🐣 LEVEL I: BON PORTAGE 🌿
About
- August 9-12
- 4 days, staying in cabins overnight
- Bon Portage Island (the Evelyn and Morrill Richardson Field Station in Biology)
- 12 seats
- Pay-what-you-can
- Drop-off/pick-up times and locations to be determined
- No prior knowledge needed
Activities
- Taking a boat, we’ll travel 3 km to and from Bon Portage Island off of the Shag Harbour wharf
- Dissecting carnivorous pitcher plants and analyzing their prey content
- Setting fish traps in the Island’s saltwater ponds, we’ll collect and measure the small fish and learn about basic data collection
- Collecting plastic waste that has washed ashore on the Island, we’ll do a chemistry experiment
- Doing a marine pollution workshop, we’ll learn about how pollution affects marine animals, and how we can reduce our consumption of single-use plastics
- Coding on computers, we’ll learn how to make graphs that visualize wildlife data
- Hiking across the Island, we’ll learn about edible plants and the Island’s biodiversity
- Learning about careers in wildlife conservation and what it’s like to study wildlife conservation at college and university
- And more!
Eligibility
This program is open to girls and under-represented genders ages 12-15 who live in the Maritime provinces (NB, NS, PEI). Participants from other areas are welcome to apply for our wait list.
How To Apply
Participants must be nominated by an adult that knows them well, including parents/guardians.
