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You and your students are invited to attend the...

13th Annual
Durham Children's
Groundwater Festival
September 27th to October 1st, 2010
9:45 am to 1:30 pm at Camp Samac, Oshawa

Making environmental awareness fun!

CURRICULUM EXPECTATIONS & ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS

Overview

Launched as part of the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority's 40th Anniversary theme of "Water Quality" in October 1998, the goal of the Festival is to increase the awareness of Grade 4 students concerning water issues and motivate them to become water stewards in their home, classroom and community. The Festival consists of over 30 hands-on, learning centres that provide the students with an increased awareness about the importance of water conservation, protection, technology and ecology. These centres have been designed to compliment the Ontario Elementary curriculum expectations & achievement levels.

By the end of Grade 4, students will:

• demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of habitat and community, and identify the factors that could affect habitats and committees of plants and animals, Life Systems (Science & Technology)
  
  
• describe ways in which humans can change habitats and the effects of these changes on the plants and animals within the habitats, Life Systems (Science & Technology)
  
  
• investigate the dependency of plants and animals on their habitat and the interrelationships of the plants and animals living in a specific habitat, Life Systems (Science & Technology)
  
  
• demonstrate an understanding of the physical properties of rocks and minerals and the effects of erosion on the landscape, Earth and Space Systems (Science & Technology)
  
  
• investigate, test and compare the physical properties of rocks and minerals and investigate the factors that cause erosion of the landscape, Earth and Space Systems (Science & Technology)
  
  
• describe the effects of human activity (e.g., land development, building of dams, mine development, erosion-preventing measures) on physical features of the landscape, and examine the use of rocks and minerals in making consumer products, Earth and Space Systems (Science & Technology)

What you need to know

(Learning Centre) (No Water Off A Duck’s Back) These students are examining the effect of an oil spill on waterfowl feathers and how difficult they are to clean.

For more information please contact: Annette MacDonald at the Central Lake Ontario Conservation office (905) 579-0411 ext. 144 or dcgf@cloca.com

All information subject to change without notice prior to registration date of June 11, 2010