Make a Butterfly with Kiron Mukherjee

This week we are joined by museum educator and storyteller Kiron Mukherjee for some cross country museum art activities. With spring here (both in British Columbia and Toronto), what new curious critters have returned to your neighbourhood? Get ready for paper towel art to make colourful butterflies. 

Join us virtually for a special 45 minute session with archivist Genevieve Weber and she will share tips and answer your questions about searching on-line for primary resources at the BC Archives.

Please click the link below to join the webinar: 
https://zoom.us/j/94879393271?pwd=U2xSelp5K3l1RlVnZXF2YXdJVWRoZz09
Password: 364432

Ethnobotany of Some Chinese Melons

Curious about food security? Join curator of botany, Dr. Ken Marr for a discussion about the process of plant domestication and how people have changed plants over generations.

Please click the link below to join the webinar: 

https://zoom.us/j/94568891269 

Insect and Spider Diversity an an Urban Yard - Part 2

Explore your backyard with new point of view. Join curator of entomology, Dr. Joel Gibson while he explores his back yard and find out what might be creeping, flying or crawling in your urban environment. 

Please click the link below to join the webinar: 
https://zoom.us/j/99714616783

Dinos are back!

Make Your Own Dinosaur Footprints with Dr. Victoria Arbour

With the help of some toy dinosaurs, we’ll learn about how dinosaur footprints fossilize, how we can identify different types of dinosaurs by their footprints, and what we can learn about dinosaur behaviour from their tracks! 

RBCM @ Home (Kids) is hosted by Chris O'Connor.

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Recollecting Women Artists at the BC Archives

Join curator of prints and images Dr. India Young for a talk on women artists in the Royal BC Museums and BC Archives collection, particularly Hilda “Vince” Foster and Katja Krahnstoever.

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://zoom.us/j/93996806660

Whether you’re checking curriculum info on your couch or tackling schoolwork on your tablet, we’ve got plenty of ways for you to explore BC’s natural history and human history.

RBCM @ Home (Office Hours) is support just for educators (including parents at home)! Royal BC Museum learning staff will be on hand at each session to walk educators through the museum and archives’ online resources and answer questions.  RBCM @ Home (Office Hours) takes place every second Monday and Friday. We’ll offer live support through Zoom and by phone during Office Hours.

Connecting Family Histories - The Louie Family

Hear first hand from the curator of history, Dr. Tzu-I Chung, how she collects and connects family stories based on her experience working with BC's Louie family for the Royal BC Museum's 2017 exhibition, Families Bonds and Belonging.

Please click the link below to join the webinar: 
https://zoom.us/j/98691401311

Nature Detectives with Jana Stefan

Phenology is the study of how the changing seasons affect the plants, animals and weather of a particular ecosystem or location.

Join special guest Jana Stefan, exhibit artist at the Royal BC Museum, for some sleuthing in order to observe what is blooming, hatching or otherwise changing in the natural world around (or inside!) our homes. You'll then be able to use your creativity and artistic skill to record those observations on your very own phenology wheel. 

Insect and Spider Diversity in an Urban Yard - Part 1

Explore your backyard with new point of view. Join curator of entomology, Dr. Joel Gibson while he explores his back yard and find out what might be creeping, flying or crawling in your urban environment. 

Please click the link below to join the webinar: 
https://zoom.us/j/95386904938 

Whether you’re checking curriculum info on your couch or tackling schoolwork on your tablet, we’ve got plenty of ways for you to explore BC’s natural history and human history.

RBCM @ Home (Office Hours) is support just for educators (including parents at home)! Royal BC Museum learning staff will be on hand at each session to walk educators through the museum and archives’ online resources and answer questions.  RBCM @ Home (Office Hours) takes place every second Monday and Friday. We’ll offer live support through Zoom and by phone during Office Hours.

Documenting Marine Biodiversity 

The Royal BC Museum's curator of invertebrate zoology Dr. Henry Choong and his guest Dr. Gustav Paulay, curator of marine malacology at the Florida Museum of Natural History will share from stories from the field. 

Please click the link below to join the webinar: 
https://zoom.us/j/96292194737

Mini-Diorama Making with Megan Anderson

Join exhibit artist Megan Anderson to learn about some of the stories behind the gallery exhibits at the Royal BC Museum.​Have you ever wondered what goes into creating some of your favorite Museum exhibits? Want to try making one of your own? 

Grab your craft supplies, found objects, and your imagination as we create our own mini-dioramas. 

Preserving for Posterity: how Archivists are documenting the pandemic

Join BC Archives' archivist Genevieve Weber and City Archivist for the City of Coquitlam Archives Emily Lonie for a discussion on what archivists are doing both for work and their own records to document daily lives during Covid-19.

Please click the link below to join the webinar: 
https://zoom.us/j/93981490056

Whether you’re checking curriculum info on your couch or tackling schoolwork on your tablet, we’ve got plenty of ways for you to explore BC’s natural history and human history.

RBCM @ Home (Office Hours) is online support just for educators (including parents at home!). Royal BC Museum learning staff will be on hand at each session to walk educators through the museum and archives’ online resources and answer questions.  RBCM @ Home (Office Hours) takes place every second Monday and Friday. We’ll offer live support through Zoom and by phone during Office Hours.

Whales in the Collection: From Sand to Shelves

Curator of vertebrates, Dr. Gavin Hanke will take us through the steps involved in adding a whale skeleton to a museum collection. 

Please click the link below to join the webinar: 
https://zoom.us/j/97238941148

Celebrate Earth Day by taking a virtual walk through the Native Plant Garden at the Royal BC Museum with Curator of Botany Dr. Ken Marr. We’ll have a look at some indigenous plants of BC and demonstrate a few fun activities for sharing nature with children (young and old).

Please click this URL to join. https://zoom.us/j/295117023

Go Fish with Dr. Gavin Hanke

Happy Earth Day!

Join Dr. Gavin Hanke, Curator of Vertebrate Zoology, to explore the different ways to look at, wonder about, and draw fish. During this session we look closely at an old favourite, the London Shubunkin Goldfish.

RBCM @ Home (kids) is hosted by Chris O'Connor.

What you'll need:

April is Sikh Heritage Month. Join us virtually for 40 minute session just for educators with author Steven Purewal. We’ll look at how you can link Sikh heritage to curriculum and weave it into learning experiences.

When: Apr 21, 2020 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://zoom.us/j/568750548