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Elementary Cycle Three (grades 5 and 6) Halloween Great Pumpkin Ball Exhibition A Talent for Adaptation Biological Control First Nations Garden Giving Thanks To Mother Earth! A Sharing Society Tree House Tree Rally It's Sugaring-off Time In the Land of the Giants

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Halloween

Great Pumpkin Ball Exhibition

Your class can visit the exhibition and enter the pumpkin-decorating contest. Guaranteed fun, and cash prizes to be won. Contest rules available on the Garden Website.
Public : Also offered for preschool and elementary cycle one and two
Location: Main Exhibition Greenhouse
Dates: October 6 to 31, 2011
Schedule: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
See also: Halloween activities

A Talent for Adaptation

A plant without roots, another that climbs and a third that fills up with water … some truly have a talent for adaptation! Students will be amazed by plants’ ability to adapt to their environment!
Length: 30 minutes (combined activity)
Capacity: 2 classes
Location: Greenhouses
Dates: February 8 to June 9, 2012
Schedule: 10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.

Biological Control

Welcome to this living laboratory! Your students will act as research assistants and help out a scientific team as they conduct a biological control research project using insects. They’ll observe, get some hands-on experience and record scientific data – they’ll become real green warriors!
Length: 90 minutes
Capacity: 2 classes
Location: Multipurpose rooms and greenhouses
Dates: February 8 to June 9, 2012
Schedule: 9:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.

At the First Nations Garden

A Sharing Society

Among Native peoples, whether they were nomadic or sedentary, everyone made an important contribution to community life. Come discover how Algonquian and Iroquoian societies were organized and how these “guardians of the forest” saw sharing and helping each other as essential values.
Length: 60 minutes
Capacity: 1 class
Location: First Nations Garden (outdoors)
Dates: September 19 to October 31, 2011 & May 14 to June 15, 2012
Schedule: 9:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.

At the Tree House

Giving Thanks To Mother Earth!

The First Nations Garden is a great opportunity to learn about the profound connections between Native people and “Mother Earth.” Discover the wealth of Native knowledge and know-how and their tremendous capacity to adapt to changes in their land. Students will enjoy a tasting and tribute to “Mother Earth” in the First Nations Garden. Come celebrate the First Nations’ deep respect for their land.
Public: Also offered for secondary 1
Capacity: 1 class
Length: 90 minutes
Location : First Nations Garden
Dates : September 19 to October 31, 2011 & May 14 to June 15, 2012
Schedule: 9:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m.

At the Tree House

Tree Rally

On your marks, get set, go! It’s a hunt through the Botanical Garden’s tree collection. In the Arboretum, students will hunt for puzzles hidden in the trees and try to solve them. This race against the clock will let them run around as they learn about trees and sharpen their observation skills.
Capacity: 2 classes
Length: 60 minutes
Location: Arboretum
Dates: September 12 to October 31, 2011 & May 14 to June 15, 2012
Schedule: 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.

At the Tree House

It's Sugaring-Off Time

From Native wigwams to today’s sugar shacks, maple-syrup production may have changed, but the tradition and delicious taste remain the same! Students will discover how maple syrup has been made over the centuries. Finally, they’ll conduct some simple experiments to see how sap is made into syrup.
Public : Also offered for elementary cycle two
Capacity: 1 class
Length: 60 minutes
Location Tree House
Dates : February 7 to April 27, 2012
Schedule: 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.

At the Tree House

In the Land of the Giants

Students will travel back to 19th-century Quebec, to the heyday of the brave raftsmen who risked their lives floating timber rafts down the St. Lawrence. They’ll learn how white pines, those giant trees that once filled Quebec and Ontario forests, were used. A voyage through time and space!
Public : Also offered for elementary cycle two
Capacity: 1 class
Length: 60 minutes
Location Tree House and Arboretum
Dates : September 12 to October 31, 2011 & February 7 to June 15, 2012
Schedule: 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.