Field Trip Fair 2004

The 2004 Field Trip Fair was an outstanding success! Teachers from all over the Lower Mainland made the journey to the Shadbolt Centre and participated in the largest and best Field Trip Fair yet. Almost sixty exhibitors were present at the Fair, each showing off their school programs, talking to teachers and giving away free prizes. Exhibitors came from the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, the interior of B.C. and even from Washingtom State!

The organizers of the Fair are particularly pleased to announce that twenty teachers won free field trips for their classes (including one round trip bus trip to the Royal BC Museum in Victoria). Potentially over 600 students will be receiving a free field trip experience because their teachers visited the 2004 Field Trip Fair. In two years, the Field Trip Fair has given away almost 1500 field trips! Next year could be your turn.

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Comments from attendees.

• Better every year! Great!
• Excellent!
• Great! Very Informative! Very friendly, beautiful venue
• I loved it! What a great way to discover what is available.
• Keep inviting!
• . . . food great - wine a nice touch
• This is my first time and it was great
• This was unbelievably useful.
• The day was a great idea - esp. on a Monday
• As a teacher in training I found this fair extremely useful as a venue to learn about what resources are available in Vancouver
• This fair was wonderful, nice to have it all in one place
• This is an excellent fair! A great way to get information to teachers. Thank you

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Exhibitors at the Fair

Aldor Acres Ltd.,

Arts Club Theatre Company,

ASTC Science World,

BC Farm Machinery and Agricultural Museum,

BC Museum of Mining,

BC Sports Hall of Fame & Museum,

BCIT Planetarium,

Burnaby Art Gallery,

Burnaby Village Museum,

Canada Place Corporation,

Canadian Museum of Flight,

Capilano Suspension Bridge,

CN IMAX Theatre at Canada Place,

CTV Weather School,

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden,

Evergreen Cultural Centre,

Fort Langley National Historic Site,

Fraser River Discovery Centre Society,

Galiano Conservancy Association,

Glen Valley Organic Farm,

Greater Vancouver Zoo,

Grouse Mountain Resorts,

Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society/National Historic Site,

GVRD Parks,

H.R. MacMillan Space Centre,

Harbour Cruises,

Historic Hat Creek Ranch,

Hudson s Bay Company Heritage Services and Galleries,

Langley Centennial Museum,

Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve,

Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre,

Nat Bailey Stadium Farmer s Market,

North Vancouver Outdoor School NVSD #44,

Pacific Coach Lines,

Pacific Museum of the Earth,

Port Moody Station Museum,

Power House at Stave Falls,

Richmond Museum & Heritage Services,

Richmond Nature Park Society,

Roedde House Museum,

Royal BC Museum,

Sidney Natural Sciences Consortium,

Stanley Park Ecology Society,

Storyeum,

Surrey Art Gallery,

Tennis BC Schools,

The Old Hastings Mill Store Museum,

Transit Museum Society (TRAMS),

UBC Museum of Anthropology,

Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre,

Vancouver International Children s Festival,

Vancouver Maritime Museum,

Vancouver Museum,

Vancouver Police Centennial Museum,

Vancouver Port Authority,

VanDusen Botanical Garden,

West Coast Railway Heritage Park,

West Vancouver Museum & Archives,

Wilderness Education Program,

Wildlife Rescue Association of BC,

Xaytem Longhouse,

Yale and District Historical Society