Special program: Learning in the open air

Working in teams, students will take on challenges that require observation, listening, memory and cooperation.

Get out of the classroom and take part in Les amis de la montagne's Open-Air Learning program! Offer your students educational activities in the great outdoors on Mount Royal throughout the school year. This immersive nature program, which includes five outings on Mount Royal, allows students to learn according to the Quebec Education Program, while observing the pedagogical principles of Forest Schools. It's the perfect opportunity for your students to take part in varied, authentic and meaningful learning situations in nature!

This turnkey program explores five different themes from the science and technology curriculum (characteristics of living organisms, geology, etc.). The cost of the activity includes preparatory workbooks for teachers, an outdoor activity guide and return transport to Mount Royal for each of the five activities.

Level: 2nd cycle of primary school

Duration: Throughout the school year

Teaching skills: Science and technology, the living world: characteristics, organization and transformation of living organisms, energy sources of living organisms, interactions between living organisms and their environment and interactions between human beings and their environment, and earth and space: properties, characteristics and transformation of matter.

Transversal skills: working together, marveling at nature, curiosity and openness towards the environment, respect for codes and conventions, use of appropriate symbols and vocabulary, etc.

***Please note that this programme is only available to school groups***.

**** This program is offered in French only. For more information, visit Programme spécial : Apprendre à ciel ouvert ****

This activity will also be offered to primary cycle 3 students in 2025-2026.

For more information about this program, contact scolaire@lemontroyal.qc.ca

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This program is offered in partnership with: