Category Archives: Eco Club

Welcome to The Bug Hotel

Posted on 2011/05/06 by Lori.Weidenhammer

Welcome to the Villa Coleoptera. Enjoy our well appointed rooms with a view of the fennel forest. Give your self a treat: take a soothing fleatsu treatment at our spa and take a dip in our pool–free mosquito larva appetizers…

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We Heart Bats!

Posted on 2011/05/05 by Lori.Weidenhammer

Today we had two fantastic bat house workshops taught by Ronnie from the Douglas College  Institute of Urban Ecology. We learned that there are sixteen kinds of bats native to B.C., half of which are endangered.

Ronnie was very good…

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Dandelions Spread Pollen and Joy

Posted on 2011/05/03 by Lori.Weidenhammer

Today we celebrated the new Art Garden with Ms. Goodearle’s class. May at Simon Fraser is all about Gardening and celebrating nature–even the weeds!

One student found a tiny native bee holding onto the grass…

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Seedy Friday: Part 1

Posted on 2011/04/29 by Lori.Weidenhammer

Today was seedy Friday at Simon Fraser with both k classes and their buddies. In the morning we explored the licorice aroma and flavor of fennel. A wonderful herb to have in your garden because it attracts beneficial insects…

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Mason Bees with Mr. Murphy’s Class

Posted on 2011/04/20 by Lori.Weidenhammer

We are lucky to have a courtyard in the center of our school which is perfect for tasks like sanding and painting. I put Mr. Murphy’s class to work cleaning and decorating my mason bee condos. You may know…

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Awesome Bird Feeders

Posted on 2011/04/20 by Lori.Weidenhammer

What an enthusiastic class! It is a pleasure to work with Mr. Hughes’ class because they are a cheerful and helpful group, eager to learn about feeding the birds. They obviously have a lot of teacher and parent support …

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Gourds Made into Bird Feeders

Posted on 2011/04/15 by Lori.Weidenhammer

Last fall, the folks at Greens Organic and Natural Market and Aphrodite’s Organic Delights  Café and Pie Shop donated some gourds to our school so we could use them for art. I saved them and…

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Sunflowers with our Kindergarten Class

Posted on 2011/04/11 by Lori.Weidenhammer

Today we planted sunflower seeds and peas with Ms. Goodearle’s class. I really think this should be a yearly school tradition. The students will plant the peas and some sunflowers in the vegetable garden at city hall and some…

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Water for Bees: Part 2

Posted on 2011/04/08 by Lori.Weidenhammer

Today Division 3 worked with their kindergarten buddies to create bee oases and sunning rocks for the bees. Since it’s not a good idea to put painted rocks in water because it’s not healthy for bees, we painted a…

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Water for the Bees

Posted on 2011/04/07 by Lori.Weidenhammer

Today I worked with Ms. Rocke’s class to introduce them to an activity we’re doing tomorrow with their buddies in kindergarten and we also needed to wash some rocks. Yes, somebody’s gotta wash the rocks before we paint them!…

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