Outreach Kit/Online Resource

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PORT HISTORY THROUGH CARTOONS AND GAMES

These entertaining videos and activities, are a great way to engage students with the history of Burrard Inlet, including early industry, settlement, and shipping. Activities will capture your students’ imagination and are great launch pads for further discussions about primary and secondary sources and learning from photographs.

Your students will:

Learn about Moodyville, our early stevedores, and port operations past and present.
Take a short and entertaining quiz to help them remember the video content.
Play a puzzle game to reveal real historic photographs the Archives.

City:

North Vancouver

Duration:

For Grades:

Months Available:

April

Days Offered:

Monday

Times Offered:

Outreach Kit/Online Resource

Maximum Students:

Offered In French:

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Free Online Art Activities

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden

These art activities are inspired by the symbolism and architecture of a Chinese garden and allow students to explore CHinese symolism and our beautiful leak windows to create artwors of their own.

This activity can be adapted easily to the age of the students and the time available in class.

Options:

Framing Views: https://vancouverchinesegarden.com/wp-content/uploads/FramingViews.pdf
Exploring Chinese Symbols: Bats https://vancouverchinesegarden.com/wp-content/uploads/Exploring-Chinese-Symbols-1.pdf

City:

Online

Duration:

See notes.

For Grades:

K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Months Available:

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Days Offered:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Times Offered:

Outreach Kit/Online Resource

Maximum Students:

See Additional Notes.

Offered In French:

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COASTAL WATERS

Burnaby Art Gallery

September 16, 2024- June 27, 2025

Join us in exploring the complexity of the BC coastline. Students are immersed in ideas of interconnection, ecosystems, water cycles, and shoreline wildlife, inspired by works from the City of Burnaby's Permanent Collection. Using watercolour, drawing, and collage, students develop individual mixed-media works.

Curriculum Tie-ins: Art Education, Earth Science, Indigenous Art

City:

Burnaby

Duration:

For Grades:

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Months Available:

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

Days Offered:

Friday

Times Offered:

9:00 am, Outreach Kit/Online Resource, 10:30 am, 1:00 pm

Maximum Students:

Offered In French:

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Museum of Vancouver Education Kits

Museum of Vancouver

Virtual Program Add-on

Bring the MOV to your school with education kits designed to augment your virtual field trip, making it a “hands-on” interactive learning experience. Education Kits are available for the following virtual field trips:

· First Nations Culture - Subtopic of Cedar and Sealskin Program

· Dig into the Past! - Subtopic of Ancient Worlds Program

· The Road to Reconciliation - Subtopic of Resilience and Reconciliation Program

- A Seat at the Table - Subtopic of Immigration Nation Program

Education Kits are quarantined and sanitized between rentals. Available for pick up at the MOV.

City:

Vancouver

Duration:

Outreach Kit/Online Resource

For Grades:

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Months Available:

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

Days Offered:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Times Offered:

Outreach Kit/Online Resource

Maximum Students:

Offered In French:

Yes

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Online Resources

BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation

BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation (BCAITC) offers 500+ free downloadable agriculture and food resources for K-12 students. The lesson plans, unit plans, activities, recipes, storybooks, videos, and educational resources feature curriculum-connections to Science, Social Studies, Math, English Language Arts, Arts, Food Studies and more subjects.

Teachers, home educators, and students can download the resources here 24/7. These resources introduce food and agriculture education into students' lives to encourage appreciation of agriculture, food, and healthy eating for years to come!

City:

Online

Duration:

See notes.

For Grades:

K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Teachers Only

Months Available:

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Days Offered:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Times Offered:

Outreach Kit/Online Resource

Maximum Students:

See Additional Notes.

Offered In French:

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FREE - Video Art Lessons

Richmond Art Gallery

The School Art Program has moved online! We have produced art making videos and at-home lessons using easy to find materials and exploring art concepts and techniques. Whether for classroom use, homeschool students, or family fun, these videos engage with contemporary art in a fun and accessible way. Join us today!

For all of the latest content and updates, check out our gallery videos page.

City:

Online

Duration:

Outreach Kit/Online Resource

For Grades:

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

Months Available:

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Days Offered:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Times Offered:

Outreach Kit/Online Resource

Maximum Students:

See Additional Notes.

Offered In French:

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Classroom Art Kits

Richmond Art Gallery

Can't visit the gallery? The School Art Program has created classroom art kits to bring the exciting world of contemporary art into the classroom or home classroom. Each kit is a combination of online content plus specialty art supplies for each student. The online content contains videos of our art educators guiding students step by step through 3-5 different art lessons which are all connected by the themes of our gallery exhibitions. Also included are virtual exhibition tours and video interviews with gallery artists and a teacher guide so students can learn about contemporary Canadian Artists and connect their work and experiences to the exhibition artworks. For more information or to book a kit check out our gallery website.

City:

Abbotsford, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta, Langley, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver, West Vancouver, White Rock

Duration:

Outreach Kit/Online Resource

For Grades:

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

Months Available:

January, February, March, April, May, June, October, November, December

Days Offered:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Times Offered:

Outreach Kit/Online Resource

Maximum Students:

See Additional Notes.

Offered In French:

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COAST SALISH CONTEMPORARY

Burnaby Art Gallery

September 16, 2024-June 27, 2025

Referencing works from the City's Permanent Art Collection, participants explore the progression of themes and techniques in contemporary Coast Salish art. Discussions on appropriation and use of copyrighted work will be discussed within this program. Students will finish the workshop by creating their own collagraph print.

Curriculum Tie-ins: Indigenous Art, Community, Art Education

City:

Burnaby, Coquitlam, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver, West Vancouver

Duration:

For Grades:

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

Months Available:

January, February, March, April, May, June, October, November, December

Days Offered:

Tuesday

Times Offered:

9:00 am, Outreach Kit/Online Resource, 10:30 am, 1:00 pm

Maximum Students:

Offered In French:

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FOREST FOR THE TREES

Burnaby Art Gallery

September 16, 2024-June 27, 2025

Explore the world of landscape-inspired artwork through this engaging program. Using the forms of trees, waterways, and mountains, students discuss ideas of landscape and place. Building on these ideas, participants use techniques of layering, colour mixing, and collage to create a ‘forest’ of trees.

Curriculum Tie-ins: Art Education, Ecology, Indigenous Art

City:

Burnaby, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver, West Vancouver

Duration:

For Grades:

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

Months Available:

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

Days Offered:

Monday

Times Offered:

9:00 am, Outreach Kit/Online Resource, 10:30 am, 1:00 pm