Grade 5 Programs
| Programs |
Science |
Social Studies | The Arts | Health and Physical Education |
| Survival on the Niagara Escarpment | 1 | |||
|
Wayfaring (Map Work - no compass) |
8 | 1 | ||
| Compass Orienteering | 4 | |||
| Conservation of Energy and Resources | 8 | |||
| Forces Acting onStructures and Mechanisms | 8 |
LEGEND: 1 Program meets one or more specific expectations
4 Program meets four or more specific expectations
8 Program meets eight or more specific expectations
Curriculum Based Programs at Highlands O.E.C.
An Experiential Learning Centre on over 100 Acres of Niagara Escarpment,
a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve!
Let us help meet your curriculum needs!
At Highlands Outdoor Education Centre your class will have a fun-filled time while you complete specific expectations of the Ontario Grade 5 Curriculum. We offer a great selection of dynamic programs!
Why not make the most out of your trip and combine two half-day programs to create a full day of hands-on experiential learning!
Bag lunches are always welcome. Cold and hot drinks are available for purchase.
All programs and activities at Highlands Outdoor Education Centre have been cross-referenced to the Ontario Curriculum for your convenience and cover a wide range of both specific and general expectations from strands. All programs incorporate Language requirements through writing, reading, oral and visual communication components that are inherent in all of our on site activities. All Programs are dynamic and adaptable to the group.
Skilled Interpretative Staff - Learning Centre - Lunch Room and Washrooms
Facility is Wheel Chair accessible - ATV carrier on site
PROGRAMS: Full Day: $12.00 each Half Day: $9.00 each
( 2 Programs –4Hrs. Instruction) (1 Program – 2 Hrs. Instruction)
Teachers and Parents FREE!
** SPECIAL ** 10% off bookings from November 2nd to 13, 2009 and April 19 to 30, 2010
Call for program selection.
LOCATION: Highlands Nordic Ski and Outdoor Centre is located just 10 minutes South of
Collingwood and West of Duntroon off either Hwy #124 or CR91, on Conc.10.
Advance Booking is Required! Phone: (705) 444-5017 email: hoec@highlandsnordic.ca
Highlands Outdoor Education Centre – PROGRAM OUTLINE Gr.5 Fall 2009 Spring 2010
Note: Proper footwear (i.e. rubber boots or closed toed shoes) is essential for students, teachers and parent volunteers to maximize the learning potential and related enjoyment of this program.
PARENT VOLUNTEERS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL PROGRAMS (minimum 1 adult per 8 students)
1.Survival on the Niagara Escarpment
Students will play a role in the food chain as it may occur on the Niagara Escarpment. Our version of the survival game shows the interdependence of all organisms within a local forest community. It examines food chains, food webs, and shows the concept of energy flow within an ecosystem. Students will experience both the struggle all organisms on the escarpment must go through, and the impact humans can have on wildlife populations, food chains, and ecosystems.
2. Wayfaring (Map Work – no compass)
Students will participate in a map reading program building on skills learned as they venture through three progressively challenging levels of maps. Students will only advance after successful completion of each stage.
3. Compass Orienteering
Students will learn the basic design and parts of the compass. After reviewing the 360 degrees in a circle, North, South, East and West, students, in pairs, will use a compass to plot a short, basic four point course. This course will then be mapped (sketched) and shared with another group. Increasingly longer and more complex courses will be plotted and mapped, depending on the level of the students.
4. Conservation of Energy and Resources (indoor/outdoor)
This interactive program is designed to move students through a series of stations: water turbine, wind turbine, calculate wattage used by home electrical appliances, solar panels, compare energy input/output of various types of light bulbs, in order to develop an understanding of the various forms and sources of energy and the ways in which energy can be transformed and conserved. Alternative forms of energy, energy usage, and differences between non-renewable and renewable energy sources are all examined.
Note: this program will include mainly indoor activities using hands on appropriately scaled models such as wind turbines.
5. Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms (indoor/outdoor)
Students will develop an understanding of the effect of forces acting on different structures and mechanisms. Rotating through a series of interactive centres, students will investigate: air pressure, compression (using a vice) and tension (using elastics) use of multiple pulleys to lift weights, types of bridges (beam, arch, cantilever, suspension), and types of pillars and beams.
General Information
Ø All Programs must be reserved in advance and are designed as half-day sessions for a minimum of 12 students and a maximum of 30 to 40 students.
Ø Two half-day programs make an exciting full-day program.
Ø Program runs rain or shine (unless extreme weather conditions are forecasted).
Ø Supervisors are expected to remain with their group throughout the visit (program/lunch) and are responsible for discipline.
- Hot Dog Lunches! We provide the campfire and cooking sticks. You provide the hot dogs and condiments!
