first person to get a BINGO.

Students will do a variety of activities listed on their "Summer Time Bucket List" and try to check off as many activities as possible over the course of the summer break.

Students learn about animals in water, human impacts, and are given materials to attempt to clean up a cooking oil spill.

Students examine seeds, make predictions on how they disperse and create a simple seed carrier that flies like a maple key.

Watch water flow up a coffee filter and separate the dye in a permanent marker, then create a butterfly with the end result.

Learn about clouds and how they form, then create a model of various clouds at their specific altitudes.