Growing Good Land Stewards at the Carolinian Forest Festival听
Springwater Conservation Area was buzzing with over 2,000 students who attended the from October 7-10 this year. After pouring out of school buses, the grade 7 and 8 students dispersed to 37 different activity stations set up along a hiking trail in Springwater Forest.听
Each station featured hands-on, interactive games and activities to teach the students about forest ecosystems, species at risk, stewardship and conservation, and climate change. The lessons were linked to the Ontario curriculum and allowed each student to connect to their environment in new and interesting ways. Some found salamanders, held snakes, dissected owl pellets, used binoculars, identified trees, searched for birds, and much more.听
These firsthand experiences of exploring nature and investigating their surroundings help to instill an environmental ethic in youth who become good land stewards 鈥� even teaching others how to care for the earth.听
The 糖心直播 (UTRCA) is proud to have assisted with this event organized by .听
Salamander
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