Homeschoolers

temporarily on hold

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homeschooler outdoor program

outdoor school programs


HOP is all outdoors, and follows the latest Covid-19 protocols. With outdoor and experiential education in the forefront in BC schools, Columbia Outdoor School has 40+ years’ experience delivering these Big Ideas and Core Competencies with incredible success. Our teaching themes and locations will change each month, please check back to our website for the latest information.

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December’s H.O.P. theme is winter science.

Our main focuses will be on winter survival for humans, animals and plants. This month we are offering sessions in Cranbrook, Golden and Invermere.

Cranbrook - Temporarily on hold.

Golden - Temporarily on hold.

Invermere - Temporarily on hold.


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curriculum connections:

Grade 7:

  • Survival needs

  • Crystalline structure

  • Evidence of climate change over geological time and the recent impacts of humans

Grade 3:

  • Biodiversity in the local environment

  • Energy is needed for life

  • Transfer of thermal energy

  • Major local landforms

  • Observable changes in the local environment caused by wind, water and ice

Grade 8:

  • Kinect molecular theory

Grade 9:

  • Effects of solar radiation on the cycling of matter and energy

  • Matter cycles within biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems

  • Sustainability of systems

  • Solutions & solubility

  • First peoples concepts of interconnectedness in the environment

Grade 4:

  • Sensing & responding in the winter

  • Biomes as large regions with similar environmental features

  • Phases of matter

  • The effect of temperature on particle movement

  • Local changes caused by earths axis, rotation and orbit

Grade 5:

what to bring

  • Snow pants, jacket, mitts, boots, hat

  • Water bottle

  • Snack

  • A lunch

  • A positive attitude

  • Solutions & Solubility

  • First peoples concepts of interconnectedness in the environment

Grade 6:

  • Force of gravity

  • The position, motion and components of our solar system in our galaxy

 Cranbrook Idlewild Park Location - Upper South Parking Lot

Top of the toboggan hill

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contact us at 250-426-3676 or email us at info@columbiaoutdoorschool.com for more information