On-the-Road Programs

Programs In Your Space  “On-the-Road Programs”

Can’t get to C.M. Wilson Learning Centre or Longwoods Road Conservation Area? Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority and Ska-Nah-Doht Village and Museum can come to you!  Book an On-the-Road Program and we’ll come out to your classroom or meeting space.

Available to those located within one of the 10 municipalities served by the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority (Chatham-Kent, Dutton Dunwich, Lakeshore, Leamington, London, Middlesex Centre, Southwest Middlesex, Southwold, Strathroy-Caradoc, and West Elgin).

For information and/or to book:

Complete our On-the-Road booking form and email it to [email protected] to provide us with the information we will need to start your booking process and we will be in touch.

Program Cost

Participants

• $6 per participant – minimum fee is $90 for 15 participants or less
• Programs are 1.5 hours long

 

Mileage

• Mileage will be charged at the LTVCA rate of $0.40/km based upon your distance from their respective education site:
  Longwoods Road Conservation Area, 8348 Longwoods Road, Mount Brydges, Ontario
  or
  C.M. Wilson Conservation Area, 21799 Fargo Road, Chatham-Kent, Ontario
• Mileage as per Google Maps

Tax is not charged on any of our standard On-the-Road programs.

Questions

Contact us at 519-264-2420 or [email protected].

Program Options

Our programs are developed to meet with curriculum requirements and Ontario Physical Activity Safety Standards in Education. If you would like to make an adaptation to one of our programs to focus on the particular needs or interests of your group please discuss this with us during your booking process—we are happy to coordinate with you!

Programs make use of both indoor and outdoor spaces. In case of inclement weather, certain programs can use large indoor spaces.

1) Tool Making – Indoors
Year-Round
Mileage from Longwoods Road Conservation Area

Participants learn about trade and the necessities of life as they work in teams to create tools using some of the same materials that would have been used in the past (and some modern equipment we’ve thrown in to help along the way).

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2) Traditional Games – Outdoors
Year-Round
Mileage from Longwoods Road Conservation Area

Participants will work on their hand-eye coordination as they learn about, and try, some traditional games.

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3) Traditional Pottery – Indoors
Year-Round; Take-Away
Mileage from Longwoods Road Conservation Area

Each participant shapes and decorates their own clay pot by hand using traditional methods.  Participants will take their pot home, where it can be painted.  An amazing art project!

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4) Corn Husk Dolls – Indoors
Fall; Take-Away
Mileage from Longwoods Road Conservation Area

Learn about the beginnings of agriculture in Southwestern Ontario!  The Haudenosaunee were the area’s first farmers and recyclers.  Using every part honours the plant.  Plus, hear one telling of a legend which still has lessons to teach us today.

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5) Eco-Activities – Outdoors
Year-Round
Mileage from the closer of C.M. Wilson Conservation Area or Longwoods Road Conservation Area

Let’s play a game!  Learn about camouflage, cycles, food chains, species at risk, predator-prey relationships, and animal behaviours through a series of games that will get you out of your chair and away from a screen!

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6) Winged Wonders – Indoors and Outdoors
Year-Round
Mileage from Longwoods Road Conservation Area

Life is for the birds!  Examine bird wings, feet, nests, and beaks up-close.  Find out about migration and seasonal behaviours.  Listen for birdsongs, hear different types of bird calls, and look for evidence of birds during a walk around your school yard.

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7) Raptors! – Indoors
Year-Round
Mileage from Longwoods Road Conservation Area

Discover the world of hawks and owls, predatory adaptations, and habits. Use your detective skills to determine what an owl eats.

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8) Sensational Seasons – Outdoors
Year-Round
Mileage from the closer of C.M. Wilson Conservation Area or Longwoods Road Conservation Area

Join us as we explore outside to discover the sights, sounds, and textures that nature has to offer us. Learn how animals and plants adapt to the changing seasons through hands-on discovery and experiments.