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"THE UNIVERSE IS NOT ROUGH HEWN, BUT PERFECT IN ITS DETAIL. NATURE WILL BEAR THE CLOSEST INSPECTION. SHE INVITES US TO LAY OUR EYE LEVEL WITH HER SMALLEST LEAF." (Henry David Thoreau).
Stephen Lewis S.S. grade 9 science students and teachers are practicing that premise. The teachers, in partnership with Tutored by Nature Inc and cooperation of the City of Mississauga - are providing their students with such opportunity in the outdoors at Park 403 - headwaters of Sawmill Creek subwatershed.
What watershed 'drains' these human impacted ecosystems ...which fragmented creek headwaters sometimes flows through the centre of the fragmented forested ecosystem...why are the grade 9's and their teachers sauntering the local urban wilderness during their in-school time...what mutually beneficial relationships support these natural communities...will the students begin to understand their impact - their community's footprint here...will they sense and act upon possible 'ecological' solutions - so many important questions!
"NOTHING LIVES UNTO ITSELF" (Rachel Carson). Insight that connects Stephen Lewis S.S. grade 9 students to ideas of ecology - understanding meaning within the prefix ECO - through their sense of aesthetics. Visit this blogspot over the next month or so to view Stephen Lewis student `sketch-paint and shoot`creations - learn about their direct experiences. Will the school sustain their Eco-Stewardship after these excursions...one more important ecological question for our youth - their community to come to grips with.
"THE UNIVERSE IS NOT ROUGH HEWN, BUT PERFECT IN ITS DETAIL. NATURE WILL BEAR THE CLOSEST INSPECTION. SHE INVITES US TO LAY OUR EYE LEVEL WITH HER SMALLEST LEAF." (Henry David Thoreau). Stephen Lewis S.S. grade 9 science students and teachers are practicing that premise. The teachers, in partnership with Tutored by Nature Inc and cooperation of the City of Mississauga - are providing their students with such opportunity in the outdoors at Park 403 - headwaters of Sawmill Creek subwatershed.
What watershed 'drains' these human impacted ecosystems ...which fragmented creek headwaters sometimes flows through the centre of the fragmented forested ecosystem...why are the grade 9's and their teachers sauntering the local urban wilderness during their in-school time...what mutually beneficial relationships support these natural communities...will the students begin to understand their impact - their community's footprint here...will they sense and act upon possible 'ecological' solutions - so many important questions!
"NOTHING LIVES UNTO ITSELF" (Rachel Carson). Insight that connects Stephen Lewis S.S. grade 9 students to ideas of ecology - understanding meaning within the prefix ECO - through their sense of aesthetics. Visit this blogspot over the next month or so to view Stephen Lewis student `sketch-paint and shoot`creations - learn about their direct experiences. Will the school sustain their Eco-Stewardship after these excursions...one more important ecological question for our youth - their community to come to grips with.
