The City of Brampton offers FREE interactive and exciting classroom workshops about pollination, invasive species, tree health and stormwater management to schools across Brampton (K-8). Students can learn about bugs, plants and animals that live in our parks and understand the importance of maintaining a healthy environment and neighbourhood. Workshops focus on experiential and inquiry-based learning.
Topics include:
- The needs and characteristics of pollinators, plants and animals
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Parts of a plant
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Emerald ash borer and its effect on Brampton’s biodiversity
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Stormwater management
Hands On Learning
- A wide variety of real-life bugs, plants, skulls and nests are provided.
- All items are local and were found in a Brampton park
- All lessons are directly linked to the Ontario Elementary science curriculum.
- Workshops are facilitated and designed by an OCT qualified teacher
- The duration of each workshop is approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour
The Parks Department is pleased to offer its Parks Education Program for the 2023/2024 school year. We will be offering interactive environmental workshops with a strong focus on experiential and inquiry bainquiry-based Each grade will benefit from engaging activities, experiments and hands-on examples.
New Program for 2023:
The City of Brampton is offering a virtual stormwater pond tour to local schools this spring/summer. Students will learn about pond safety, the benefits of stormwater ponds, and how the City of Brampton maintains these ponds and manages wildlife around them.