Family Nature Challenge April 9 – June 21, 2021
Want to win a game to play with your family or friends this summer? Please join in our nature challenge!
During the months of April, May and June, please visit the many parks and natural spaces found in our local area. If you need maps of where these are, you can find them online or in our classroom, and I have provided some links to some great sites below.
Take pictures of yourself in the natural environment. Make a Google Slideshow of your pictures. The person with the most locations by the end of May wins!
Here are the rules:
- Pictures must be taken at some time between April 9 and June 21
- Pictures need to include some identifying nature feature or a sign behind you. If you don’t want to be in the picture, then your hand or a personal sign with your name (“Joe was here”) needs to be in the picture as proof you were there.
- One picture per location.
- Same point value regardless of location.
- Stay local as much as possible. Be aware of distancing and masks if needed in public areas.
- Local parks, other school playgrounds, green belts, beaches, pond areas, pathways, hike trails, lakes, rivers, soccer fields, courtyards, green belts near your building, or any place you can play outside, etc. all count!
- Create a slideshow on PowerPoint or another slideshow application to share the pictures with me. Label the locations if there are not signs.
- You do not have to spend a specific amount of time at the location — all you need is a picture!
- Make this a family challenge — it is way more fun, and a healthy activity to do together during this time of COVID isolation!
Local Location Ideas:
- Burnaby Lake Regional Park
- Pacific Spirit Regional Park
- Central Park
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Confederation Park
- Kensington Park
- Robert Burnaby Park
- Taylor Park
- Willingdon Linear Park
- Deer Lake Park Trail
- Century Gardens at Shadbolt/Deer Lake
- Centennial Rose Garden
- Barnet Marine Park
- Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park
- Find the Eco Sculptures in Burnaby
- Reifel Bird Sanctuary (requires a reservation)
- Everett Crowley Park (near Suncrest)
- Byrne Creek Ravine Trail
- Edmonds Park
- Iona Beach Regional Park
- Terra Nova Rural Park
- Spanish Banks Beach Park
- Riverfront Park
- Musqueam Park
- Maplewood Flats Conservation Area North Shore
- Lighthouse Park West Vancouver
- Ambleside Park West Vancouver
- Brunswick Point Delta
- Roberts Bank Coastal Trail Delta
- Boundary Bay Regional Park
- Burns Bog Delta
Main prize to be awarded to only one person. However, smaller prizes for everyone who participates and provides me with a slideshow. I hope you all spend a lot of time outdoors over the next three months!
Ms. D