Celebrate Black history month! Join a digital access specialist at BC Archives, for a peek inside the scrapbook of Selena Smith, a Black Canadian 19th-century musician and teacher. We will explore the calling cards, musical programs, and letters that document Selena’s many accomplishments and use these primary sources to pull together the details of her life. Hone your detective skills to gain insights through primary sources into the life of someone who lived and died over 100 years ago!
Celebrate Black history month! Join a digital access specialist at BC Archives, for a peek inside the scrapbook of Selena Smith, a Black Canadian 19th-century musician and teacher. We will explore the calling cards, musical programs, and letters that document Selena’s many accomplishments and use these primary sources to pull together the details of her life. Hone your detective skills to gain insights through primary sources into the life of someone who lived and died over 100 years ago!
Join a museum educator on an investigative journey through the natural history gallery as we explore some techniques that educators use to communicate science! Be prepared to use your observation skills and practice scientific illustration skills with one our talented exhibit designers!
Grades 4 to 7
Pre and post visit material:
https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/pathways/drawing-nature/?view=look
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.
Grades 4 to 5
Pre and post visit resources: https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/playlist/bcs-gold-rush/
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.
Grades K to 3
Pre and post visit resources: https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/playlist/amazing-adaptations/
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 environment. They’ll even learn how animals on earth now give us clues about how dinosaurs looked and behaved.
Grades K to 2
