GNS: Budding Science and Environmental Stewards at Westhaven
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The vision for students at École Westhaven School is that they Take Chances, Make Mistakes and Get Messy with their learning. These three guiding principles are integrated into every subject area, including science, social studies, and environmental stewardship. So how do they incorporate that? By hands-on, minds-in activities that students get involved in such as:
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running and managing an intensive school-wide recycling and composting program led by grade 4 and 5 classes
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nature and outdoor studies using our forested area as a teaching space and an outdoor classroom area to the south of the school
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Earth Day activities, including a school-wide litter-free lunch
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the use of hydroponic garden towers for planting and harvesting vegetables and flowers
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the incubation and hatching of chicken eggs
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studying the life cycle of monarch butterflies by raising them from larvae through to the butterfly stage and then releasing them, and
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working through the scientific method through teacher-guided and student-led natural and physical experiments.
The Grade 4 and 5 students present their experiments at the school's Science Fair in May!
GNS: Budding Science and Environmental Stewards at Westhaven
