PROGRAMS
Home to Harbour
What is Home to Harbour?
Despite living close to a large body of freshwater, many students are unfamiliar with Hamilton Harbour and its watershed. Our informative and interactive presentations introduce and explore the Harbour from various social, economic and environmental perspectives. The presentations engage students across the Hamilton Harbour watershed in a variety of subjects from water systems to the role of government and responsible citizenship. Home to Harbour presentations range in length from 40 minutes to one hour and align with Ontario Curriculum objectives.
Curriculum Links
Grade 5 The Role of Government and Citizens in Hamilton Harbour Restoration
• Conservation of Energy and Resources
• People and Environments, the Role of Government and Responsible Citizenship
Grade 6 Water Pollution: a Local and Global Issue
• People and Environments, Canada's Interactions with the Global Community
Grade 7 Human Impacts on the Hamilton Harbour Environment
• Interactions in the Environment
Grade 8 Water Systems: Hamilton Harbour
• Water Systems
Grade 9 Applied Sustainable Ecosystems: Hamilton Harbour and Watershed
• Applied Sustainable Ecosystems and Human Activity
Grade 9 Academic Sustainable Ecosystems: Hamilton Harbour and Watershed
• Sustainable Ecosystems
Grade 10 Open, Civics and Citizenship Civic Engagement in the Cleanup of Hamilton Harbour
• Civic Engagement and Action
Grade 11 Workplace, Environmental Sciences Remediating Randle Reef
• Human Impact on the Environment
• Natural Resource Science and Management
Grade 12 University, Canadian and World Issues: A Geographic Analysis Hamilton Harbour and its Watershed
• Human-environment Interactions
Grade 12 University/College, the Environment and Resource Management Hamilton Harbour and its Watershed
• Understanding and Managing Change
Grade 12 Workplace, the Environment and Resource Management Human Interactions in the Hamilton
Harbour Environment
• Global Connections
• Understanding and Managing Change
