Fall in the Forest

Offered by
Fresh Roots
Last updated on
Tuesday, September 17th, 2024
Experience type: 
In-Person
Program Description

Leaves, fruits, and rain all fall in the fall! What changes are happening with the plants, animals, and people in the forest as the season of growth turns to the season of rest?

Big Ideas
  • Communities include many different roles requiring many different skills.
  • Everything we learn helps us to develop skills.
  • Communities include many different roles requiring many different skills.
  • Everything we learn helps us to develop skills.
  • Leadership requires listening to and respecting the ideas of others.
  • Living things have life cycles adapted to their environment.
  • Living things are diverse, can be grouped, and interact in their ecosystems.
  • All living things sense and respond to their environment.
  • Curiosity and wonder lead us to new discoveries about ourselves and the world around us.
  • Stories and other texts connect us to ourselves, our families, and our communities.
  • Curiosity and wonder lead us to new discoveries about ourselves and the world around us.
  • Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.
  • Canada is made up of many diverse regions and communities.
  • Indigenous knowledge is passed down through oral history, traditions, and collective memory.
  • Indigenous societies throughout the world value the well-being of the self, the land, spirits, and ancestors.
  • People from diverse cultures and societies share some common experiences and aspects of life.
  • Trip Details
    City: 
    For Grades: 
    2, 3, 4
    Months Available: 
    Days Offered: 
    Times Offered: 
    Duration: 
    See notes. minutes unless otherwise stated.
    Maximum Students: 
    Offered In French: 
    No
    Also Offered For: 
    ESL, Guides, Homeschool, Other
    Packages Provided: 
    Pre-Visit Information Package
    Fee Details
    Fee Notes: 

    Small class (15 students or fewer): $150

    16 to 22 students: $220

    23 to 30 students: $300

    SD43 Discount! All SD43 classes will receive a 20% discount on their field trips and farm bookings.

    We strive to make our programs accessible to all groups. If cost is a barrier, please send an email to education@freshroots.ca.

    Additional Notes

    A field trip to Suwa’lkh is like no other Fresh Roots field trip. Located at the Suwa’lkh School in Coquitlam (map), our program space includes a native plant propagation greenhouse, medicine and food gardens, and a seven-acre forest with a forest classroom and a salmon stream. Field trips at Suwa’lkh focus on First People’s ways of knowing, helping students connect with Traditional Ecological Knowledge, in both cultivated and natural food lands.

    Suwa’lkh field trips are co-facilitated, whenever possible, with an Indigenous knowledge keeper and have been designed in consultation with Indigenous knowledge keeper Carrie Clark.

    We require 1 teacher/chaperone for every 8 K-5 students or 10 6-12 students at Suwa’lkh. Required adults are included in the group cost; additional adults will be charged at the student rate.  If your group needs more adult assistance, please let us know on the registration form.

    Learn more and book your trip at freshroots.ca/education/field-trips/.