Evidence of Teaching

Lesson #3: Wednesday May 11, 2022

Studying Your Own Teaching_ DUPONT

Tuesday Nov. 16th BOOMSTERS

Practicing "Explore First- Explain Second" in Biology

Watershed Project with my Grade 11 Forces of Nature Class! They created great models which were tested with water afterwards

Elbow Lake Outdoor Classroom

Wilderness First Aid Course

Our Fungi Growth Kit, and Hydroponic Garden with the Environmental Science class!

GO WITH THE GROW: Fungi Investigation

Brought a Polar Bear and Ringed Seal Skull in to show my students. Both were gifted to my family by Inuit hunters from Nunavut. It served as a great icebreaker discussion about the importance of traditional hunting and northern practices of indigenous communities in Canada.

A walk around the school for students to do some Plant ID and sketches of their species.

Activities with my Preschoolers! We loved our outdoor walks.

TCMS Poster copy.pdf

Trash into Treasure project with "Education First" group

Introducing my Microplastics and Nurdle presentation to visiting students from Texas!

EARTH DAY 2023

I asked the students to make a mural to demonstrate human influence on the environment. On Earth Day, we constructed this made of 100% shredded plastic bottle caps from the beach

Making ECOBRICKS

Ecobricks are compacted waterbottles (0.33g/l density). They are compacted with trash that was collected from the beach. Great for building and insulation!

leading a Beach Clean on International Women's Day!

Sorting through the trash collection to record

Demonstrating how to conduct citizen science with Nurdles

Students collecting Nurdles on the beach.

The world's best classroom! Teaching students safety in the water.

Students turning Trash into TREASURE. Broken snorkel mask now has a purpose.

SOME OF MY MOST MEMORABLE STUDENT GROUPS IN BELIZE

Concordia University

Olney High School

Ecology Project

Natural Pathways

(2024) I am volunteering with a Natural Pathways- a forest school located in Essex County, Ontario, Canada. It is a registered charity connecting youth with nature and encouraging play-based learning in the outdoors. Their programs aim to spark curiosity and connection between the land.