Program

The Eco9 program is embedded as a year long Grade 9 class.  The program takes students out of the school and makes the world our classroom.  Our projects and assignments are designed to be cross curricular, allowing students to achieve multiple outcomes on each assessment and enabling them to see how all things are connected in life. 

Units
Leadership 
Agriculture
Braided History
Career and Wellness
​Sustainability
Government systems, how to be a good leader, looking after classroom programs
Operations of a grain farm, cattle ranch, bee farm, hydroponics, and garden boxes
Our family, country and local history create us individually and as a society
Exploring career opportunities, career work week, mental and physical health
 How we affect our surroundings, ways to minimize effect, connectivity in nature

​Integrated Units
Math
Finances
Social Justice
Fitness
Outdoor Education
4 math specific classes weekly with integration in projects where applicable
Learning about finances by running a few small fundraisers(ie: honey and popcorn)
Our class helps to run the WE Team by educating other students and community members about current local and global social issues.
​Fitness and well being is a large component of our program in all seasons.
​How to be safe while learning about being in the wilderness. 
NOTE:  The program changes year to year based on the students' interests and availability of activities. 

Trips and Activities
Biking
Canoeing
Camping 
Rock Climbing
Zip Line
Fire building
Cross Country Skiing
Yoga
Skating
Bowling
Curling
Snow Shelter building
Tobogganing
​Orienteering  
Golf
​Winter Camping
​Pioneering 
Bike Shop
Grain Farm
Cattle Ranch
Butcher Shop
Onion Lake
Air Force Base
Lakeland College
News Station
Greenhouse
Bee Farm
Legion
Landfill
Water Treatment Plant
​Waste Water Treatment Plant

Projects

Hydroponics Room

Students look after our school's hydroponics room, learning how to grow plants and produce inside with out using soil.  We have 5 different system types being run in the room.

Garden Boxes

Once the seeds have sprouted and the ground is ready for planting, students plant and maintain the schools garden boxes.

Honey Business

Students help look after several honey bee colonies while learning about the life cycle and factors that affect honey bees. This project is used as fundraiser for the program. Students run it like a small business, do the physical labor, promote and sell the honey. 

To the Moon and Back

As a part of the Grade 9 Science curriculum, students learn about space exploration by designing and launching a bottle rocket to safely land an egg astronaut on the ground.  This project was made possible by the Devon Science Giant grant. 

Special Programs

Tomatoshere

Students run an experiment to observe if there is a difference in the germination time of tomato seeds that went up to space, and ones that stayed on Earth.   Once germinated, the results are sent in, and the plants are added to our Hydro room to grow tomatoes over the winter.

Fish in Schools 

We receive about 100 Rainbow trout eggs in January, watch them hatch, learn about their life cycle and then release them in June.  Students look after the fish and track their growth and development. 

Agriculture in the Classroom

We receive several program kits, posters and educational materials that help us learn about agriculture.  Some kits include: Soil, Prairie Grain, and Micro Sprout.