At Second Street Elementary, Cheryl Spracklin and her colleagues are hosting a “Map your school-yard” contest! Students are encouraged to get outside and map the plants and trees they find outside their schools, and then see if they can find the same types in Robert Burnaby Park!
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Open in new tab On March 29th, submissions will be gathered and put in the hallways for everyone to see and appreciate. The top five maps will be placed in the display case as well. By connecting with the community coordinator, this meaningful project will be shared in their monthly video for families.
Thank you, Cheryl and Second Street for sharing this inspiring contest, helping us to build community and learn about our local places!
If you are inspired by this contest, please feel free to share it with us!
HI: I am hoping to get in touch with Cheryl Spracklin whom our UBC team met at the Kitsilano Eco-Fair recently, to let her and her colleagues know more about some professional development opportunities for community/place-based teachers. We are offering a Micro-certificate in Climate Action and Community Engagement for educators, prioritizing place-based approaches (including mapping and visualization) to developing collective climate solutions at the local level. The course begins in early October, and is part-time online for 8 weeks, focusing on developing trainees’ own engagement projects.
Could you please pass on this message and link to the Micro-certificate https://forestry.ubc.ca/programs/certificate/climate-action-community-engagement/ to Cheryl and share with your network on Place-based Learning? If Cheryl could contact us , that would be great. Questions can be directed to me or to the Course Instructor, Cheryl Ng at cheryl.ng@ubc.ca.
Thanks for your help,
Stephen