We support educators in Manitoba and abroad
As an educator, there are a variety of tools available at your fingertips. The Wetland Discovery Centre offers educator workshops, pre/post visit activities, and the opportunity for your students to implement fully funded watershed action projects!
Project WET: Water education for teachers and youth leaders.
Water is essential to life, and there’s no better way to help young people learn about water than a hands-on educational activity from Project WET! Learn more about Project WET
Pre and Post visit activities
Thanks to support from Manitoba Education and Training, Pre and Post visit activities have been developed for your classroom! They are both interactive and curriculum-friendly.
Kindergarten
Activities
- Pre-visit Activity 1: Once Upon a Wetland
- Pre-visit Activity 2: What is a Wetland?
- Post-visit Activity 1: Draw What We Saw
- Post-visit Activity 2: Do you live here?
Support materials
Grade 1
Activities
- Pre-visit Activity 1: A Wetland Menu
- Pre-visit Activity 2: We All Grow
- Post-visit Activity 1: Seasonal Changes Circle
- Post-visit Activity 2: The Healthy Wetland Challenge
Grade 2
Activities
- Pre-visit Activity 1: Are You My Mom?
- Pre-visit Activity 2: Comparing Life Cycles
- Post-visit Activity 1: How Much Water Do You Use?
- Post-visit Activity 2: Natural Filters
Grade 3
Activities
- Pre-visit Activity 1: Roots Shoots and Stems
- Pre-visit Activity 2: Growing Through the Seasons
- Post-visit Activity 1: What Do You Need?
- Post-visit Activity 2: Create a Plant Superhero
Grade 4
Activities
- Pre-visit Activity 1: Amazing Adaptations
- Pre-visit Activity 2: Creating Food Chains & Webs
- Post-visit Activity 1: A Shoe-box Wetland
- Post-visit Activity 2: Speaking Out for Species at Risk
Grade 5
Activities
- Pre-visit Activity 1: Wild Weather
- Pre-visit Activity 2: Wordly Wetlands
- Post-visit Activity 1: Migration Madness Board Game
- Post-visit Activity 2: Where does the Water go?
Support materials
Grade 6
Activities
- Pre-visit Activity 1: Keys Please – A Guide to Classification
- Pre-visit Activity 2: Kingdom Chaos Bingo
- Post-visit Activity 1: Invertebrate Inquiry
- Post-visit Activity 2: Vertebrate Race
Support materials
- Classification Keys Power Point
- The Five Kingdoms Power Point
- Invertebrate Inquiry Power Point
- Vertebrate Race Power Point
Grade 7
Activities
- Pre-visit Activity 1: Know Your Zone
- Pre-visit Activity 2: Scavengers & Decomposers
- Post-vist Activity 1: Ecosystem Protection Proposal
- Post-visit Activity 2: Ecological Succession
Support materials
- Know Your Zone! Power Point
- Scavengers & Decomposers Power Point
- Ecosystem Protection Proposal Power Point
- Ecological Succession Power Point
Grade 8
Activities
- Pre-visit Activity 1: Water Trivia!
- Pre-visit Activity 2: Know your Watersheds!
- Post-visit Activity 1: Sparkling Clean Water
- Post-visit Activity 2: Watershed Proposal
Support materials
- Water Trivia! Power Point
- Know Your Watersheds! Power Point
- Sparkling Clean Water Power Point
- Oak Hammock Marsh Lagoon System (pdf)
- Watershed Proposal Power Point
Grade 10
Activities
- Pre-visit Activity Wetland Invasive Species
- Post-visit Activity An In Depth Look At Invasive Species