Access to Manitoba’s provincial parks for your students is just a CLICK away!

Our Parks in the Classroom programs are live interactive virtual sessions with Park Interpreters, available free for schools.  These programs give your students an opportunity to learn curriculum-related content within the context of Manitoba’s provincial park system.

The primary focus of our Parks in the Classroom programs are to connect students with the natural, cultural and historical features in our parks remotely.  Park Interpreters will interact directly with your students through engaging presentations and activities over Microsoft Teams or Zoom.  These programs are a perfect activity as a pre-field trip visit to a provincial park, or if your school cannot easily access parks.  Programs last approximately 30 minutes, and many have supplemental in-class activities.

Review the program options below and register today!

Early Years (Kindergarten - Grade 4)

Alfred Hole Goose Sanctuary
The dedication and hard work of Alfred Hole has helped preserve the Giant Canada Goose, once believed to be extinct.  Discover the diversity of waterfowl as well as the conservation efforts enacted to preserve them.
Subjects: Sciences
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes: Gr. 2 - Growth and Changes in Animals; Gr. 4 - Living in Manitoba.

After the Ice Age
Discover how glaciers shaped the Manitoba landscape into what we see today.  We’re not as flat as you might think!
Subjects: Science 
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes:  Gr. 3 - Soils in the Environment; Gr. 4 - Habitats & Communities; Gr. 4 - Rocks, Minerals & Erosion.

Animal Adaptations
Discover how some animals adapt to their environment through physical and behavioural changes.
Subject: Science
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes: Gr. 1 - Characteristics & Needs of Living Things; Gr. 3 - Growth & Changes in Animals; Gr. 4 - Habitats & Communities; Gr. 6 - Diversity of Living Things.

Birds on the Hill
Explore the various birds of Birds Hill Provincial Park using bird counts and identification techniques.
Subjects: Science
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes: Gr.1 - Characteristics & Needs of Living Things; Gr. 2 - Growth & Changes in Animals; Gr. 4 - Habitats & Communities.

Fantastic Flora
Explore the plants that make up our natural world and how seeds allow a plant to reproduce.
Subjects: Science
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes: K - Trees; Gr. 1 - Characteristics & Needs of Living Things; Gr. 3 - Growth & Changes in Plants.

Flashback to the Fur Trade
Meet an independent fur trader and learn about the rise and fall of Pine Fort, a fur trade supply post that was located in Spruce Woods Provincial Park.
Subject: Social Studies 
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes: K - The people around me, The world around me; Gr. 1 - I Belong, My Environment, Connecting with Others; Gr 2 - Our Local Community, Communities in Canada, The Canadian Community; Gr 3 - Communities of the World; Gr 4 - Living in Manitoba, History of Manitoba;

Prairie Pioneers
Take a step back in time to the Kudlowich homestead at Birds Hill Provincial Park, and discover the life of early settlers on the prairie.
Subjects: Social Studies
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes: Gr. 2 - Our Local Community; Gr. 4 - History of Manitoba (contributions of cultural communities & changes in the way of life).

Spirit Sands 
Discover how Manitoba’s iconic sand dunes were formed, the first Indigenous peoples to use the area, and the different micro-biomes, rare and endangered flora and fauna that make up the Spirit Sands in Spruce Woods Provincial Park.
Subjects: Science  
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes: Gr. 1 – Characteristics and needs of living things; Gr. 2 - Growth and Changes in Animals; Gr. 4 - Habitats and Communities.

Super Soils
Think soil is boring? Think again! Investigate how soil reacts with these hands-on experiments.
Subject: Science
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes: Gr. 3 - Soils in the Environment; Gr. 4 - Rocks, Minerals & Erosion.

Whiteshell Fish Hatchery
Millions of fish are stocked into Manitoba’s lakes every year. Discover how and why a variety of fish species are spawned, raised and stocked into Manitoba’s waters courtesy of the Whiteshell Fish Hatchery.
Subjects: Sciences 
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes: Gr. 2 - Growth and Changes in Animals.

Wonderful Water Systems
Discover how water flows across our land and what you can do to help keep our watersheds clean.
Subjects: Science
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes: Gr. 2 - Air & Water in the Environment.


Middle Years (Grades 5 - 8)

Alfred Hole Goose Sanctuary
The dedication and hard work of Alfred Hole has helped preserve the Giant Canada Goose, once believed to be extinct.  Discover the diversity of waterfowl as well as the conservation efforts enacted to preserve them.
Subjects: Sciences
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes: Gr. 6 - Diversity of Living Things; Gr. 8 - Water Systems (impacts of humans on the sustainability of water resources).

Animal Adaptations
Discover how some animals adapt to their environment through physical and behavioural changes.
Subjects: Science
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes: Gr. 6 - Diversity of Living Things.

Alien Invaders
Identify the alien species invading our province and how you can stop their spread.
Subjects: Science
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes: Gr. 6 - Diversity of Living Things; Gr. 7 - Interactions within Ecosystems; Gr. 8 - Water Systems.

Birds on the Hill
Explore the various birds of Birds Hill Provincial Park using bird counts and identification techniques.
Subjects: Science 
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes: Gr. 6 - Diversity of Living Things

Flashback to the Fur Trade
Meet an independent fur trader and learn about the rise and fall of Pine Fort, a fur trade supply post that was located in Spruce Woods Provincial Park.
Subjects: Social Studies 
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes: Gr 5 - First Peoples, Fur Trade; Gr 6 - Building a Nation; Gr 8 - Understanding Societies Past and Present.

Petroforms of Manitoba
Petroforms are figures laid out on bedrock in the forms of turtles, snakes, humans and abstract patterns in Whiteshell Provincial Park.  Discover these historical rock formations placed by Indigenous peoples thousands of years ago and why they remain important today.
Subjects: Social Studies, Indigenous Studies 
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes: Gr. 4 - History of Manitoba; Gr. 5 - First Peoples.

Prairie Pioneers
Take a step back in time to the Kudlowich homestead at Birds Hill Provincial Park, and discover the life of early settlers on the prairie.
Subjects: Social Studies
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes: Gr. 6 - Building a Nation (immigration / agriculture).

Spirit Sands 
Discover how Manitoba’s iconic sand dunes were formed, the first Indigenous peoples to use the area, and the different micro-biomes, rare and endangered flora and fauna that make up the Spirit Sands in Spruce Woods Provincial Park.
Subjects: Science, Social Studies
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes: Gr. 4 - Habitats and Communities; Gr. 6: Diversity of Living Things; Gr. 7 - Interactions within Ecosystems.

Whiteshell Fish Hatchery
Millions of fish are stocked into Manitoba’s lakes every year. Discover how and why a variety of fish species are spawned, raised and stocked into Manitoba’s waters courtesy of the Whiteshell Fish Hatchery.
Subjects: Sciences 
i Gr. 6 - Diversity of Living Things.

Wonderful Water Systems
Discover how water flows across our land and what you can do to help keep our watersheds clean.
Subject: Science
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes: Gr. 8 - Water Systems.

Senior Years (Grades 9 - 12)

Choose Your Own Camping Adventure
Sustainability - what does it mean?  Discover how your choices and actions can lead to a sustainable world.
Subjects: Biology; Sustainable Tourism

Picture Perfect Parks
Discover Manitoba’s provincial park system, and become a park planner to create your own park.  Discover how your park design impacts wildlife and the natural world.
Subjects: Biology; Sustainable Tourism; Current Topics in Science 
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes: Senior 2– Dynamics of Ecosystems; Senior 3 Current Topics – Science, Technology, Society and the Environment; Biology 12 – Conservation of Biodiversity; Senior 3/4 Sustainable Tourism – Trends in Tourism; Environmental Sustainability, Tourism on Local Ecosystems; Sustainable Economic Practices, Visitor Experiences, Career & Educational Opportunities.

Spirit Sands 
Discover how Manitoba’s iconic sand dunes were formed, the first Indigenous peoples to use the area, and the different micro-biomes, rare and endangered flora and fauna that make up the Spirit Sands in Spruce Woods Provincial Park.
Subjects: Science  
Recommended Grades/Learning Outcomes: Senior 2 - Dynamics of Ecosystems.


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