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埃弗格林学校的三年级学生接受了卡尔加里市长神尼的挑战，用帮助我们社区的礼物来纪念加拿大的150岁生日。借助卡尔加里基金会的加拿大150年度拨款，学生能够通过钻研研究和调查鱼溪省立公园，这是加拿大第二大城市公园，也是北美最大的城市公园之一，位于我们的社区内，了解加拿大壮丽的自然地区。

在公园专家的指导下，学生们在2017年冬季和春季访问公园的西侧和东侧，收集了人类影响、动物适应和水质方面的证据。三年级学生报告称，这个项目帮助他们了解公园并激发了他们关心环境的积极性。一位学生解释说，他最喜欢的部分是走到户外画树，而另一位学生指出，要专心倾听鸟儿的声音必须保持安静。

与居住艺术家Michelle Getzlaf从4月24日至5月5日期间合作，学生们制作了玻璃镶嵌瓷砖来代表公园中的野生动物。学生剪裁并安放了5000多块瓷砖，创造了精美的艺术品，现已安装在鱼溪省立公园的环境学习中心，供卡尔加里的学生和公众欣赏，这是我们送给加拿大的生日礼物，现在和未来都可以享受。这些野生动物形象包括大角猫头鹰、兔子、红松鼠和山雀。

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Grade 3 students at Evergreen School took up Mayor Nenshi’s challenge to honor Canada’s 150th birthday with gifts that help our community. With a Calgary Foundation Canada 150 Grant, students were able to learn about Canada’s amazing natural areas with an inquiry study in Fish Creek Provincial Park, Canada’s second largest urban park, and one of the largest urban parks in North America, located within our own community.

Under the guidance of park experts, students collected evidence of human impact, animal adaptation and water quality on visits to the west and east sides of the park in the winter and spring of 2017. Grade 3 students reported that the project helped them learn about the park and become inspired to care for the environment. One student explained that his favorite part of the project was going outdoors and sketching trees, while another noted that you have to be quiet to listen to the sounds of the birds.    

Working with Artist in Residence Michelle Getzlaf from April 24 - May 5, students represented wildlife from the park in glass mosaic tiles. Students cut and placed over 5000 tiles to create the fine art which is now installed in the Environmental Learning Centre at Fish Creek Provincial Park for students and the public from across Calgary to enjoy now and in the future – our gift to Canada, on its birthday. The wildlife images are great horned owl, hare, red squirrel and chickadee.