Wild About Vancouver
The goal is to use a North American First Nations technique to derive the height of tall objects, such as trees. It works like this. All sides of a square are equal in length. There are 4 x 90 degree angles in a square. If we bisect a square from corner to opposite corner, we are left with a triangle with 2 x 45 degree angles and 1 x 90 degree angle.
An Idea by Jason Camp for Grades: Kindergarten to Grade 12 students
1. Have the students mark the middle of their paper with a stick drawing of themselves.
2. Have them mark north on their map
3. Move outside to any location and help the students get oriented with their paper in relationship to the points on a compass. It might be easier for the students to face north with their papers adjusted the
reflect that setup.
4. Make sure students are spread well away from each other.
5. For 3-5 minutes, have the students just sit quietly (no talking to each other) and listen to the world
around them. Their job is to note down either with words or quick sketches what they are sensing
with their ears - NOT their eyes.
For example, if you are near a road, you might hear the bus trolley lines, or the sound of cars
travelling over a bump in the road.
6. Bring the students back together and debrief on what they were able to sense using just their ears.
April 1
The Tidal WAV is taking place at Creekside Park in Vancouver on Saturday April, 27 2019. Check here for up-to-date details...
April 3
this is a text from wysiwig area on front-page Spread the outdoor love
April 22 8:00 am
Hi, My name is Hart and I am really into outdoor learning. I have been an outdoor educator for much of my life and my day job involves teaching outdoor environmental education to new and experienced teachers, from all over the world!
Wild About Vancouver, is an organization that helps people to learn outdoor activity benefits and share outdoor experience to the world.
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WAV hosts various kinds of local festivals on streets and schools. Please check our calendar, blog, and social media to keep on track!
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WAV involves local schools to help UBC students to design a local outdoor learning project unique to the individual school. Expanding outdoor learning program will get INvolve more students to outdoor activities.
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