Beaver Tales
Grade 1
An introduction to North America’s mightiest rodent, “Beaver Tales” reveals the importance of this freshwater engineer.
Combining classroom activities with field-based exploration, students learn the importance of beavers to First Nation culture and Canadian history. Beavers have fascinating physical and behavioural traits, making them the perfect creatures to introduce students to the concept of “adaptation”. School groups can access real beaver habitat in their backyard and learn to recognize evidence of beaver activity, thanks to the healthy beaver populations found in the Eastern Fraser Valley.
Contact us for more information about educational programs we can do for your group. Email our Outdoor Educator, Meg Turner at mturner@hopemountain.org or call 778-837-7082.
Location: Streams and ponds near Hope and Agassiz-Harrison containing beaver habitat and evidence of recent activity.
Grade: 1
Curriculum Overview: Learning outcomes, pre-trip, field trip, post-trip.
Teacher Feedback:
“The pre-trip classroom visit was very well done in terms of the information about beavers shared. The visuals were great and the topic was covered in an age-appropriate manner. The field trip was wonderful; allowing the children to ‘eat’ sticks and actually touch a beaver dam was something they would never experience without having gone on this trip.”
An introduction to North America’s mightiest rodent, “Beaver Tales” reveals the importance of this freshwater engineer.
Combining classroom activities with field-based exploration, students learn the importance of beavers to First Nation culture and Canadian history. Beavers have fascinating physical and behavioural traits, making them the perfect creatures to introduce students to the concept of “adaptation”. School groups can access real beaver habitat in their backyard and learn to recognize evidence of beaver activity, thanks to the healthy beaver populations found in the Eastern Fraser Valley.
Contact us for more information about educational programs we can do for your group. Email our Outdoor Educator, Rowan Lalonde at rlalonde@hopemountain.org or call 416-809-7044.
Location: Streams and ponds near Hope and Agassiz-Harrison containing beaver habitat and evidence of recent activity.
Grade: 1
Curriculum Overview: Learning outcomes, pre-trip, field trip, post-trip.