Messy Jesse the Intern here after a few weeks of awesome education. I was trained to teach the high ropes courses and rock walls on site by Challenges Unlimited Inc. Thanks to everyone who helped me through the course. The most exciting thing for me however was the start of Kinark Outdoor Centre's Climate Change education program.
Grade 5 students from J.D. Hodgson Elementary were the first to experience the Kinark Outdoor Centre's newest educational program about climate change. Students spent the morning at the Sustainable Living Centre learning about electricity with Out to Learn instructors Irene Heaven and Rick Whitteker. They learned about current energy production methods in Ontario and tested windmills and solar panels to experience renewable energies. In the afternoon Kristy Pulver explained how climate change happens and led games to reinforce the information already learned.
The grade 5's were fantastic at coming up with things we can do to reduce our carbon footprint such as using compact fluorescent bulbs ("the swirly kind"). They were asked to choose one action they can do at home to improve the human impact on global warming.
Thank you very much to the J.D. Hodgson grade 5 students and they're teacher Mademoiselle Kimberly. We look forward to running this program for most of the grade 5 students in the Trillium Lakelands School Board and for families from all over central Ontario this year. Thanks to all involved with planning and developing this program.
Sincerely,
"Messy" Jesse the Intern
