Our fourth and final day of programming at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre was fantastic! It was a beautiful, sunny and very comfortable day. Right after breakfast, all 96 students, 4 teachers, principal and 6 parent volunteers boarded skiffs to cross over to West Bamfield for a slightly longer walk to Brady's Beach. We spent …
By the second morning at Bamfield, the grade 9 students had long since worked out that there was generally an advantage to being at the front of the food line. The food was a little hotter and they had their choice of tables - not insignificant given that some had ocean views while others provided …
One Sunday morning in late September, Mr. GeoK dropped K and I at the Calgary International Airport a few minutes before 6 o'clock. A throng of grade 9 students (and their parents) already crowded the WestJet check-in area. Shortly after we joined the mass, boarding passes were distributed. Once all the members of group 6 …
I'm just back from a very educational trip to the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, located south of Tofino on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Early last Sunday morning I flew from Calgary to Victoria with 100 grade 9 students from the Calgary Science School, four teachers, one principal and 5 other parent volunteers. I'll …
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The third round of Calgary Science School student site visits for the beaver re-introduction study at the Ann and Sandy Cross Conservation Area started Tuesday morning, when 45 grade 8 students arrived via school bus. Set in the rolling foothills south of Calgary and east of the Canadian Rockies, it's a beautiful site. As we …
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