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

• Close Encounters Story Book
• Water for You and Me Story Book

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

• Wild Weather Power Point

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

Grade 11

Activities

• Pre-visit Activity Wetland Invasive Species Trivia!
• Post-visit Activity Invasive Species Project

 Support materials

• Wetland Invasive Species Trivia! Power Point
• Invasive Species Project Power Point

Grade 12

Activities

• Pre-visit Activity Common Carp Trivia!
• Post-visit Activity Common Carp Project

 Support materials

• Common Carp Trivia! Power Point
• Common Carp Project Power Point
• Common Carp – What Ducks Unlimited Canada Did Power Point