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Out door Educat i on Pr ogr am The Out door Educ at i on pr ogr am at Quebec Hi gh Sc hool i s a uni que i ni t i at i v e t o i nt r oduc e and i mmer s e our s t udent s i nt o a wor l d of ex per i enc e bas ed l ear ni ng. The goal of t he pr ogr am i s t o al l ow s t udent s t o i nt er ac t wi t h t he nat ur al env i r onment i n a way t hat al l ows t hem t o di s c ov er t hems el v es as wel l as dev el op an appr ec i at i on f or t he nat ur al wor l d. St udent s ar e i nt r oduc ed t o v ar i ous out door ac t i v i t i es t hr oughout t he y ear . Ac t i v i t i es t hat c hal l enge t hem ment al l y , emot i onal l y and phy s i c al l y . The obj ec t i v e of t hes e ac t i v i t i es i s t o s uppor t t he dev el opment of es s ent i al l i f e s k i l l s , s uc h as phy s i c al heal t h, t eamwor k , c ommuni c a- t i on, i ndependenc e, l eader s hi p, s el f - c onf i denc e and s oc i al awar enes s . Pl eas e s t op by and t al k t o Ms . Mar s h or Mr . Chan i f y ou woul d l i k e mor e i nf or mat i on about t hi s ex c i t i ng pr ogr am. A Sci ence Concent r at i on At Quebec Hi gh, our Sc i enc e Conc ent r at i on pr ogr am f oc us es on ex pl or at i on, i magi nat i on, and f un. Our s t udent s dev el op ex per t i s e i n al l f our di s c i pl i nes of Sc i enc e; Bi ol ogy , Chemi s t r y , Phy s i c s , and Engi neer i ng. T hr ough r es ear c h and i nv es t i gat i on t hey l ear n how t o f or mul at e ques t i ons t hat c an be ans wer ed s c i en- t i f i c al l y i n or der t o c ompet e i n t he Regi onal Sc i enc e F ai r . Our t r i p t o Sc i enc e Educ at i on Pr ogr ams i s a hi ghl i ght t o t he pr ogr am al ong wi t h hav i ng f un bot h i n and out s i de i f t he c l as s . I t i s a c onc ent r at i on f or al l who ar e i nt er es t ed i n Sc i enc e. F or mor e i nf or mat i on , pl eas e do not hes i t at e t o c ont ac t Mr . L agac é at dav i d. l egac e@c qs b. qc . c a