βThe Nature Room at Seaview Community Schools was created by Librarian Sheri Evans as a way to allow students to explore and learn about native animals and plants in BC and Canada as well as First Nation's culture.
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The exhibit is interactive and informative with many engaging activities for grades K-8 including:
- Seeing growing salmon
- Watching for the birth of new butterflies
- Visiting expert camouflage bugs
- Sorting and classifying seashells
- Checking out the skeletal remains of several native animal species
- Playing βRead, Guess, Lookβ game & learn more about BC animals
- Identifying animals by their fur
- Looking through microscopes at bugs and other tiny things
- Identifying invasive plant & animal species
- Figuring out what plants are safe to eat and which are poisonous
- and many more
The Nature Room is also available to SD43 educators every Monday for fieldtrips. For more information or to book a field trip please visit www.sd43.bc.ca/school/seaview or contact the school.
Read more about this fantastic Nature Room in this TC News article: Sights and sounds of nature indoors at Port Moody school.