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Welcome to the 2024 Outdoor Learning Conference
Friday, May 10 • 3:15pm - 4:30pm
Designing activities that address Climate Change and Strategizing Sustainability

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Join us in this conference session as we facilitate hands-on, outdoor teaching methods to approach various climate change topics for a broad range of ages. We will first explore “Discovery Stations,” designed to engage the audience informally in climate change conversations through a short, thought provoking, guided activity, using something the audience is already familiar with as a jumping off point. We will then follow up with a few expansion activities that we use in our school field trips that encourage critical thinking, utilizing various forms of activities (listening, tactile, observational, physical, games) catering to different kinds of learners. We will cover various place-based topics such as biodiversity, water scarcity, impacts on food security, environmental stewardship and sustainable living options. Program instruction is presented in alignment with the BC curriculum communication, thinking, and personal and social core competencies.

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Sangeeta Thomas

Teaching Garden Coordinator, VBGA - Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association
Sangeeta Thomas is  the Teaching Garden Coordinator with the Vancouver Botanical Gardens  Association, where she is an educator, facilitating many programs targeted  for young preschoolers, all the way to the young at heart. She also will  oversee programming and managing the... Read More →
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Dennis Chen

Youth Programs Manager, VBGA- Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association
Dennis Chen is the  Youth Programs Manager with the Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association,  where he oversees the non-adult education programs including school field  trips, day camps, and family programs. He has a passion for space and ocean exploration and is often looking... Read More →


Friday May 10, 2024 3:15pm - 4:30pm MDT
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