Grade 6 Programs
| Programs |
Science |
Social Studies | The Arts | Health and Physical Education |
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Biodiversity - pond study |
8 |
1 |
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Wayfaring (map work - no compass) |
4 | |||
| Compass Orienteering | 8 | 1 | ||
| Survival on the Niagara Escarpment | 4 | 1 | ||
| Trappers and Traders | 8 | 4 | ||
| Electricity and Electrical Devices | 8 | |||
| Properties of Air and Principles of Flight | 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 6 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. 6 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 to 8 students).
1. Biodiversity – focus on terrestrial and aquatic living organisms
Students will visit a mini-farm, forest and beaver pond, to catch a variety of living organisms (microscopic and macroscopic) . They will then classify and identify these organisms using a dichotomous key, microscopes and a TV video view finder. Animal skulls will be analysed, focussing on the adaptations of teeth (herbivore, omnivore, carnivore) as will the variations in plant life found in an aquatic habitat. (rubber boots are essential for this program)
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Microscopes and video view finders used to study pond life . |
Animal skulls - use teeth and eye placement to identify carnivores, omnivores and herbivores. |
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. Survival on the Niagara Escarpment (Biodiversity)
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.
5.Trappers and Traders (Full Day Program)
This program combines orienteering, problem solving, and team work skills while role playing the life of a fur trader during the 1700’s. Students will be required to work together to find “furs” on our wayfaring course, trade their furs for “beaver” money at our fur exchange, then buy items (from the trading post) they will need to survive the winter. Which of your students will survive?
Michel LeGoaix, French speaking trading post keeper, 'sells goods' to a 'trapper'
6. Electricity and Electrical Devices
Through a series of dynamic workstations, students will us a variety of materials to discover the basics of electricity. Stations include: constructing series and parallel circuits, static electricity, making a battery, energy efficient light bulbs, testing conductors and insulators, testing wattage used by home electrical devices (e.g. hair dryer) and a mini-wind generator.
7. Properties of Air and Principles of Flight
Students will investigate the principles of flight by comparing the adaptations of birds to those of planes, experiment with thrust, drag and trajectory with a water bottle/air rocket, explore pneumatics (air pressure), investigate the properties of air, construct paper airplanes with flaps and rudders , and use a model wind tunnel to discover the effect of drag on different shapes.
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 60 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 fire and cooking sticks. You provide the hot dogs and condiments!
