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Sep 24, 20231 min read
Water as a Complicated Resource
Week 4-5 - September 25 - October 6, 2023 After surveying Towhee Creek to the Tsolum River we will investigate our samples of water to...
Oct 30, 20221 min read
Forests and Tree Farms
Week 9 - October 31 -November 4, 2022 Forests are so much more than the trees we see. Forests are a living entity that involves an...
Oct 23, 20221 min read
Ecoforestry - is there a balance?
Week 8 - Oct 24-28, 2022 During the Environmental Science portion of the course we will explore the definitions of terms like:...
Oct 16, 20221 min read
Water Crisis
Week 7 - October 17-21, 2022 We will continue or Colorado round table discussion before starting into our Water Crisis posters. To...
Oct 10, 20221 min read
Farm Tour and Colorado Discussion
Week 6, October 11-14, 2022 Tuesday we are off to Amara Farms for a tour and some harvesting experience. The farm tour bridges our...
Sep 25, 20221 min read
Colorado River case study and Marine Field Trip
Week 5, Sep 26 - Oct 7, 2022 To take a more in-depth look at the socio-environmental aspects of a watershed we will virtually travel down...
Sep 4, 20221 min read
Social/Enviro Issues - What is Freshwater?
Week 1-2 - September 6-16, 2022 The first few days we will talk about what is important to us through an environmental lens and discuss...
Jan 16, 20221 min read
Mountains and Watersheds
Week 17-18 - January 17-27, 2022 After learning about how mountain aspect and elevation can affect ecology we use similar characteristics...
Jan 9, 20221 min read
Mountains and the growth of an ecosystem
Week 16, January 10-14, 2022 Mountains and Island regions are often one of the first places we see primary succession, the birth of the...
Jan 4, 20221 min read
The Environment of Covid
Week 16 - January 4-7, 2022 Well, it looks like learning has been postponed. Through the week feel free to contact me about missed work...
Nov 28, 20211 min read
Salish Sea - a trophic journey
Week 13-15 - November 29 - December 17, 2021 As we progress through the Marine Unit we will examine our our backyard. The Salish Sea;...
Nov 14, 20211 min read
Introduction to Marine Systems
Week 11 - November 15-19, 2021 Monday we will wrap up our Terrestrial Unit with a gallery walk of projects before moving on to Marine...
Nov 7, 20211 min read
Terrestrial Systems Project
Week 10 - November 8-12, 2021 We will be debriefing out Palm Oil study and working on our terrestrial project for Monday, Tuesday ,...
Aug 14, 20211 min read
Salish Sea Poster
Week 15, December 14-18, 2021 During the last week before the holidays we will be researching for a Salish Sea poster/map. Many factors...
Aug 14, 20211 min read
Marine Trophic Levels
Week 11 - November 21-26, 2021 Beginning with Plankton and Primary Production in the world's oceans we will work our way up the trophic...
Oct 26, 20201 min read
Terrestrial Systems - Soil
Week 8 - October 25 - 30, 2020 We will start the study of terrestrial systems by taking a close look at what is under our feet. Bedrock...
Sep 30, 20201 min read
Watershed to Estuary
Week 4 - September 28-October 2, 2020 Living things need nutrients and the Estuary at the mouth of the Courtenay River, what we now call...
Apr 29, 20201 min read
Lithosphere Cycle
Oldest Crust, is it original? https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/earths-original-crust-still-hanging-around
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