b'EDUCATION & OUTREACHTelling thewhole storyOSSGA introduces interactive student lessons as part of its Grade 4Rocks N Our World programC GCEducationalCommu-nicationshaspulledout allthestopsandcreated anoutstandinginterac-tive program that Grade 4 studentscancompletethroughdistance learning. Chock full of original artwork, this creative, fun and educational program brings the world of stone, sand and gravel to life through the eyes of Dr. Sandy Stone.Students learn about the role that stone, sandandgravelplayintheimmediate world around them through exploration, videos,projectsandcooking! Training sessions with Ontario Grade 4 teachers are being scheduled throughout the province.As you will recall from the Fall 2019 issue of Avenues, Rocks N Our World, created inpartnershipwithCGCEducational Communications,tellsthewholestory ofaggregatesinafun,exploratoryand inquiring way.teacherswantasschoolboardsmoveindustryinOntariowillchange.Itwill From discovering the use of aggregatesintothe21stcenturyclassroom,wherestart to be based more on the evidence, on in their neighbourhood, to travelling backtechnology and hands-on activities engagethe balancing of needs that all of us face to prehistory, to testing and identifying thestudentsinanintegratedexplorationbetween protecting the environment and rocks themselves, and finally to designingofhowthesubjectstheystudylaytheconstructingnewneighbourhoodsand theirownreclamationproject,studentsgroundwork for understanding the issuesbusinesses, and on the gift of timehow getthefullscopeofhowrocksrockthat matter to us all. prehistoric rocks are building our cities just theirworld. as they did for our ancient predecessors.Ourbuiltenvironmentrelieson Theoverarchingpurposeofthisaggregateforasphaltroads,concreteYou can read more about what students educationprogramistohelppeopleinsidewalks, brick siding and glass windows.learn in the Grade 4 Rocks N Our World communitiesunderstandthenecessaryThese are the things we take for grantedProgramintheFall2019editionof trade-offs that allow us to have a well-builtevery day, but we rarely stop to appreciateAvenues, available on the OSSGA website. manmade environment that uses the bestjust how dependent we are on the stone,If you have a student in elementary school, and most accessible natural resources thatsand and gravel that was used to make ourplease feel free to pass along this amazing we are blessed to have in Ontario. human-made world.resource, and ask the teachers to register This integrated approach is focused onBybuildingskillsthroughexperientialforatrainingsessionathttps://www.the real world around us. It is also whatlearning, the perception of the aggregategravelfacts.ca/educationprogram.WINTER 2021AVENUES 31'