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As classes plant and tend vegetables at local community gardens, students learn about soil and composting, discover the needs of plants, and become environmental stewards.  Throughout the series, they will develop an awareness of environmental issues and social responsibiility as they learn about local food security.  Food grown and harvested is donated to local food banks.

Learn about the history of printmaking in our museum gallery, then develop practical skills and create designs through a one-hour printmaking workshop. Students will use printmaking technology, terminology, and techniques to explore their creative expression through a hands-on workshop and produce collagraph prints on a printing press and relief prints. The program will place a particular emphasis on the prominent figures and print shops in New Westminster’s history as well as the role printmaking plays in fostering communication.

Programs running before April 28, 2019 will include a special tour of our feature exhibition, Getting the Word Out.

https://www.alouetteriver.org/school-programs

Duration: 1.5 – 2 hours
Grade: Grades 3 - 7 (please be advised this workshop is not suitable for younger grades)
Cost: $75

Purpose:

Our streams and rivers are home to dozens of different species of aquatic insects. ARMS instructors will collect the river critters and bring them to your classroom where students will actively identify and view the bugs with microscopes and magnifying glasses. Students will learn how important diversity is to our water systems and the impact we humans have on our watersheds.

https://www.alouetteriver.org/school-programs

Duration:  1.5 hours

Grade:  1 - 3

Cost:  $75 per class

Purpose: 

Students learn the fascinating facts about wildlife trees and their importance to BC’s wildlife. By the end of the presentation students will be familiar with different kinds of native trees to our watershed and learn the importance of wildlife trees to the animals in our area of the Fraser Valley.  Specific wildlife species are also introduced including: black bears, owls, bats, and woodpeckers. The concepts of habitat and ecosystems are discussed and how humans can have a positive or negative impact on the environment.  A walk through the forest is included for all trips to our location in Maple Ridge.  Come dressed for any weather - rain or shine!

https://www.alouetteriver.org/school-programs

Duration:  1 - 1.5 hours (depending on the grade and age level of students)

Grade: Pre K to Grade 3

Cost:  $75

Availability: Spring only from April to end of May

Purpose:  

Compare the lifecycle of a bee and a butterfly.  ARMS instructor will take your students through a 1 - 1.5 hour presentation interactive session.   Each workshop for Preschool children, kindergarten and grade 1 – 3 have a different focus (please enquire upon registration).

We include:
– an observation honey bee hive,
– a demonstration of how we extract honey, young ones can try on the honey suits, pretend to use the smoker and see all the parts of a bee box

– everything you will need to raise caterpillars into butterflies in your classroom (painted lady caterpillars included)! special note:  all efforts are made to supply caterpillar larvae, however, no guarantee is made.

- pollination passports for the grades 2-3, a craft of the teacher’s choosing for ages pk-grade 1.
- an amazing video of the life of a monarch butterfly (an endangered butterfly in our area),

Our main objective is to teach youth about the importance of pollinators in our world!

Step back to Fort Langley, a trading post built by the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1827, to trade with the Indigenous people of this land. As you explore the historic site on this guided tour, learn about the culture of the Indigenous people and the early fur traders.