Stuff for Kids and their Grownups

Stuff for KIDS and their grownups

Teacher's Resources

Royal Botanical Gardens offers students hands-on learning activities focusing on the outdoors. Our school program guide outlines almost 40 curriculum-based field trip opportunities, as well as pricing and booking procedures. Pre- and post-visit activities are listed below, along with additional data resources on our marsh restoration project, Project Paradise.

Biology: Vascular Plants (grade 11)

Pre-visit Activities:
Post-visit Activities:
- Great Gravity, Batman!
- Soil pH and Plants

Sustainability of Ecosystems (grade 10)

Pre-visit Activities:
- Forest in a Jar
Post-visit Activities:
- Habitat Preservation Project
- Pond Succession Mural

Human-Environment Interactions (grade 9)

Pre-visit Activities:
- Discovering Dichotomous Keys

Diversity of Living Things: Wetland (grade 6/7)

Pre-visit Activities:
- Vocabulary
Post-visit Activities:
- Aquatic Roots
- The Edge of Home

Habitats and Communities: Nature's Web (grade 4)

Pre-visit Activities:
Post-visit Activities:
- Forest Food Web Activity

Growth and Changes in Plants (grade 2)

Pre-visit Activities:
Post-visit Activities:
- How I Use Plants
- Looking at Lawns

Teacher's Resources for Project Paradise Marsh Restoration Project

With the help of many partners, Royal Botanical Gardens is leading an ambitious, multi-year project to restore wetland habitat at the western end of Lake Ontario. Project Paradise involves many different components including exclusion of carp from the marsh with the help of a unique Fishway structure, planting wetland stock, and other habitat improvement for fish and wildlife. Along with field trips focusing on the project, we are also providing access to water quality monitoring data and vegetation monitoring reports for teachers wishing to use local scientific information in classroom applications.