Outreach

Available throughout the year FOFEC has the following presentations for students of all ages:

• Hands on Nature (April 18-25 only): A school case from the Royal Ontario Museum that introduces the topics of biodiversity, classification, adaptation and species at risk. Active learning though observation and experimentation stimulates the student into becoming more aware of their nature surroundings. 
• Wetland Ecosystems (Grades 9-12): Human actions, both intentional and unintentional, modify ecosytem diversity, carrying capacity and sutainability through direct and indirect changes to both biotic and abiotic factors. Students will evaluate potential management solutions to environmental problems through discussion and democratic processes.
• Wetland Ecosystems (Grades 7-8): Environments can be described through abiotic and biotic conditions. Students will be able to identify, observe and measure abiotic factors in enviornments (such as pH,  and temperature) to determine a streams overal health.
• Wetland Ecosystems(Grades 3-6): Water Water Everywhere!  Students will be able to identify one or more examples of a wetland ecosystems as well as how the ecosystem involves interactions between living and non-living things, both in and around the water.

For more information  please call the office at: 905-871-3050 or email friends.of.forterie@bellnet.ca

Volunteers Wanted!

Volunteers young and old are needed to help out with the following projects:

• Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-up
• World Water Monitoring Day
• Stream Bank Plantings