Program Length: 60 minutes

Program Description: This program takes place in the Dinosaurs of BC exhibition and the museum classroom. In the gallery students become scientists and learn about Ferrisaurus sustutensis and its adaptations. In the museum classroom, students experience the excitement of discover with a simulated dinosaur dig.

Program Keywords/ Vocab: Paleontologist, fossil, adaptations, scientist

Target Audience: Grades k – 1

Program Format:

1. Introductions to the Royal BC Museum, the presenter, and an overview of the program
2. Visit the Dinosaurs of BC Exhibit, learn what a paleontologist is and study the star of the show: Buster
3. Participate in a simulated dinosaur fossil dig. Learn about the tools that paleontologists use in the field and dig up your own fossils to share with the group.
4. Summary of what we have done and learned

Learning Objectives:

Practice observation skills

Be able to describe what Paleontologists do

BC Curricular Connections:

Science K-Plants and animals have observable features.

Science 1-Living things have features and behaviours that help them survive their environment.

Math K-Objects have attributes that can be described, measured, and compared.

Math 1-Objects and shapes have attributes that can be described, measured and compared.

First Peoples Principles of Learning:

Learning ultimately supports the well-being of the self, the family, the community, the land, the spirits, and the ancestors.

Cost: $99

Availability: Wednesdays and Fridays until December - 9:00 am, 10:30 am and 1:00 pm

Program Length: 60 minutes

Program Description: This program can be whatever you want it to be! 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. Please use the booking form to describe what subject your group would like to explore.

Program Keywords/ Vocab: Natural History, environment, climate, adaptations

Target Audience: Grades k – 12

Program Format:

1. Introductions to the Royal BC Museum, the presenter, and an overview of the program
2. Visit the Natural History gallery with an interactive activity
3. Explore objects and specimens using the Learning Centre’s Handling Collection
4. Summary of what we have done and sharing what we learned

Learning Objectives:

Practice observation skills

Be curious about the natural world around you

BC Curricular Connections:

Curricular Connections depends on the grade and subject picked

First Peoples Principles of Learning:

Learning ultimately supports the well-being of the self, the family, the community, the land, the spirits, and the ancestors.

Learning is holistic, reflexive, reflective, experiential, and relational (focused on connectedness, on reciprocal relationships, and a sense of place).

Cost: $99

Availability: Wednesdays and Fridays until December 22, 2023
9:00 am, 10:30 am and 1:00 pm

Program Length: 60 minutes

Program Description: Explore a variety of Indigenous innovations and technologies practiced by First Nations' peoples of BC. While sharing and discussing, RBCM's Indigenous Learning Program Developer will highlight three to four innovations and practices of BC First Nations with the visual support of objects and images.

Program Keywords/Vocab: First Peoples', Technology, Innovation, Dugout Canoes, Weaving, Adornment

Target Audience: Grades 6-12

Program Format: Depending on participants curricular needs, interests and abilities this program may be adapted or modified to suit learners and learning outcomes

1. Introduction
2. Pre-activity – Pair share brainstorm, shared reading
3. Investigation:
   Share object(s) that illustrate the sophistication, ingenuity, technique, and innovation
4. Discuss contemporary, global influence and adaptation
5. Questions are welcomed throughout the program

Learning Objectives:

Analyze the exchanges of ideas, practises, and materials involving First Nations pre-contact and post-contact. Describe traditional BC First Nations technologies, including the uses of plants and animals

BC Curricular Connections:

Grades 6-12 First Peoples and Social Studies, example of Content

Social Studies 8 – Technological innovations

First Peoples Principles of Learning:

Learning is holistic, reflexive, reflective, experiential, and relational (focused on connectedness, on reciprocal relationships, and a sense of place)

Cost: $99

Availability: Wednesdays and Fridays starting in October – 10:30 am and 1:00 pm

BC teachers may book a self-directed, on-site tour for their classrooms. Please be advised of the following:

- The Natural History of BC Gallery is open.

- The First Peoples Gallery and Becoming BC Gallery are closed as work to modernize the museum takes place.

- The Old Town exhibit (part of the former Becoming BC Gallery) reopened July 29, 2023 with a new approach. Some parts will look the same and some a little different. We invite you to consider what changes might make future spaces more relevant, inclusive and engaging.

- Information about our current feature exhibitions is available here.

- We need your ideas, your feedback, your voice. Join the conversation about what’s next at your museum rbcm.ca/whatsnext

BC Grade School self-directed onsite visits are available Tuesday through Friday.

Our self-directed museum admission rates are as follows:

From Sep 5 2023 - Jan 14, 2024:

Indigenous $0.00

BC Student (Gr k-12) –$8.00 for all exhibitions ($0.00 for Natural History Gallery and Old Town display), available Tue, Wed, Thurs, Fri
Youth (age 6-18 non-BC student & out-of-school programs) - $15.26
Adults (age 19-64) - $26.96
Chaperone‡ - $0.00

Rates include GST

Rates are subject to change