Category: Place Based Learning (Page 6 of 8)
Taking Our Learning Outdoors
Thank you so much for your support in our recent Place Based Learning Curriculum Implementation Day! We were greeted by the spectacular sunrise, and explored PBL in one of many beautiful Burnaby locations: Burnaby Rowing Lake Pavilion.
Our B. Outside Local Environmental Educators Association, a Burnaby chapter of EEPSA,was founded in June 2016 by a group of Burnaby place-based educators who wanted to connect and create change in our district, and it continues to grow. By partnering with the Burnaby School District Development Team and EEPSA, we were able to put together this inspiring day of powerful speakers, community partners, and inspiring colleagues.
Photo credit: Bruce Ford, Metro Van
We want to offer a huge thank you to our members and organizers. Your time and energy made this event happen, and gave the opportunity to connect educators across our district.
Thank you to all our new and returning members for being a part of this place-based learning group. Your work is inspiring and appreciated.
We are very excited to announce our first Burnaby Place Based Learning Conference will be taking place on the Jan. 28th Curriculum Implementation Day at Burnaby Lake Rowing Pavilion!
We are thrilled to be joined by two amazing key note speakers, Lori Snyder and Gillian Judson.
Lori Snyder is a Metis Herbalist, educator, mother, and story-teller. Lori offers workshops to discover our wild, edible, native and medicinal plants in different communities around Metro Vancouver, the unceded territories of the Coast Salish People.
Gillian Judson is an Executive Director of SFU’s Centre for Imagination in Research, Culture and Educaiton. She will be speaking about her book A Walking Curriculum: Evoking Wonder & Developing Sense Of Place (K-12).
During the day, there will also be opportunities to connect with community partners and inspiring Burnaby teachers who have prepared resources and ideas to share with you.
A big thanks to Burnaby Local Environmental Educators LSA, Burnaby School District and EEPSA for being our event sponsors for making this day possible!
We hope you will choose to come and explore with us!
Grade 4/5 classes from University Highlands had the opportunity to bus to Barnet Marine Park and explore the plants and creatures we found there. We wondered how the plants and animals would be different from the ones we had been studying on Burnaby Mountain. Would different elevations influence who lived there? How does the proximity to the ocean change the landscape? With our field experience notebooks, our magnifying glasses, and our curiosity, we made observations and posed questions about what we found on the beach and in the forests. Even though many of us had been to the park a number of times, we noticed that we were able to explore it with a new lens and make exciting discoveries.
When planning your inquiries, consider including a field trip to the Vancouver Art Gallery. This past fall, classes explored the gallery created by Ayumi Goto and Peter Morin, and featuring 6 other celebrated artists who inspired and mentored them. In this exhibit, place and culture were explored and shared between the artists and with us. Experiencing their art and stories, helped us to understand their cultures, and explore important themes of Canadian history. Then, together, we created a collaborative art piece, in which we changed and reclaimed space in the art gallery, which previously had a been a court room. A final layer of performance art was added, as our process was filmed and then turned into a time-lapse video. Our experience at the art gallery was beautifully composed. This was one of many incredible exhibits that the Vancouver Art Gallery offers, so often exploring themes of place and diverse ways of knowing.
http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/
