Learn with Us
We offer a suite of outdoor experiential programs, workshops and resources to help you connect your students with our local natural environment. Our curriculum-linked programs support your teaching while fostering student skills, confidence and understanding of nature and climate change.
Find a Program for Your Class

Lesson Plans and Activities
Access our free interactive lesson plans and activities to engage your students from kindergarten to grade 12. Topics include climate change, nature and wildlife and more!

Outdoor Education at Terra Cotta
Take your class outside. Stoke your students curiosity and appreciation for nature with our outdoor education programs and activities for kindergarten to grade 8.

Specialist High Skills Major
Learn about our sector-recognized certifications and training courses. We offer experiential learning for SHSM programs across all sectors. Bookings currently on hold.

Discover the Credit River Watershed Virtually
Our virtual workshop series for elementary students present local watershed science in imaginative and interactive virtual formats.

Branch Out
In this two-part program, students in grades 6-12 learn about climate change and participate in a local stewardship project such as tree planting.

Adult English as a Second Language Program
Learn about nature during an in-class presentation and then bring your Adult ESL class to Terra Cotta Conservation Area to explore the great Canadian outdoors.

Community Tree Project Presentations
Sign up your class or community group for free virtual presentations in Community Tree Project neighbourhoods to learn about climate change and the cooling benefits of trees.
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Teacher News

Get your class outside this spring and ask students to go to a place that matters to them, …

Springtime brings a symphony of birds, such as woodpeckers! Both males and females will drum into dead or …

Head outside with your class this winter and try these quick activities from “Five Minute Field Trips:” K-Grade …
New Resources for Virtual Learning
Take part in at home activities to incite your student’s curiosity. Encourage hands-on learning and connect your kids to local watershed science.
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Resources for Teachers
- Access our curriculum-based activities to use in your classroom.
- View our #LearnwithCVC video series
More Resources
Schoolground Greening
We offer informational resources to help schools interested in greening their school grounds.
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