The Etobicoke Outdoor Education Centre is now offering Themed Based Programming!
Please read the theme descriptions below. Which is most appropriate for your students and classroom learning?
Consider that our goal is to ensure that students receive an outdoor education experience that is rooted in student joy. Equally important to consider is how the learning that happens at the EOEC can support your classroom learning goals this year.
The EOEC Themes and programs
Please click here to see individual program descriptions and seasonal availability
1) Adventure - How can we challenge ourselves physically and mentally in the outdoors?
Programs choices: Archery/Lacrosse, Biodiversity Hike, Compass Orienteering, GPS, Instincts for Survival (Predator-Prey), Learning Skills Development and Team building, Maple Syrup, Mountain Biking, Nature Photography, Score Orienteering, Stream Study, Survival Skills
2) Biodiversity - What are the characteristics of living things and how are they connected?
Program choices: Biodiversity Debate, Biodiversity Hike, Cross Country Skiing, GPS, Instincts for Survival (Predator-Prey), Maple Syrup, Mountain Biking, Sharing the Dish, Stream Study
3) Community Building - How do our actions and decisions impact ourselves, our community and the world?
Program Choices: Biodiversity Debate, Biodiveristy Hike, Compass Orienteering, Cross Country Skiing, Learning Skills Development and Team Building, Maple Syrup, Mountain Biking, Score Orienteering, Sharing the Dish, Stream Study, Survival Skills, Trappers and Traders, Whats the Cost
4) Indigenous Ways of Knowing - How does an understanding of Indigenous Knowledges help us live in a more sustainable way?
Program choices: Archery/Lacrosse, Art in the Wild, Biodiversity Hike, Maple Syrup, Sharing the Dish, Survival Skills, Trappers and Traders
5) Well Being - How do we use the outdoors to stay healthy and be well?
Program Choices: Archery/Lacrosse, Art in the Wild, Cross Country Skiing, Learning Skills Development and Teambuilding, Maple Syrup, Mountain Biking, Nature Journaling, Nature Photography, Sharing the Dish, Survival Skills, Whats the Cost
6) Joy - Using student voice to make specific program choices
Program Choices: Archery/Lacrosse, Art in the Wild, Biodiversity Debate, Biodiversity Hike, Compass Orienteering, Cross Country Skiing, GPS, Learning Skills Development and Teambuilding, Maple Syrup, Mountain Biking, Nature Journaling, Nature Photography, Score Orienteering, Sharing the Dish, Stream Study, Survival Skills, Trappers and Traders, Whats the Cost