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Everything you need to know before keeping Mason Bee’s.
Utilize this link to help guide you through caring for a mason bee house and mason bee’s. Below are some helpful resources to guide you through the process further. Remember Mason Bee ADS kits are now available in the district.
ADS Kit
Mason Bees
Introduction to Solitaire Bees
How to keep Solitaire Bees
The Comox Valley Broombusters work in the areas of Courtenay, Cumberland, Comox and the CVRD. If you would like to find out more about Broombusting in the Comox Valley, please contact Bev at cvbroombusters@gmail.com
Invasive Species Council of BC
ISCBC helps concerned stakeholders work together to stop the spread of invasive species in BC. This site has a search to find what species are invasive to your area and has a special youth/educators link.
Seed balls are a great way to reclaim areas of your garden that have become thin or barren! The clay vessels that you create for your seeds and compost offer a fun way
to plant your seeds while providing protection for the exposed seeds.
How Trees Communicate
Imagine a forest full of trees. Each tree stands tall and solitary. It has its own trunk, branches and leaves. But did you know that those trees are connected by a complex network hidden underground?
Click the image to find some resources and video’s to bring to life the interconnectedness of trees working together as a community.
SD71- INED link to Cedar Tree-The Tree of Life
How to plant a Tree Seedling – Guide and tips to a successful planting of trees seedling planting in BC
DV8 Education: Connect with DV8 education in the Comox Valley for a supported program all about Trees.
HCTF-Education: Ready to use printable on trees- scroll to bottom of page
UBC Cool It!: Urban Forest’s and Climate Action-Lesson plans and hands on activities to explore our urban forest.
Project Learning Tree– Urban Forest Resource for educators
Comox Valley’s Trees of the Year nominations 2021- Map & article from Comox Valley Nature
Decomposer Discovery
Full decomposer lesson HERE
Connect with DV8 education in the Comox Valley for a supported program all about Fungus
Explore Sierra Clubs EcoMap of BC to dive deeper into the flora & fauna of our amazing province. This EcoMap will help you learn about the amazing plant and animal beings in your ecoprovince and those of other ecoprovinces of BC, too! You can read about each being’s appearance, life cycle, the habitat they share with other beings, if they are endangered and other interesting information.
Nature Companion is a free app and website produced by EcoFriendly Sask that provides interesting and easy-to-understand information about >300 plants, trees, birds, animals, insects, reptiles, and amphibians found in Canada’s four western provinces.
Each short description includes colourful photographs and a Did you know? section with fun facts about each species. The tool is available on or offline and is a great way to connect kids with nature.
Vancouver Top 20 Birds
How to attract, the right foods, great information on migration and nesting habits and more.
- Chickadees
- Woodpeckers
- Jays
- Finches
- Robins ……. and many more
Biodiversity of the Central Coast
An interactive field guide to the species of the incredibly beautiful diverse central coast of British Columbia. Resource Includes ID tools for:
- Plants
- Fungi and slime molds
- Seaweeds
- Plants
- Land mammals
- Marine Mammals
- Specifies at risk
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Habitat and Conservation Trust Foundation – WildBC
Free well-established lesson ideas on a broad number of topics, Grades k-9
- Energy, Atmosphere, climate
- Earth, eco-systems, ecology
- Plants Animals Habitat
- Water, wetlands, Watersheds
- Outdoors Projects and places
- Teachers Tips and Tricks
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