heatherthompson
School/Organization: UCDSB
Grades/Ages: 9-12
City: Iroquois
Province: Ontario
Fighting Phragmites!
Posted on: 29 May 2025Action: To bring our vision to life, we partnered with South Nation Conservation to learn key practices for identifying and removing phragmites from our ecosystems. With their guidance, we learned various protocols and procedures. Students learned how to dis...
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Posted on: 10 May 2024Action: Both groups of students embarked on a multifaceted approach to their conservation efforts. Firstly, they met with Friends of the Sanctuary (Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary) and learned about their efforts in capturing, tagging and releasing Mon...
Read More EditPlanting Seeds of Success
Posted on: 24 May 2023Action: At the beginning of this year, our group met with the Community Food Share and learned about what vegetables, plants, etc., are in need for their community garden projects and collectively what we may do to help the community. After the meeting, and ...
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Posted on: 19 May 2022Action: As part of our project we grew vegetable plants from seed indoors and outside in raised beds inside our greenhouse. We used the square foot gardening technique, and planted a tower garden with broccoli, kale, cherry tomatoes, etc. We transplanted pla...
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