Outdoor Learning Conference 2025: Full Schedule

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11:00am MDT

Teaching Math Outdoors for K-5 Educators FULL

Friday May 9, 2025 11:00am - 12:15pm MDT

Explore new ideas and my tried-and-true favourites for teaching math outdoors in this engaging workshop! Learn how to make the most of the features of a variety of outdoor spaces to create engaging, hands-on math lessons. Using natural materials, math tools, and inexpensive DIY resources, we'll engage in activities that teach key concepts like number sense, place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions, and more. This session is designed for educators working with K-5th grade students and will provide practical strategies you can use immediately!

Speakers

Rachel Tidd

Executive Director, Wild Learning

Rachel Tidd is passionate about using outdoor and place-based learning to enhance literacy and math instruction. She is the author of the book Wild Learning: Practical Ideas for Bringing Teaching Outdoors and the Wild Math® and Wild Reading® Curricula series. Rachel is a former... Read More →

Friday May 9, 2025 11:00am - 12:15pm MDT
Raven

Environmental and Climate Change Education Workshop

2:00pm MDT

Healing with the Land: Indigenous Perspectives on Forest Immersion and Children’s Wellbeing LIMITED

Friday May 9, 2025 2:00pm - 3:15pm MDT

Raven

Speakers

Jacqueline Bennett

Manager of National Programs, Child & Nature Alliance of Canada

"I am passionate about creating authentic connections between people and the land as a pathway to fostering health and wellbeing. I live, work, and play on the traditional territory of the Mi'kmaq and Beotuk. I am proud to be a Nêhiyaw-iskwêw, with heritage from Kahkewistahaw First... Read More →

Friday May 9, 2025 2:00pm - 3:15pm MDT
Raven

Indigenous Ways of Knowing Workshop

3:15pm MDT

Water Connects All Things: Combination Workshop Two Educator Guides! – Foundations of Water Education and Water in Earth Systems Certification Workshop LIMITED

Friday May 9, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm MDT

Raven

Join our Combination Certification Workshop for Foundations of Water Education and Water in Earth Systems. Participants will receive copies of the Foundations of Water Education: A Water Literacy Education Guide and the Water in Earth Systems Guide. Throughout the workshop, participants will engage in interactive, hands-on activities from the guides, focusing on water, climate change, and environmental justice. These fun, dynamic activities are designed to be both educational and engaging. Be prepared to move, learn, and have fun while gaining ready-to-use lessons that support curriculum outcomes. Participants will have pre-conference, easy-to-complete work to do to help meet workshop requirements.

Speakers

Maxine Koskie

National Education Coordinator - Project WET Canada, Canadian Water Resources Assoctation - Project WET Canada

Maxine Koskie, B.Ed., is the National Education Coordinator for Project WET Canada, bringing over 38 years of K-12 teaching experience. She has been a passionate advocate of the Project WET Program since 1996, serving as a dedicated educator, outdoor leader, and community member... Read More →

Billie Jo Reid

Canadian Water Resources Association - Project WET Canada

Billie Jo Reid is the National Program and Delivery Coordinator for Project WET Canada, a role she embraced in March 2024. Her journey with Project WET began in 2016 as an Outdoor Educator, where she first participated in a Project WET Workshop. Later that year, she became a certified... Read More →

Friday May 9, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm MDT
Raven

Environmental and Climate Change Education Workshop

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