Educational Programs

Educational programs focus on human history and natural history of British Columbia.

Onsite Lab: Natural History

Target Audience: Grade k-12

Spend an hour with a museum educator in the Natural History gallery and focus on a related subject of your choice. Anything from insects, life in a tidepool, changing climates to adaptations in a rainforest.

Digital En Ligne: Français

Target audience: K-12
Tuesday's at 1:00pm

Select from one of our French themes for your digital visit: Rencontrez le mammouth (Meet the Mammoth) or Ruée vers l'or en Colombie-Britannique (Gold Rush of BC)

Digital: Amazing Adaptations

Target audience: K-3
Tuesdays at 9:30am, Thursdays at 1:00pm

Plants and animals have features (body parts) and behaviours that help them survive. These are called adaptations. Learn about some BC animals and the amazing ways they survive and thrive in our local environments through this visit to the natural history gallery.

Digital: Dinosaurs! Adaptations & Habitats

Target audience: Grade K-2
Thursdays at 11:30am

Explore the different ways dinosaurs used their bodies to survive in their habitats millions of years ago. Through the inspection of plant and dinosaur fossils, students will discover how dinosaurs found food and interacted with their environments. They'll even learn how animals on earth now give us clues about how dinosaurs looked and behaved.

Digital: Gold Rush of BC

Target audience: Grade 4 (can be adapted for adult audience)
Tuesdays at 2:00pm, Thursdays at 10:30am

In 1858, when gold was discovered in the Fraser River, what is now known as British Columbia became a destination for hopeful miners from around the world. For every gold seeker who rushed here, there were factors that drove them from their homelands and dreams that enticed to a new and foreign place. The impacts of the gold rush on British Columbia were large, and lasting.

Digital: Investigating Insects

Target audience: 3-5
Thursdays at 9:30am and 2:00pm

Get up close and personal with insects! Insect bodies and behaviours have a lot to teach us. Join us as we investigate insect specimens from the Royal BC Museum collections. Bring your curiosity for this interactive look into the world of Insects!

Digital: Meet the Mammoth

Target audience: Grade 1, 3 and 4 (can be adapted for adult audience)
Thursdays 10:00am

Learn about the Ice Age and the Woolly Mammoths who lived there. Using images, video and objects we will learn about how Woolly Mammoths adapted to survive in the Ice Age. There are lots of opportunities for questions and interaction.

Digital: Tech Test

Monday and Wednesday at 2:45 pm, 3:00 pm, 3:15 pm, and 3:30 pm

Book a test if you haven’t booked with us before or if you want to make sure your set-up works (computer, projector, speakers, microphone, etc.)

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