Winter Break!

In EnvOE 9 we have been working on:

• Dressing appropriately for the weather and activity.
• Participating in activity safely and comfortably outside in all seasons.
• Exploring the idea of LNT - LEAVE NO TRACE.
• Watched the Deep Water Horizon, did an oil spill clean up activity and completed an assignment......have you completed yours?

Winter Break is forecasted to have BEAUTIFUL weather.

Go Outside.  Enjoy Outside!

Find an activity!  Some Examples Are:

• Walk
• Sledding
• Snow forts
• Road hockey
• Snow Shoeing
• Skiing
• Fishing
• Camouflage
• Tag
• Hide and Seek

See you back at school on Thursday January 9, 2020!

In EnvOE 9 we have been:

• Practicing tying knots, hitches, and bends
1. Why do we need these?  
2. Where would they be useful?
• Learning how to Snow Shoe!  
1. Can you put on the snow shoes?
2. What footwear is best to wear?
3. What do you notice about the structure of the snow shoe?
4. How is it different walking in them?
• Remember to take care of them.  Please!

Coming Up:

• More Winter Activities.
• More Cooperative Games to work on COMMUNICATION. 😊
• Please Dress Appropriately.  It is part of your grade!  Safety!

In EnvOE 9 we have been working on:

• Snowshoeing!  We took our Snowshoes out for a test run.
• What did you notice about the equipment?
• How did you find walking in them?  
• Did you have to adjust your balance?
• What did your peers notice?
• Can you name the different parts of a snow shoe?
• Did we really have enough snow?
• How well were you dressed for outdoor activity?  REMEMBER LAYERS
• Follow up questions from the story of 127 Hours.
• Did you complete this and hand it in?
• What did you think of the follow-up news stories?

SNOW!

In EnvOE 9 We:

• Had a presentation by Avalanche Canada about safety and avalanches.  What did you learn?  How does this change your your trip planning.
• Did some cooperative games.  How did it go?  How was it communicating without talking?  Why might that skill be important?
• Reviewed HOTTEA.
• Examined extreme survival skills based on the events of 127 Hours.  This is the story of Aron Ralston.  An outdoor enthusiast.  What did you learn from this story?  How would HOTTEA have helped Aron?

Coming Up:

• Reflections about 127 Hours.
• Trip planning.
• Snow Shoeing.  DRESS APPROPRIATELY.  
• HINT:  LAYERS  

Reminder:

• Have you finished your Keep Our School Beautiful task yet?  PLEASE do so!

Fall is Here

Last Week in EnvOE 9 We:

• Did cooperative games outside.  Worked with each other to play Disc Golf and develop a rules system that worked for our class.
• Investigated Biological Diversity.  Read a SHORT article, answered a few questions, handed it in.  These have been assessed and results are in PowerSchool.

Coming Up:

• The weather is changing.  We will still go outside.  Please dress appropriately.
• Avalanche Canada will be doing an Avalanche Safety talk with us on Thursday.

Happy Fall Break!

In EnvOE 9 we have been working on:

• The concept of Climate Change.  We watched, made observations from and completed an assignment on the documentary Six Degrees Could Change the World
• Have you completed your Keep our School Beautiful Poster yet?

Coming up in EnvOE 9:

• OUTDOOR WINTER ACTIVITY.  Winter is coming.  Be ready.

Have a Fun & Safe Fall Break.

GO OUTSIDE!😊

In EnvOE 9 we have been working on:

• Cooperative games, such as Volcanos and Craters.  Why do we need to work cooperatively for outdoor pursuits and activities?
• Studying the idea of Climate Change.
• Watched Six Degrees Could Change the World and completed an assignment.  Noted that we did not need our personal technology for this kind of study.
• Discussed how to dress appropriately for different types of weather and activities.

Coming Up:

• More cooperative games.
• Why planning for outdoor activity matters.
• What are we doing to make our local environment better.

Reminder:  

• Going outside is weather dependent.  How you are dressed affects the final decision.  We ALL go outside or we ALL stay inside.
• Is your "Keep Our School Beautiful" poster ready?