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SDHS students swap swamp
"Enrichment" was the order of the week
for Grade 9 students at Seaforth District
High School. On Tuesday each of the Grade
9 classes in the school conducted their
classes in a different setting. The whole
troop was bussed to the Hullett Wildlife
Management Area for a day of hands-on
learning.
Staff at SDHS approached enrichment
from an original angle in corning up with the
idea for this field trip. Their basic goals
wed to find an activity that would involve
all Grade 9 students, involve the community
in some way, and could be done by regular
teachers rather than by some•specialist(s).
A trip to the Hullett conservation area fit the
bill.
Students were taken to the conservation
area in the morning, and with the exception
of a few students who had to be taken back
to the school for classes in other grades they
were there all day.
Activities in the classes were picked to be
educational and still keep the students ac-
tive in the wildlife environment.
"Different material from the regular cur-
riculum was presented, but it was still rele-
vant and was adapted to the course," said
Dave Ono, the school's resource teacher and
one of the organizers of the enrichment day.
Science classes put biology and measure-
ment skills to use to measure the area and to
take water samples. Samples were found
which would not normally be seen in the
petri dishes in the school labs.
French classes had scavenger hunts using
lists made up in French, students also had to
make lists of bird and animal life in french,
and did a map exercise in which French
labels were used.
One exercise Math students did was to use
their knowledge of geometry to measure
shadows and angles to determine the
heights of trees.
Art students sketched the scenery and
English classes used the natural surroun-
dings as inspiration for creative writing.
Other classes measured the size of a pond in
the conservation area, set up blue bird
habitats they had been building, did trail
clearing, constructed on-site animal
shelters, and did compass and orienteering
work.
All of this added up to what Mr: Orin says
was a invaluable learning experience.
"Some of the activities were worth a week
in school. It's one thing to talk about
something in a classroom and another to go
out and do it," he said.
The activities students participated in
were also designed to help the conservation
area which is always looking for volunteers.
Mr. Orin remarked that the best way to
judge what the staff thought of the project
was summed up in one teacher's question
"when do we go next year?"
The student's thoughts on how the trip
went can be found in the essays and reports
they will be writing on what was learned in
Hullett. Here are a few of the brief reports in
part.
It was a great day and 1 enjoyed it. For
for classrooms
our French class we went on a scavenger
hunt and for English we took notes, later to
be transformed into an essay. In Science we
had to follow directions and answer ques-
tions throughout the bush. We also took pond
samples. Math was the segment that I en-
joyed the most. We had to measure a pond
and got extremely wet in the process. I had
a great time and I think everyone else did
too. -Barb Finlayson.
On the 17th of May we went to the Mallett
Conservation Area. The Grade inners ex-
pplored the sugar bosh, and what a time we
Scavenger hunts, sketching, nature walks
and measuring were just a few of the ac-
tivities we enjoyed during the day's change.
This outdoor experience was a very good
learning experience. I think if you do every-
day subjects In a different environment it
gives you a new perspective on the subjects.
This is a learning experience that should
be repeated in the near future. -Pam
Bennett.
It was interesting to see all the creatures
and plants. I'd say most people enjoyed the
day. Some students and one teacher decided
to take a quick dip in the swamp. In Science
class we tested the water and had a work
sheet. In Math class we did some measuring
of the ponds and trees. For some people
Math class was the most exciting. For
others it was English where they had the
chance to see their teacher take an acciden-
tal dip in the pond. It was an all around good
day.-Loriarme McNichol.
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how tall a tree is by measuring its shadow.
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