Oceanview Outdoor Ed.

Welcome to OVEC Outdoor Education Blog.

Check the Visual Art O.E and After School pages for photos of the students engaging with the outdoors!

Happy hiking!

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Oceanview Education Centre: 60 Wallace Road, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, B1A 4N5 Phone: 902-842-4488

Outdoor/Environment Related Articles 2021-22

N.S. covers cost of tick-bite assessments at pharmacies | CBC NewsThe hundreds of Nova Scotians bitten by ticks every year can now drop into a pharmacy for free help preventing Lyme disease.

Outdoor/Environment Related Articles 2020-21

How to build a canoe by hand, the traditional Mi'kmaq way

Study shows wires, cars and lead are killing many Maritime bald eagles | CBC News

Government to spend $7M on outdoor learning for N.S. elementary schools | CBC News

Outdoor/Environment Related Articles 2019-20

Canning school takes learning into the great outdoors | CBC News

Unusually large group of coyotes devours Cape Breton hunter’s apples | SaltwireAn apple a day might keep the doctor away but definitely not a coyote. Malcolm MacNeil was surprised when his trail camera captured images of seven coyotes ...

Mi'kmaw conservation group builds artificial reefs to give sea life a new home | CBC News

2018-2019

May 3rd, 2019 - Sincere thanks to the members of the Outdoor Club and to the student volunteers who spent their lunch period picking up trash. Little gestures can have a great impact! Thanks! -- Mr. Sidney

May 10th, 2019 - Sincere thanks to the members of the Outdoor Club and student volunteers who spent their lunch period picking up trash for a second week in a row! Thanks again! -- Mr. Sidney

Outdoor/Environment Related Articles 2018-19

How to make an Easy Paracord Key Chain

Be Coyote SMART

Coyote sighting reported at Westmount picnic park | SaltwireWESTMOUNT, N.S. — Coyote information has been posted at a Westmount provincial park after a reported sighting. A family walking through Petersfield on ...

Lyme disease risk increases in parts of Cape Breton, province says | CBC News

Kejimkujik to be first Parks Canada campground with gender-neutral washrooms | CBC News

The New Science of the Creative Brain on NatureBeautiful vistas and outdoor fun impact your brain in real ways, and the latest research is finally cracking exactly how—which means you're just trails away from becoming a better thinker

One woman's mission to clean up her favourite beaches | CBC News

Cape Breton group calls for fishing rope recycling program | CBC News

More than 3 tonnes of rope collected in wharf recycling bins | CBC News

See the above video for a great way to reuse old fabrics.

2017 - 2018

Six Evidence Based Reasons Why Schools Need to Embrace Outdoor Learning/Education:

Movement boosts brain power.
Outdoor Education allows for diverse talents.
Multi-sensory learning is more memorable.
Being outdoors reduces stress. (Stressed brains do not learn as well as non-stressed brains.)
Learning through experience has powerful implications.
A growth mindset is an essential feature of good teaching and learning.