I don’t have much time, but I want to document this before I forget. Northern Lights Wolf Centre in Golden, BC offers interactive field trip tours for students. I could see myself using this field trip or the presentation with the following Science classes:
- Grade 3: ecosystems, biodiversity, food chains, etc.
- Grade 4: all living things sense and respond to their environment.
- Grade 5: First Peoples concepts of interconnectedness in the environment
- Grade 6: Multicellular organisms rely on internal systems to survive, reproduce, and interact with their environment.
If I was teaching Grade 3, I would love to merge this field trip with my landform field trip which takes us to Radium. Landforms and biodiversity are both a part of the Grade 3 curriculum. Wouldn’t that be AMAZING?!!!
The rest of this post is taken directly from the Northern Lights Wolf Centre website:
Schools & Education
Wolves are a keystone species in our environment and play a crucial part of the predator-pray symbiotic relationship that keeps an ecosystem balanced. The wolf is mysterious, social, and playful too.
Our interactive in school presentations and our on-site field trips explore the wolf’s unique biology, the differences between wolves, domestic dogs and coyotes, their role in a balanced and sustainable ecosystem, and more. Each presentation will match grade level curriculum.
Mission
Northern Lights Wolf Centre promotes wolf conservation through their natural environment. We value the roles these carnivores play in nature. We strive to provide on-of-a-kind, quality experience to the public as we support conservation through education.
Hands-On Interactive Fun
These general programs can be adapted to different age groups. Interactive and educational activities accompany every program for a sensational learning experience!
Each program pulls key topics from the Life Sciences Curriculum for BC and Alberta with a special focus on wolves.
Bring A Wolf To Your School!
Our travelling ambassador could be in your school! too. Please check with your school administration for policy that may restrict the visit of a wolf. If for any reason, if you are unable to accommodate a wolf, we travel with a “wolf kit” that has everything from pelts, scats, skulls, and loads of interactive information about large carnivores in your area.
Come To Us For A Feild Trip
Spend the day with us! We can accommodate most group sizes for short or long time frames. If you choose a full day at the wolf centre it will be busy! We have many age specific interactive activities. Durring the spring, summer and fall we can fire up the BBQ for a full lunch. Please contact us so we can make all the necessary arrangements.
IN-SCHOOL PRESENTATION RATES
The base rate for our in-school presentation is $200. Additional charges apply for travel and the wolf ambassador. Please contact us for more information.
UPDATE: June 26, 2024
I just finished listening to the audio book A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry. There is a classroom set of this novel at the District Resource Centre, which is what interested me in this story. I found the book quite enjoyable and think young readers would especially like it. I did not love Chapter 1 when he was a young pup and talked about drinking his mother’s milk (I can see some young students giggling about this part). I also did love the chapter about the horse giving birth. It talked about liquid coming out her back end and think it could lead into some conversations about birth. It wasn’t graphic or anything like that, I just didn’t love it. That being said, I would still like to read this novel with my class one day in conjunction with a unit on biodiversity or something like that. Grade 2-5 would like this novel. I particularly liked learning that this fictional story was based off a real wolf in the United States. There’s a great section at the end of the novel that goes into more details. All-in-all, I rate this book a 4/5 and plan to read it with my students one day.
