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'Taiken' is Japanese for 'personal experience'. Explore over 100 years of Japanese Canadian history and culture. Learn from community members and elders, engage with our collections and museum exhibits, and participate in fun hands-on activities in Japanese arts and culture such as Karate, Calligraphy, and Origami. Contact the education coordinator about availability. Tours run mornings or afternoons for 120 mins. Please book at least 3 weeks in advance.

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Duration: 
Half Day
For Grades: 
4, 5, 6, 9
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Offered In French: 
No
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We offer some of the best teaching terrain around for grade 2-12 students. Whether you are planning a full day field trip or an evening ski club, there's something for everyone! Our online registration system means less work for organizers. Our safe, modern equipment and efficient rental system means students will be geared up and out on the slopes in no time! By collecting rental information in advance, we pre-set equipment and have it ready for when you arrive.

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For Grades: 
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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3 hours. Winter safety awareness and skills are practiced through a fun survival scenario on snowshoes. Be prepared to spend plenty of time digging and playing in the snow! Combine with Tubing or Tobogganing for a full day!

Duration: 
Half Day
For Grades: 
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Offered In French: 
Yes
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Learn about the incredible characteristics of a winter ecosystem through fun, nature focused games. On snowshoes! Combine with Tubing or Tobogganing for a full day! New*snowshoe location for K-3's. Meet us at Enquist Lodge and enjoy quicker access to easier trails. Ask about where to stay and play in the snow afterwards!

Duration: 
Half Day
For Grades: 
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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Offered In French: 
Yes
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How do trees and animals survive under a blanket of snow? Discover the amazing adaptations that allow them to do so while while learning winter safety basics. On snowshoes! Combine with Tubing or Tobogganing for a full day! New* snowshoe location for K-3's. Meet us at Enquist Lodge and enjoy quicker access to easier trails. Ask us where to stay and play in the snow afterwards!

Duration: 
Half Day
For Grades: 
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Times Offered: 
Maximum Students: 
Offered In French: 
Yes
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How does industry impact a community? Learn about the fur trade, railroad, port, lumber mills, and others as you play our industry bingo. Listen to the stories of industry workers of the past, handle objects and examine historical photos and documents. Program adjusted to meet curriculum objectives for each grade level. *Program materials available as an in-class kit.

City: 
Duration: 
75
For Grades: 
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Maximum Students: 
Offered In French: 
No
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Three unique educational kits are available. Each kit features original artwork by local artists, resource materials, art supplies, and detailed lesson plans for thematic art-making activities. Suitable for Grades K-7.

Ink Trails: The Vibrant Life of an Artist

Find inspiration and explore artistic techniques, subjects, and themes featured in the works of Chinese Canadian master printmaker, Anna Wong. These include nature prints, exercises in abstraction, travel themes, and mixed-media projects. 

The Printmaker’s Pets

Discover relief printmaking techniques, drawing, and mixed-media, while exploring how printmakers portray cats, dogs, birds, and more.

Structures & Cities

Imagine, balance, construct, and combine materials to create an exciting mini-city. This program builds skills in architecture and design through a horizontal learning approach. 

Duration: 
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For Grades: 
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Maximum Students: 
Offered In French: 
No
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Explore the Vancouver History Galleries to uncover moments when Canadians either demonstrated good global citizenship or ignored their responsibilities. Be buyers for the Museum’s gift shop, “The Global Village” and consider cultural awareness, fair labour practices and sustainability in a global consumer society.

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Duration: 
90
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Yes
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Subtopic: Migration Journeys (45-60 minutes, $145)

Play an immigration game through our Vancouver History Virtual Galleries. Explore the galleries and examine suitcases from immigrants while collecting points and money towards immigrating. This program focuses on who immigrates and why, the quality of life for new immigrants, and immigrants’ contributions to Vancouver from the 1900s to the 1950s.

 

Subtopic: A Seat at the Table (45-60 minutes, $145)

Discover Chinese immigrants’ stories from MOV’s A Seat at the Table exhibition. Reflect on the diversity of their experience in British Columbia, the challenges they faced, their resilience, and their pursuit of justice.*

*An Education Kit is available for this subtopic ($55/week)

City: 
Duration: 
60
For Grades: 
5, 6
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Maximum Students: 
Offered In French: 
Yes
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Little Victoria lived in Vancouver a long time ago. Listen to the story of her lost doll as Victoria’s family evolves over the years. Play with toys from each generation and see the evolution of toys overtime. Students are invited to consider the connection of toys to sustainability and environmental impact over the decades. Role-play archaeologists and discover toys like Victoria’s.

City: 
Duration: 
75
For Grades: 
K, 1, 2
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Maximum Students: 
Offered In French: 
Yes
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Subtopic: First Nations of the Northwest Coast Culture (45-60 minutes, $145)

Gain a deeper understanding of First Nations’ traditional culture through Object-Based Learning. Examine belongings from the Pacific Northwest Coast and learn how First Nations Peoples met the basic needs of food, clothing, and shelter.*

*An Education Kit is available for this subtopic ($55/week)

 

Subtopic: Inuit Culture (45-60 minutes, $145)

Learn more about the seasonal cycle of traditional Inuit life through an interactive inquiry-based activity that focuses on Inuit belongings.

 

City: 
Duration: 
60
For Grades: 
2, 3, 4
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Maximum Students: 
Offered In French: 
Yes
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Subtopic: Dig into the Past!  (45-60 minutes, $145)

Uncover the science of archaeology by investigating artefacts from the ancient cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley, China, Greece, and Rome. Work in teams to research and analyze artefacts from the Museum's Teaching Collection, then formulate and test your hypothesis.

*An Education Kit is available for this subtopic  ($55/week)

 

Subtopic: Reframing Archaeology: Sites of the Northwest Coast  (45-60 minutes, $145)

Learn about several prominent Northwest Coast archaeological sites. Using traditional First Nations belongings, examine the role and limitations of archeology when studying the cultures and traditions of the Pacific Northwest Coast First Nations.

 

Subtopic: Mummification in Ancient Egypt  (45-60 minutes, $145)

Learn more about the process and the significance of mummification in Ancient Egypt. Use your critical thinking skills to gain a deeper understanding of contemporary issues surrounding ethics, collecting, and repatriation in museums. 

 

City: 
Duration: 
60
For Grades: 
6, 7
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Offered In French: 
Yes
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Work with professional animators to storyboard a plot, create and animate characters, and add dialogue and sound effects. Students complete a one to two-minute animated story by the end of the day. Stories include Vancouver Fire, 1907 Anti-Asian Riots, Skwachays - The Great Seal Hunt and Japanese Canadian Internment. Presented in partnership by Reel 2 Real with the Museum of Vancouver.

 

City: 
Duration: 
Full Day
For Grades: 
5, 6, 7
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Times Offered: 
Maximum Students: 
Offered In French: 
No
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Learn about Ancient Egypt by role-playing archaeologists. Excavate and examine Egyptian artifacts and build a pyramid!

City: 
Duration: 
75
For Grades: 
K, 1
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Maximum Students: 
Offered In French: 
Yes
Program Description & Details

Discover the hidden secrets and stories of the forest in this sensory journey through nature. Awaken your senses as you explore the temperate rainforest. Use magnifiers and look for tiny life forms, meet bugs, feed trees, and transform into a bat while learning how all of these forest elements are connected.

Keywords: nature, park, parks, outdoor, outdoors, ecology, forest, hands-on, interactive, explore

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City: 
Duration: 
90
For Grades: 
K, 1, 2, 3
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