No Bones About It - In Person

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Last updated on

Friday, January 31st, 2025

Experience type:

In-Person

Program Description

Discover the differences between vertebrates and invertebrates. Take a close-up look at the interesting features of vertebrate skulls, bones, teeth, and claws. Learn about the amazing adaptations that help temperate rainforest animals thrive in this cool, wet environment.

This program duration is 2hrs.

Big Ideas

Skills can be developed through play.

Skills are developed through practice, effort, and action.

Living things have features and behaviours that help them survive in their environment.

Living things have life cycles adapted to their environment.

Water is essential to all living things, and it cycles through the environment.

Living things are diverse, can be grouped, and interact in their ecosystems.

All living things sense and respond to their environment.

Multicellular organisms have organ systems that enable them to survive and interact within their environment.

Multicellular organisms rely on internal systems to survive, reproduce, and interact with their environment.

Evolution by natural selection provides an explanation for the diversity and survival of living things.

Trip Details

City:

North Vancouver

For Grades:

K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Months Available:

March, April, May, June, September, October, November, December

Days Offered:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Times Offered:

10:00 am, 1:00 pm

Duration:

See notes. minutes unless otherwise stated.

Maximum Students:

Offered In French:

Also Offered For:

Adult Groups, Homeschool, Other

Packages Provided:

Pre-Visit Information Package

Fee Details

Fee Notes:

Up to 12 students – $108.00
13 to 30 students – $200.00

Guided field trips that are cancelled with more than 3 weeks notice will be charged a $50 fee. Guided field trips that are cancelled with less than 3 weeks notice will be charged the full program fee.

Additional Notes

Fill out our school booking form online to start the booking process. Please call 604-990-3755 or email ecocentre@dnv.org if you have any questions.

https://ecologycentre.ca/elementary-school-programs/

Lynn Canyon Park is easy to access.

Public transit: Take the #227 community shuttle* to Peters Road at Duval Road or the #228 bus to Burrill Avenue and Lynn Valley Road. The community shuttle cannot fit an entire class.
Private bus: Bus parking is limited. Please notify us in advance if you will be arriving by private bus so we can make arrangements for parking.
Car: If you’re visiting with parent drivers, the closest parking to the Ecology Centre is the upper paved parking lot. Pay parking is in effect seasonally from March 1 to October 31. Parking is $3 per hour, for a maximum of 4 hours. District residents are eligible to purchase a $10 annual DNV Park Parking Pass that will enable them to park in the lot without paying the hourly rate. More information is available here.

We have a bin to store backpacks while the students are completing the activity.

Food is not permitted inside the Ecology Centre.

No Bones About It - In Person

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