In-Person Field Trips

Guided Fieldtrip

Our guided field trips are interactive ways to take a closer look at the museum’s core galleries. Our museum educators will provide tailored tours, aligning with your curriculum while enhancing the learning experience. Each fieldtrip is 60 minutes long and includes access to a variety of educational materials to support pre- and post-visit learning.

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Natural History

Spend an hour with a museum educator as they transform the Natural History gallery into an interactive learning experience. Tailor the focus of this guided tour to suit your curriculum needs and interests. Whether you want to delve into the fascinating world of insects, explore life in a tidepool, understand the impacts of climate change, or study the incredible adaptations in a rainforest, we will work with you on delivering a tour that suites your needs.

When booking this guided fieldtrip please describe what subject your group would like to explore. Self-guided visits to the core galleries are included with your field trip booking at no additional charge. Visits to feature exhibitions or IMAX Victoria theatre require a separate booking through our booking office and are an additional charge.

Audience: Grades K–12
Availability:
Wednesdays 9:00–10:00 am, 10:30–11:30 or 1:00–2:00 pm
Fridays 9:00–10:00 am, 10:30–11:30 or 1:00–2:00 pm
Program length: 60 minutes
Cost: $99 per class

Capacity: up to 35 students maximum plus chaperones. If you have additional students please book an additional field trip for another time or day.
Chaperone Ratio: 1 adult per 5 students for grade K–8 and 1 adult per 10 students for grade 9–12 required for field trip visits.

Learning Objectives

●  Practice observation skills
●  Be curious about the natural world around you

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)

BC Curricular Connections

●  Depends on the grade and subject chosen

First Peoples’ Innovations

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

Audience: Grades 6–12
Availability:
Wednesdays 10:30–11:30 or 1:00–2:00 pm
Fridays 10:30–11:30 or 1:00–2:00 pm
Cost: $99 per class
Capacity: up to 35 students maximum plus chaperones. If you have additional students please book an additional field trip for another time or day.
Chaperone Ratio: 1 adult per 5 students for grade K–8 and 1 adult per 10 students for grade 9–12

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

First Peoples Principles of Learning:

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

BC Curricular Connections:

●  Grades 6–12 First Peoples and social studies, example of content
●  Grade 8 Social studies, technological innovations

Self-Guided Field Trips

Explore the museum’s core galleries on a self-guided fieldtrip. Choose an age-appropriate activity guide tailored to enhance your students’ learning experience. Each guide offers creative activities that encourage observation and connection to classroom themes and big ideas. Choose from a variety of activities or customize your field trip to focus on your specific interests.

Please be advised the First Peoples gallery and parts of the Becoming BC gallery are closed as work to modernize the museum takes place.

Request a Field Trip

Audience: Grades K–12
Availability: Tuesday through Friday
Cost: BC public and independent grade schools access core galleries free of charge through school bookings made a minimum of two business days in advance. Admission rates apply for other schools or groups, please contact us for more information.
Capacity: up to 35 students maximum plus chaperones. If you have additional students please book an additional field trip for another time or day.
Chaperone Ratio: 1 adult per 5 students for grade K–8 and 1 adult per 10 students for grade 9–12 required for field trip visits.

Natural History Gallery

Visit the Natural History gallery and turn your learning into an interactive experience. With our activity guides, you can tailor your visit to match your curriculum needs and interests, all while exploring the unique natural heritage of British Columbia.

Whether you want to delve into the fascinating world of insects, explore life in a tidepool, understand the impacts of climate change, or study the incredible adaptations in a rainforest, these activity guides will enhance your visit.

Grades K–2
Themes: change, communities, and the needs of living things found in the galleries.

Grades 3–7
Themes: habitats and communities, ecosystems and diversity of life.

Grades 8–12
Themes: invites conversation and critical thinking about four different objects in each gallery.

Museum Backline Masters

If you are looking for your visit to connect to a specific inquiry theme or question, use one of the Museum Backline Masters pages. These four different activities allow students to make their own observations during an unscripted exploration of the core galleries.

Grades 3–7
Themes: communities past and present, change, Aboriginal cultures, artistic expression and culture, Aboriginal technologies, the environment affecting human activities, transportation, exploration, needs of living things, structures, habitats and communities, simple machines, ecosystems.

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