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Grades Available

City

Program Description & Details

Let's Celebrate Winter

Richmond Museum

Discover Richmond’s diverse cultures by exploring multicultural winter celebrations, from First Nations to European and Asian traditions. Unwrap mystery presents that hold clues about these cultural winter celebrations, explore the Family Treasures exhibition for clues about winter celebrations and make a Victorian Christmas craft.

For more information and to register, please visit our website

City:

Richmond

Duration:

For Grades:

K, 1, 2, 3

Months Available:

January, December

Days Offered:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Times Offered:

9:30 am, 12:30 pm

Maximum Students:

Offered In French:

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Life In the Trenches

Port Moody Station Museum

Life in the Trenches (grades 4-12) Tour a CPR station and reflect on the impact of WWI and life in the trenches. Visit the Centennial McKnight Trench under construction on the Museum grounds. A tour of the Centennial McKnight trench is included and dependent on conditions. Activities include scavenger hunt and writing a letter about life in the ‘trenches’. This 75 minute program engages and develops the students abilities to reflect on difficult times and the sacrifices that soldiers made for Canada. Activities and discussions bring awareness of the roles and impact WWI had on the soldiers and our community.

City:

Port Moody

Duration:

For Grades:

4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Months Available:

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

Days Offered:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Times Offered:

9:30 am, 10:00 am, 10:30 am, 11:00 am, 11:30 am, 12:00 pm, 12:15 pm, 12:30 pm, 1:00 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:00 pm

Maximum Students:

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Offered In French:

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Living Dinosaurs: The White Sturgeon

Fraser River Discovery Centre

(Grades K-7) Assess the survival needs of white sturgeon with a special focus on evaluating human impacts on the environment. The program includes hands-on stations about sturgeon life cycle and anatomy, and a sturgeon survival game focused on the habitat needs of sturgeon in the Fraser River.

This program is divided into:

Introduction to the Centre and Program Content (5 minutes)
PowerPoint (15 minutes)
Stations (20 minutes each)
- Anatomy and Life Cycle (Explore the life cycle stages of the river sturgeon with our life sized model and perserved samples)
- Sturgeon Survival Game (Consider the obstacles in the different stages of a sturgeons life with this consequence judgement game)
- Station #3 is Age Dependent
  - Felt Board Habitat (K-2) (Explore and create a narrative story around the life of sturgeon)
  - Water Testing (2-3) (Use the scientific method to test a water sample taken by the class from our boardwalk)
  - Tagging Lesson (3-7) (Role-play as marine biologists, using the math inquiry that they would to learn more about sturgeon)
Conclusion, Theatre (10 minutes)

For more information, visit our website or email us.

Online booking form here.

City:

New Westminster

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:

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Times Offered:

10:00 am, 12:30 pm

Maximum Students:

Offered In French:

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Local Ecology Kit

Rossland Museum and Discovery Centre

This discovery kit is perfect for those teachers and students that are interested in learning more about the Kootenay-Boundary’s plant and animal life. The kit includes five activities based around identifying local plants and animals, invasive species, and indigenous use. You even figure out how to measure a tree with a straw! This kit is suitable for kindergarten to grade 7, with curriculum links to Social Studies, Science, and Mathematics.

City:

Rossland

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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London Farm School Program

London Farm

Step into the shoes of a farmer for a day at London Farm. This outdoor adventure is all about fun and learning how we give and take from nature, from past to present. Students will discover which fruits and vegetables that can grow in Richmond and why; find the best tool for planting potatoes; make some discoveries about chickens; and re-enact a busy-bee! Prepare for a program full of laughter, exploration, and a growing love for the earth. Each junior farmer will take home a small seed pot planted by themselves, ready to watch it grow, and be cared for.

For younger students in pre-school and kindergarten, a one-hour program will include an egg-citing egg hunt in a small area of the heritage farm.

City:

Richmond

Duration:

For Grades:

K, 1, 2, 3

Months Available:

April, May, June, July, August, September

Days Offered:

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Times Offered:

9:30 am, 10:00 am, 10:30 am, 11:00 am, 11:30 am, 12:00 pm, 12:15 pm, 12:30 pm, 1:00 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm

Maximum Students:

Offered In French:

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Loop Scoop (grades 4-6)

Langley Environmental Partners Society

Taking a closer look at the "life story" of everyday objects, students discover the true "cost" in terms of environmental impact in the production, distribution and disposal of products. Students are empowered to consider putting into practice a second set of 3 R's: Refuse, Repair and Repurpose.

City:

Langley

Duration:

For Grades:

4, 5, 6

Months Available:

January, February, March, April, May, June

Days Offered:

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Times Offered:

9:00 am, 9:30 am, 10:00 am, 10:30 am, 11:00 am, 11:30 am, 12:00 pm, 12:15 pm, 12:30 pm, 1:00 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm

Maximum Students:

Offered In French:

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Lost Toys

Museum of Vancouver

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:

Vancouver

Duration:

For Grades:

K, 1, 2

Months Available:

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

Days Offered:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Times Offered:

10:00 am, 12:00 pm

Maximum Students:

Offered In French:

Yes

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Machines at Work

Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site

Examine the simple machines found in our one-of-a-kind restored canning line and Herring Reduction Plant in Machines at Work!

Machines make the assembly line process faster, safer, and less labour intensive. Six simple machines can be found by examining the machines along the Canning Line and the Herring Reduction Plant.

Watch as the machines come to life on our Canning Line, then put your learning to work by exploring the components and operation of the technology in our Herring Reduction Plant.

City:

Richmond

Duration:

For Grades:

Months Available:

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

Days Offered:

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Times Offered:

10:00 am, 10:30 am, 11:00 am, 11:30 am, 12:00 pm, 12:15 pm, 12:30 pm, 1:00 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:00 pm

Maximum Students:

Offered In French:

Yes

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Man the Oars and Chart the Coast

Vancouver Maritime Museum

Experience what life at sea would have been like over 200 years ago! Discover the significance of Captain George Vancouver’s voyage to the Pacific Northwest. Learn about the challenges he and his crew faced and how they overcame them.

City:

Online

Duration:

For Grades:

4, 5

Months Available:

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

Days Offered:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Times Offered:

10:00 am, 12:30 pm

Maximum Students:

Offered In French:

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Marketing Day at Playland

Pacific National Exhibition

Students self-navigate Playland in order to answer questions about the park’s operations. Questions are designed to get students thinking about the business aspect of running an amusement park and the factors that need to be considered when establishing its procedures and policies. In 2024, the program will run along side our Amusement Park Science Program. https://www.pne.ca/playland/schools/

City:

Vancouver

Duration:

See notes.

For Grades:

8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Months Available:

May

Days Offered:

Wednesday, Thursday

Times Offered:

10:00 am