A vibrant fall forest path with colorful trees in the background is overlaid with text announcing a junior field trip.

Terranaut Club

LXCL:While this event is pay-what-you-can, the full cost per participant is $50. For those unable to make a donation, please contact us at coordinator@terranautclub.com to reserve a spot. Cancellations made 24 hours or more before the start of the program are eligible for a refund if requested.

General Admission

🍂 Fall in the Forest 🌳Join us to explore how life in the forest changes in the fall along the banks of the Jijuktu&rsquo;kwejk (Cornwallis) River in Waterville! &nbsp;On this adventure, we&rsquo;ll be Change Explorers, an experiential role where we investigate how the natural world collaboratively moves through the changing season. We&rsquo;ll learn about why the leaves change their colours, how to age and identify trees, investigate tiny wildlife living in the woodlands, and even get crafty with some cyanotype art &ldquo;sun prints.&rdquo;&nbsp; Details:<ul fr-original-style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-inline-start:48px;" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px; box-sizing: inherit;"><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;'>Sunday, September 20th&nbsp;</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;'>10:00 am - 3:30 pm</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;'>Waterville Fire Hall &amp; Recreation Centre, Waterville, NS</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;'>For girls and gender diverse youth ages 9-12</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;'>Maximum 15 participants</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;'>Pay-what-you-can (full cost is $50)</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;'>No prior knowledge needed!</li></ul> Activities:<ul fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">What Makes Leaves Change Colours?: In this fun experiment called &ldquo;leaf chromatography&rdquo;, we&rsquo;ll uncover the &quot;hidden&quot; colors inside a green leaf, learning about pigments and solubility, and what makes leaves change colour in the fall.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Get to Know a Tree &amp; Its Age:&nbsp;we&rsquo;ll play a game using blindfolds or &ldquo;vision blockers&rdquo; to get to know a tree using our other senses, learning about basic tree identification and how we can age different types of trees</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Autumn Collaborative Relay: Taking on the experiences of trees, soil, acorns, and squirrels, we&rsquo;ll work together to emulate and understand a circular economy that the land and its creatures undertake during autumn.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Touch Boxes: This touch-oriented scavenger hunt encourages us to explore the environment from a sensory perspective, noticing and collecting parts of the ecosystem. &nbsp;The treasures we find may produce stunning &ldquo;sun prints&rdquo; in our Cyanotype Art Print activity!</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Cyanotype Art Prints (aka &ldquo;Sun Prints&rdquo;):&nbsp;we&rsquo;ll collect different things from around the forest to arrange on special cyanotype paper and leave in the sun to make an art print! We&rsquo;ll also talk about how the sun changes in the fall.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Leaf Slides:&nbsp;What do we notice when peering closely at delicate leaf structures? &nbsp;Using the sun as our backlight, we&rsquo;ll collect fallen leaves and share beautiful new ways of observing foliage.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Magic Spots:&nbsp;As we integrate the day&rsquo;s exciting adventure into our ways of knowing, we&rsquo;ll create space for reflection and observation within our own special &ldquo;magic spots&rdquo; &ndash; places where we can witness the land, other creatures, and ourselves as part of an ecosystem.</li></ul>This program is supported by the Blomidon Naturalists Society and Kings West Community Health Board. Note that field trips are open registration and differ from the nomination system used for our overnight summer programs. Contact us at coordinator@terranautclub.com with questions.

🍂 Fall in the Forest 🌳Join us to explore how life in the forest changes in the fall along the banks of the Jijuktu’kwejk (Cornwallis) River in Waterville!  On this adventure, we’ll be Change Explorers, an experiential role where we investigate how the natural world collaboratively moves through the changing season. We’ll learn about why the leaves change their colours, how to age and identify trees, investigate tiny wildlife living in the woodlands, and even get crafty with some cyanotype art “sun prints.”  Details:<ul><li>Sunday, September 20th </li><li>10:00 am - 3:30 pm</li><li>Waterville Fire Hall &amp; Recreation Centre, Waterville, NS</li><li>For girls and gender diverse youth ages 9-12</li><li>Maximum 15 participants</li><li>Pay-what-you-can (full cost is $50)</li><li>No prior knowledge needed!</li></ul> Activities:<ul><li>What Makes Leaves Change Colours?: In this fun experiment called “leaf chromatography”, we’ll uncover the "hidden" colors inside a green leaf, learning about pigments and solubility, and what makes leaves change colour in the fall.</li><li>Get to Know a Tree &amp; Its Age: we’ll play a game using blindfolds or “vision blockers” to get to know a tree using our other senses, learning about basic tree identification and how we can age different types of trees</li><li>Autumn Collaborative Relay: Taking on the experiences of trees, soil, acorns, and squirrels, we’ll work together to emulate and understand a circular economy that the land and its creatures undertake during autumn.</li><li>Touch Boxes: This touch-oriented scavenger hunt encourages us to explore the environment from a sensory perspective, noticing and collecting parts of the ecosystem.  The treasures we find may produce stunning “sun prints” in our Cyanotype Art Print activity!</li><li>Cyanotype Art Prints (aka “Sun Prints”): we’ll collect different things from around the forest to arrange on special cyanotype paper and leave in the sun to make an art print! We’ll also talk about how the sun changes in the fall.</li><li>Leaf Slides: What do we notice when peering closely at delicate leaf structures?  Using the sun as our backlight, we’ll collect fallen leaves and share beautiful new ways of observing foliage.</li><li>Magic Spots: As we integrate the day’s exciting adventure into our ways of knowing, we’ll create space for reflection and observation within our own special “magic spots” – places where we can witness the land, other creatures, and ourselves as part of an ecosystem.</li></ul>This program is supported by the Blomidon Naturalists Society and Kings West Community Health Board. Note that field trips are open registration and differ from the nomination system used for our overnight summer programs. Contact us at coordinator@terranautclub.com with questions.

Terranaut Club

Junior Field Trip: Fall in the Forest

1415 County Home Rd

General Admission

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