Nature Education for Sustainable Todays and Tomorrows – NEST. K-7 Public education growing respectful, engaged, creative, green hearts and green minds in SD46.
Mr. Pond's class has been fascinated by #owlpellets. If you have never tried dissecting these with your class, it is well worth doing! #sd46#bced#buddingscientists
If you are an educator and interested in joining our CharacterStrong Educator FB Group we would love to have you. Whether you are using CS or not, the group is going to be a positive source of inspiration, ideas, and content to stay focused on the WHY along with the HOW.
Making a hypotenuse with one's body to estimate the height of a really, really tall tree. There are so many ways to tweak an indoors lesson to be outdoors yet, it doesn't always come 'naturally'. Do share your #indoorsout#NESTed#sd46#getoutdoors
Grateful to Marleen Vermeulen, artist and dear friend, who guided our NESTers to ‘paint by feel’. They’re beyond proud of their bark textures, self-proclaimed masterpieces. “I’m gonna sell mine for 600 bucks!” cries F. @KurbatoffG#artistsintheclassroom#artistsoninstagram
@brenbogle @jmarquis10@TeriMooring@bctf And I’m saying, they have no business asking the question, let alone casting a collective vote on the matter. Because they do, hardly makes it right.
“Come see. I’m environmentally aware,”says my six-year old friend. “I’m keeping my jewels in shells instead of a box.” Her name is Sage. #teachme#nested#freeplay#precious#sd46