Richmond Nature Park
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C'est quoi l'automne? C'est la saison de préparation pour l'hiver. Les plantes produisent la semence, mais quelles sont les conditions nécessaires pour faire germer et quelles sont les méthodes de dispersion? Pièce de marionnettes suivie de balade guidée interactive.
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C'est la veille de Toussaint, autrement dit, Halloween. Sorcière Saucière et sa soeur cadette, Assiette, se préparent pour le bal. Mais, bien entendu, elles se disputent à tort et à travers, peut on utiliser les bêtes vivantes de la forêt?
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Les Autochtones utilisaient les plantes pour la nourriture, les vêtements, la construction, les médicaments, en fait pour tous leurs besoins, donc, ils avaient un respect profond pour l'environnement. On introduit l'histoire des activités des Autochtones dans la région, on fait une balade guidée et on utilise quelques plantes.
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Les mille-pattes, les araignées, les coccinelles, pourquoi sont-ils importants pour nous? Au commencement de l'automne, les mini-bêtes sont partout évidentes. On regarde une pièce de marionnettes, puis, on fait une balade guidée et interactive.
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Timo la taupe se plaint, après toutes les pluies d'hiver, ses tunnels sont remplis d'eau. Mais bientôt, des autres animaux et une fleur lui montrent quelques indicateurs printaniers. Pièce de marionnettes, suivi de balade guidée interactive.
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This NEW winter program combines thnking skills, imagination and science to search the Park for signs of dragons. What do we already know about dragons? Why does the Chinese dragon look like a snake? What characteristics of a real snake do we think dragons have? Children get to meet a real snake, enjoy a short introduction and the go out on the trails. What size might dragons be? Could they really breathe fire? What might they eat? Could they fly? Or maybe swim? Is there enough room in the Park for dragons and if so, where would they live? The program aims to reinforce scientific method and stimulate children's creativity while learning about characteristics of living things.
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Welcome to the world of mini-beasts. Our puppet show 'The Spider who wanted to be a Bunny' introduces some ideas about the differences between spiders, insects and other small creatures. There is then a guided walk with activities where children find out more about small creatures and search for some.
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In the Fall, most plants set seed and prepare for the rigours of winter. How do different plants do this, what are the various methods of dispersal and what conditions are necessary for a seed to germinate and grow? The program begins with a puppet show which introduces these ideas, a short recap of the parts of a seed and then a guided and interactive walk to consolidate learning.
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Witch Hazel and Griselda are preparing for the Witches' Halloween ball. But they do not see eye-to-eye about what can go into the pot! Witch Hazel is more of a traditional Halloween witch, but Griselda is a different kind of tradionalist, a green white witch who wants to protect nature. Children learn about creatures and plants of the Nature Park and meet some live animals as they help Griselda to persuade Witch Hazel to respect and protect. Great preparation for Halloween.
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Mother Nature knows the importance of Fall, season of mist, but Jack Frost just wants to leap straight to the season of sparkle, Winter. But Mother Nature convinces Jack Frost that if he helps her to get the animals and plants ready, then before he knows it, Winter will be here. This is a very interactive program, it takes the form of a play in which the children are very active, followed by a short walk outside. This is a wonderful preparation for all of the winter festivals involving sparkle, lights and celebration.
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This is an indoor program, however there are a lot of different activities. A puppet show introduces some characteristics of mammals, followed by the children making a plaster animal footprint to take back to school with them. One station involves children in looking at mammal skulls, teeth and fur and another shows them the habits of one particular urban mammal. The program ends with the pupils identifying four native mammals from their sounds.
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What are Herptiles? The children are introduced to the idea that reptiles and amphibians have differences but also, many things in common. They meet Ned the Nature nut in our puppet show as he searches for the elusive garter snake. They also meet and can touch real garter snakes and can watch them moving around in real time on the TV monitor. Two stations teach them about reptiles and amphibians separately and the program ends with a craft activity.
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What do a Detective and a Scientist have in common? They both need skills to observe and interpret their findings. Pupils go to Nature Detective school to tune up four of their five senses (they don't taste anything until later in the program) plus their thinking skills. They then go out on the trails to put those skills into action and solve a nature mystery.
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Belle l'abeille doit travailler trs dur toute la journe, son frre n'a rien faire. Venez voir nos deux abeilles comiques, cherchez des vraies abeilles aux sentiers baliss et visitez une ruche d'observation. ERI Sciences de la vie : Les caractristiques et les besoins des tres vivants.
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The first signs of spring in the Nature Park are often the salmonberries flowering and the hummingbirds returning to nest. The male chickadees are very vocal in order to attract females and dandelions pop up their golden heads in the hope of being visited by our native bumblebees, who can tolerate the cooler temperatures of early spring. But the spring is also wet and in our puppet show, Morley the Mole laments that his mole tunnels are flooded out. Eventually, a garter snake, just awakening from her long winter sleep, points him to a dry one. After the show, there is an interactive guided tour on the Time Trail, just starting to wake up and become green itself.
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Children have fun and laugh as they learn when they watch our popular play in which Betty Bee teaches Darwin the Drone about all the things a worker bee like herself has to do so that the hive can survive. Afterwards, there is a visit to the Nature House to find out more about the life and activites of bees and to look at the real bees in the observation hive. Can you find the Queen? There is also a walk with more activities and explorations.
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When First Nations people first came to what we now call Lulu Island to collect berries and other plants for the summer, how did they travel? What plants were they interested in? What plants did they use for clothing and medicine and how did they carry them? How did their methods of plant management show that they respected the environment and what can we learn from this? These and many other questions about Native Plants and Native Peoples' use of them are explored in this program. After an illustrated introduction to the topic, there is a guided and interactive walk, followed by a plenary in which some of the plants are used and even tasted!
