Down To Earth 
Specialists in Education, Leadership & Training

Phone: 905 - 627- 3140  
Fax:     905 - 627- 8100      

Teacher Info Trip Preparation 

Outdoor Program Sessions in Environmental Education

How to Prepare for the Trip

• Please notify Beth Stormont at the Trail Centre in advance of any students with special needs.
  Phone: 905 627-1233.  
  Note: the terrain is extremely rough.
• Ensure that all students, teachers and volunteers are properly attired for the outdoor program.
• All participants must bring a lunch.
• Students will be working in small groups of 5 to 6 students. 
• Please photocopy the necessary worksheets for your class.
• All program equipment and on-site materials are supplied.
• Raincoats are available for students as required.
• Students may be photographed when participating in the programs, please ensure that the necessary consent forms are completed ahead of time for your class.  
  
  

General Outline for the Day

• Program instructors will meet the bus in the main parking lot.

• The instructors will lead the classes to the Trail Centre to outline the day.

• At the Trail Centre, one class will begin the Outdoor Program Session  with the on site instructor.

• The other class, led by the classroom teacher, will be given a brief introduction to the area  and be responsible for their own activity.

• Lunch will be approximately 30 minutes.

• After lunch the group that participated in the Outdoor Program Session  will switch activities with theother class.  They will be given a brief introduction to the area and will then be responsible for their own activity.

• The other group will then participate in the Outdoor Program Session  as led by the site instructor.

• At the end of the day teachers may be asked to complete and hand in an evaluation of their day.

• Please remember that the full amount of this outdoor environmental education experience was paid through grants received by the authority.  

• Teachers and students are encouraged to write to the program sponsor in order to thank them.  Future programs rely on your letters of appreciation. 
   
  Please direct your letters to:
         
  The Conservation Foundation of the Hamilton Region
  P.O. Box 7099
  838 Mineral Springs Road
  Ancaster, Ontario L9G  3L3