Homeschoolers
temporarily on hold
hop
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.
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.
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