Kids at home & Families

Teachers
​ Gr. 1-12

Home Schoolers 
​ Gr. 1-12

​1. Choose an interactive virtual program (See 7 topics below)
​2. Click registration button
3. Fill out the registration form & indicate your preferred dates

​Sessions are highly interactive and are tailored to each group to provide a dynamic and tangible learning experience. Participants ask and answer questions, and make observations and inferences as they travel virtually to meet wildlife in their habitats and conservations scientists in action.

​It is important to me to make sure ecological literacy is affordable, accessible, and that this virtual expedition program donates to the amazing organizations that are making a huge difference for vulnerable wildlife on a daily basis. As a result:

1. A percentage of each session's fee is donated to a featured conservation or wildlife rescue and rehabilitation organization.
2. I also offer a limited number of free sessions each year. Email me at debtoor@gmail.com to find out if your school, organization or family qualifies for a free session.

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Nature Expeditions are featured in the article
"Why kids need more NATURE in their lives" 
​By Vic MacBournie www.fernsfeathers.ca

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GENERAL RATES
Schools & large groups

• Funding for School Expeditions are typically paid for by Parent Councils.
• 30 to 45-minute sessions: $50.00 for up to 25 students 
• 60-min. Sessions: $65 for up to 25 students

Family rates:

• 30 to 45-minute virtual sessions: $20.00 per household

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TOPICS
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1 Monarch Butterfly EXPEDITION only
Available year-round
​Habitats, adaptations, life cycle and great migration, how monarch butterflies help the earth (ecological niche), food webs, human impacts, conservation science, citizen science.

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2  Monarch Butterfly ADVENTURE
Includes:

• An Interactive Virtual Expedition
• Support for Raising a Monarch Butterfly  
• Make Scientific Observations
• Learn about Monarch Butterfly Conservation

Registration for Summer Sessions is now open.
​Covers habitats, adaptations, life cycles, migration, how monarch butterflies help the earth (ecological niche), food webs, human impacts, conservation science, citizen science, community stewardship

1. Raise (only one to two) Monarch Butterflies for Educational Purposes
2. Get advice on finding your own monarch eggs
3. Fill out data sets (observations and inferences)
4. Participate in Citizen Science projects
5. Access to Private FB Group page to share information and get advice for raising your monarch butterfly

Summer Monarch Expedition Trailer

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3 Vulture EXPEDITION
Investigate vultures in their habitats & Meet the Conservation Scientists in Action
Habitats, adaptations, how vultures help the earth (ecological niche), food webs, citizen science, human impacts (wildlife rescue & rehabilitation), conservation science

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4 Pollinator EXPEDITION
Meet the Little Things that Run the Earth: Bees, Butterflies, Moths, Birds & Bats
Habitats, adaptations, how Insect pollinators help the earth (ecological niche), food webs, human impacts, conservation science, citizen science

About Pollinator Science

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6 MISUNDERSTOOD Backyard Animals EXPEDITION
Meet the Often Misunderstood Opossums, Skunks, Racoons & Squirrels
Habitats, adaptations, how they help the earth (ecological niche), food webs, human-wildlife conflicts, wildlife rescue & rehabilitation, conservation science, citizen science
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About Backyard Animals

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The Vulture Expedition is based on the short book Survival Secrets of Turkey Vultures which is based on field studies of North American Ornithologists. Email me at debtoor@gmail.com to request a copy.

About Vulture Science

About Vulture Science for Kids at Home & Families

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5 Native Bee EXPEDITION

Sold out.  
​Email debtoor@gmail.com to get on the waiting list.

Meet a few of the 4000 documented bee species in North America 
Not all bees are black and yellow.  Bees come in various sizes and colours. This session takes you beyond the European honey bee.

1. Discover the gentle nature of solitary bees
2. Explore how human actions are threatening native bee species and how scientists are working to help our native bees.
3. Learn what type of habitat native bees of North America need to survive and thrive:

• a pesticide and herbicide free space with organic seasonal native plants, trees and shrubs
• nesting sites (such as hollow stems and other cavities, bare soil, etc.)
• additional habitat requirements, such as overwintering need

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 ​7 SCIENCE OF THE SEASONS EXPEDITION  
Travel through the seasons to visit habitats to observe how animals and plants respond to seasonal changes.
Habitats, adaptations, abiotic & biotic factors, ecological niche of featured species, food webs, impacts of human seasonal habits and actions, conservation science

About Science of the Seasons

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Click arrows to watch the slide show below: ​Take a look at some past sessions.