Headwaters students create story maps for Two Rivers Festival
June 1, 2021
GUELPH, Ontario – Students in the grade 12 Headwaters Program have created story maps for the Two Rivers Festival.
Headwaters is a four-credit interdisciplinary environmental leadership program for grade 12 students from any Guelph high school. Students go on a wilderness trip, plan and teach a program for grade 3 students and engage in community-based projects.
Working virtually for some of the year, as a project, students planned and worked on interactive maps collaboratively online in small groups as part of the online Two Rivers Festival.
Students decided to target their maps to families with kids between the ages of 6 and 12. The maps take families on a guided walk or bike ride next to a Guelph waterway and engage kids in learning about the human impact on waterways, historical use of our waterways, native and invasive species, buried creeks, and protection of water while encouraging a sense of place.
To help educate Headwaters students about these issues, they had several guest speakers in to discuss some of these issues. Speakers included Paul Gifford, Jeremy Shute, Jude Keefe and Jan Sherman. Students also had the chance to watch pre-recorded sessions from the City of Guelph and Wellington Water Watchers.
Maps available include:
- Speed River
- Eramosa River
- Pond Creek to Howitt Creek Park
- Monkey Bridge Trail
- Yorklands
To download these story maps and follow along, visit: https://www.ugdsb.ca/celp/headwaters-experiential-waterways-story-maps/.
Great job Headwaters students.
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