Lower Trent Education and Outreach Programs
Did you know that Lower Trent Conservation offers Ontario curriculum-linked programming for students enrolled in Kindergarten to Grade 12 within our watershed region?
Education and Outreach Program Brochure
Youth Education Frequently Asked Questions
To learn how your children/student(s) can benefit from these programs or to inquire about any program topics not listed that you would like to see contact Environmental Education Technician Nicholas Reynolds by email at [email protected] or leave a message at (613) 394-3915 x.251.
All About Water
Water Cycle
Activity Length: 1 hour
Availability: Year-round
Location: Classroom Presentation
Description: A brief introduction will demonstrate the water cycle and show students up close the process water takes when it evaporates, condenses and precipitates. Students will become a part of the water cycle as they transform into water droplet and travel between different areas to understand the journey a water droplet really makes.
Wetlands
Activity Length: 1 hour
Availability: Year-round
Location: Classroom Presentation
Description: Students will learn about Wetlands, how they function, and their role within our natural ecosystems. They will get the opportunity to observe some of the amazing functions a wetland performs by creating and testing wetland models.
What is a watershed?
Length: 1 hour
Availability: Year-round
Location: Classroom Presentation
Description: Through interactive models students will explore what is and makes up a watershed. They will experiment how all of the water is interconnected, while learning the rivers and tributaries within their community. Students will take a closer look at the Lower Trent watershed region through a 3D model to help understand the natural features within it.
Source Water Protection
Length: 1-2 Hours
Availability: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Location: Classroom Presentation
Description: Learn about where our drinking water comes from and what we do to keep it clean and safe to drink. Through interactive activities and games, students will learn what can be a threat to clean drinking water and the steps conservation authorities as well as municipalities take to ensure the water coming out of your tap is safe to drink.
Discover the Great Lake Watersheds
Length: 1-2 Hours
Availability: Year-round
Location: In school gym, auditorium or large outdoor space (weather permitting)
Description: Utilizing the Biinagmi Great Lakes Map students will interact with their own water shed and the entire great lakes and St. Lawarence watershed system from a unique perspective. The giant floor map (26 x 36ft) allows an entire class to walk through the great lakes system and see all of the features and landmarks from a bird’s eye view. This program will highlight our local watershed, the Bay of Quinte, and the full great lakes water system, showing how they all connect and the role our local waterways play in feeding and interacting with the Great Lakes. Students will gain an understanding of the interconnectedness of our water systems and the importance of the Great Lakes.
This resource is a paid program rated at $5 per student with a cap at $150 per class. If you are interested in the program and the cost is a barrier, please contact:
[email protected] directly.
The map program requires a large indoor space such as a school gym or auditorium.
Soil, Lands, and Natural Hazards
Natural Hazards
Activity Length: 1-Hour
Availability: Year-round
Location: Classroom Presentation
Description: Students will learn all about the natural hazards of flooding, erosion, and dynamic beaches and the role Lower Trent Conservation plays in keeping our community safe. Students will also have the opportunity to learn about rising natural hazards and our changing environment.
Erosion Busters
Activity Length: 1-Hour
Availability: Year-round
Location: Classroom Presentation
Description: Students create an interactive model to help understand the role that plants and trees play in stabilizing our shorelines and preventing erosion. Students create different planting scenarios to understand the importance of the vegetation in our environment and community.
Pollinator Seed Balls
Activity Length: 1-Hour
Availability: Year-round
Location: Classroom Presentation
Description: Through interactive learning and presentation students will learn about the different parts of plants, various native pollinator species, their habitat, how pollination occurs, and the benefits to our ecosystem. The class will then go outside to make clay seed balls to take home. All seeds and
equipment are provided.
Spring Water Awareness
Length: 1-Hour
Availability: Year-round
Location: Classroom Presentation
Description: Learn all about the dangers of water courses in the spring and year-round. Through interactive games and activities participants will learn about flood awareness and safety, safety around hydroelectric dams, and ice safety both in the winter and when the spring melts begin. Participants will also learn how the conservation authorities’ flood warnings work, where to find them and how to interpret them.
Habitats, Life Systems, and Human Connections
Activity Length: 1-Hour
Availability: Year-round
Location: Classroom Presentation
Description: A series of games and activities to help students understand habitats and life systems as well as the risks associated with habitat loss to humans and animals alike. Students will experience the challenges of surviving with limited and shrinking resources and create an understanding of what makes up a habitat and the challenges of meeting all the needs of a living being. Students will also gain an understanding of the interactions between living things and the impacts of a human presence or absence. They will also learn how environmental changes affect our human habitats and the conservations authority’s role in managing healthy and safe habits to keep the watershed community safe!
At our Conservation Areas
Forest Hike with Active Games
Activity Length: 1- 2 Hour
Availability: Year-round
Location: Goodrich-Loomis, Proctor Park, Seymour, Sager, Kings Mill, Bleasdale Boulder
Description: Join us for a hike at one of our conservation lands where students will play interactive games focusing on habitats and the plants and animals that call our conservation lands home. A great way to get outside and learn about the natural systems within our watershed.
Pond Dipping / Water Bugs
Activity Length: 1- 2 Hour
Availability: Year-round
Location: Goodrich-Loomis Education Centre
Description: Through hands-on investigation, students will explore a water system and the wonderful benthic invertebrates, or “water bugs” that live in the water. Students will learn about some of the adaptations these bugs have to survive in these spaces, how the needs of these bugs are met, and how these bugs play an important role in indicating water quality to scientists.
Augmented Reality Sandbox
Activity Length: 1 hour
Availability: Year-round
Location: Classroom Presentation
Description: The Augmented Reality Sandbox is used as a hands-on interactive tool to help students understand the importance of water resources and earth science concepts. Colours depicting land formations with various elevations with detailed contour lines are projected onto the sand. As students interact with the sand, the unit detects the movement to the sand and alters the colours and contour lines in real time. Simulation of rainfall, flooding and drought is controlled by students helping them understand the nature of the water flow within landforms.tent
Discover the Trenton Greenbelt
Length: 1-2 Hours
Availability: Year-round
Location: Trenton Greenbelt
Description: As a Class: Explore Trenton Greenbelt and connect with nature through hands-on learning. The Trenton Greenbelt restoration site shows how lawn can be transformed into pockets of native prairie meadows right in town! Students will have the opportunity to learn about native plant species and why they matter. This is an interactive program that will send students on a hunt through the restoration site to learn about all the important features and contributions to the project. .
Program Request Form
Download our program request form or fill out the form below to request a program.
