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Outdoor Education
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About
Highlands Nordic, an Experiential Learning Centre on over 100 acres of the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, offers outdoor education programs that align with the Ontario Curriculum. Our programs cover a broad range of expectations, focusing on STEM, physical education, and/or language development through hands-on, inquiry-based activities. As both an outdoor education center and a Nordic skiing facility, we provide dynamic, adaptable experiences that make learning in this unique natural environment both engaging and enriching.
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| Spring & Fall 2024/2025 | |
| Half Day (One Program): | $20.00 per student |
| Full Day (Two Programs): | $25.00 per student |
| Winter 2025 | |
| Full Day (Two programs): | $30.00 per student (rentals and lesson included) |
| Teachers & Parents: | FREE |
Pre-Booking is Required for all Outdoor Education trips Click here for an step-by-step guide on how to book.
Transportation Subsidy Opportunity
Schools that have not attended Highlands Nordic in the past three years may be eligible to apply for a transportation subsidy through the Ontario Ski Resorts Association (OSRA). This program helps reduce transportation costs for winter field trips.
Click here to learn more and apply through OSRA.
Facility Details
- Skilled Interpretative Staff: Our team of experienced educators will guide your class through interactive and engaging learning experiences.
- Learning Centre: A dedicated space equipped for a variety of educational activities.
- Washrooms and Eating Areas: Indoor facilities are available, including a sheltered lunchroom. Cold and warm drinks are available for purchase during the winter season.
- Bag Lunches Required: Please bring your own meals, snacks, and water bottles. Our facility has potable drinking water.
Programs Offered by Grade
Forest School & Ecological Studies
Note: Proper footwear, rubber boots or closed toed shoes, is essential for students, teachers and parent volunteers to maximize the learning potential and related enjoyment of these programs.
PARENT VOLUNTEERS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL PROGRAMS (1 adult for every 5 students).
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General Information
- All Programs must be reserved in advance and are designed as half-day sessions for a minimum of 15 students per program. Two half-day programs make an exciting full-day program.
- Program runs rain or shine (unless extreme weather conditions are forecasted).
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Grade 1 ProgramsFarm & Pond Study (Characteristics and Needs of Living Things)
Students will explore both our pond, meeting the plants and animals that call it home. Through age appropriate activities students will learn about each animal’s adaptations, habitats and life cycles.
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Grade 3 Programs
Cross Country Skiing
Please see Winter Programs for more details. Meets Health and Physical Education curriculum strands.
Junior Ranger Walk
Students will explore nature using the sense of sight, touch, hear, and smell.
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Grade 4 ProgramsBus Tour to Walker Aggregates Quarry
This is a half day program which complements the Rocks and Minerals program. Students will experience a working quarry while on a bus tour to nearby Walker Aggregates Quarry (3 minute drive away).
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Grade 5 Programs
Cross Country Skiing
Please see Winter Programs for more details. Meets Health and Physical Education curriculum strands.
Snowshoeing
Please see Winter Programs for more details. Meets Health and Physical Education curriculum strands.
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Grade 6 ProgramsBiodiversity
Students will visit a forest and a beaver pond, to catch a variety of living organisms (microscopic and macroscopic). They will then classify and identify these organisms using a dichotomous key. Animal skulls will be analyzed, focusing on the adaptations of teeth (herbivore,
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Grade 7 Programs
Note: Proper footwear, rubber boots or closed toed shoes, is essential for students, teachers and parent volunteers to maximize the learning potential and related enjoyment of these programs.
PARENT VOLUNTEERS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL PROGRAMS (1 adult for every 5 students).
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Grade 8 Programs
Note: Proper footwear, rubber boots or closed toed shoes, is essential for students, teachers and parent volunteers to maximize the learning potential and related enjoyment of these programs.
PARENT VOLUNTEERS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL PROGRAMS (1 adult for every 5 students).
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