January

Program Description & Details

Bring your class to The Reach for an interactive field trip that connects art, history, and culture to the curriculum in fun and meaningful ways. Students explore exhibitions through guided tours, hands-on activities, and creative projects that encourage critical thinking and personal connections.

Tour Options:

  • Tour & Try – Exhibition tour + art activity (70–90 min) – $10/person

  • Tour Only – Exhibition tour (30–45 min) – $7/person

  • The Reach + Clearbrook Library – Tour & Try + Storytime and new Library Cards (2 hrs) – $10/person at The Reach, free at the Library

Exhibitions & Activities:

  • Parallax(e): Perspectives on the Canada–U.S. Border – Explore how borders shape communities, cultures, and ecosystems. Includes a scavenger hunt for added fun!

  • Collective Making – Get hands-on by painting your own “Personal Geography,” exploring Stó:lō waterways on an interactive map, and learning about the border through creative activities.

  • Voices of the Valley – Discover Abbotsford’s past through artifacts, photos, and documents. Interactive touchscreens let students dig into primary sources while exploring stories of how our community has grown and changed.

Details:

  • Open to groups of all ages and abilities

  • Available Tuesday–Friday

  • Maximum group size: 90 at The Reach / 120 with Library partnership

  • One adult chaperone per 10 students - teachers & chaperones free entry

Make history and art come alive for your students—book your group tour today!

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Duration: 
90
For Grades: 
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Teachers Only
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No
Program Description & Details

Take your class outdoors to experience your school ground or local park with the help of our Teacher Activity Kits. Each kit is FREE to borrow and are available for a two-week loan. 

- Animal ID
- Binoculars
- Bird Olympics
- Bug Jars
- Nature Art
- Plant ID
- Weaving Frames

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For Grades: 
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Offered In French: 
No
Program Description & Details

Researchers gather samples to investigate the health issues facing salmon populations. In this outreach program, students will explore indigenous sampling methods alongside western techniques for analyzing fish scales and otoliths. By utilizing these approaches, they will also examine the most pressing threats to salmon and their habitats, while analyzing current methodologies. 

Grades: 8-12                          Length: 1 hour                Maximum group size: 30 students

Program Components:

  • Analyze samples to investigate growth and migration patterns of salmon populations.
  • Explore Indigenous sampling methods and discuss the benefits and drawbacks of different methods.
  • Learn about western techniques for analyzing fish scales and otoliths to determine age. 
  • Examine the most pressing threats to salmon and their habitats and how to make informed conservation decisions.

For more information, visit our website or email us. 

Online booking form here

Duration: 
60
For Grades: 
8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Maximum Students: 
Offered In French: 
No
Program Description & Details

Salmon undergo a laborious journey to return home to their natal stream. In this outreach program, students will become familiar with salmon migration in the Lower Mainland. They will be introduced to the challenges of salmon during their journey home and how their physical structures are adapted to overcome such obstacles. One of the main challenges addressed is the blockages of the river, which prevent salmon from completing their migration. As such, tools known as fish passes are created to support salmon survival and are monitored through PIT tagging procedures.

Grades: 4-7                          Length: 1 hour                Maximum group size: 30 students

Program Components:

  • Learn how salmon migrate up the river and the obstacles they face along the way.
  • Discover new technologies and how the design of fishways must be adapted to fish behaviour. 
  • Learn about existing fish passages infrastructure and use this to design their own models. 
  • Perform biological tests on a model salmon, such as taking measurements and determining characteristics.

For more information, visit our website or email us. 

Online booking form here

Duration: 
60
For Grades: 
4, 5, 6, 7
Maximum Students: 
Offered In French: 
No
Program Description & Details

In this engaging outreach program designed for students in grades K-3, children will explore the fascinating world of ecosystems and discover what contributes to their health or decline, while focusing on salmon habitats. They will gain an understanding of the essential needs of both plants and animals, as well as the adaptations these species have developed to thrive in their environments.

This program requires a large space, in a gymnasium or some other large open space.

Grades: K-3                          Length: 1 hour                Maximum group size: 30 students

Program Components:

  • Introduction to healthy salmon habitats and salmon life cycle.
  • Understand the need of plants and animals to help salmon thrive in their environments.
  • Discover adaptations salmon species have developed within different environments.

For more information, visit our website or email us. 

Online booking form here

Duration: 
60
For Grades: 
K, 1, 2, 3
Maximum Students: 
Offered In French: 
No
Program Description & Details

Objects help us to tell the stories of people, places, and moments in time that make up how we understand our communities. 

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Duration: 
60
For Grades: 
K, 1, 2, 3, 9
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A class tour, led by a Metro Vancouver wastewater operations team member, to discover the complex story of wastewater collection and treatment in our region.

 

Lulu Island Wastewater Treatment Plant treats 26 billion litres of wastewater annually. The plant provides secondary treatment to wastewater from about 172,000 residents in the western part of Richmond.

Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant treats 32 billion liters ​​of wastewater annually. The plant provides primary treatment to wastewater from about 180,000 residents in the District of West Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver, and the District of North Vancouver.​

Wastewater Treatment Plant Facility Tour for Schools | Metro Vancouver

 

Duration: 
60
For Grades: 
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Offered In French: 
No
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This is a test.

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Duration: 
15
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No
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TAILOR YOUR VISIT
Create unique learning opportunities for your students in multiple disciplines by exploring sport, history, and Olympic and Paralympic values. Whether you are teaching social studies, STEM, physical education, or the arts, the Richmond Olympic Experience delivers customizable field trips to enhance educator's curriculum delivery through the lens of sport. Book now to reserve your spot!

See our current offerings/prices by following the links below:

2025 Education Program Flatsheet

2025 Education Program Pricing

Contact for more information:

 

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K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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New for 2025! - Inspire your students and celebrate diversity through our new Para Sport education program and team building exercises. Students will understand and reflect on the para-athlete experience through participation in Sitting Volleyball and Wheelchair Basketball in an Olympic legacy venue.

Book by email: schools@richmondoval.ca

Book by phone: 604-240-2366

City: 
Duration: 
90
For Grades: 
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Maximum Students: 
Offered In French: 
No
Program Description & Details

Introduce students to Metro Vancouver’s watersheds through an engaging, curriculum connected, in-class program facilitated by a watershed educator, who brings the watersheds to you. A mix of thinking and movement-based activities will keep students engaged in a fun and memorable way as we explore where our drinking water comes from, water use, sustainability, and what makes watershed ecosystems important. ​​

Welcome to the Watersheds In-Class Program | Metro Vancouver

Duration: 
60
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Offered In French: 
Yes
Program Description & Details

Can’t get here in person? No problem! We bring the museum to you with our Digital Fieldtrips. These live, interactive programs are led by our staff and designed to be inquiry-based, ensuring a dynamic and engaging experience. With two-way interaction, we can see and hear you, and you can see and hear us, making classroom participation both fun and educational.

To participate, you'll need a computer with a camera, a wired high-speed internet connection, and a large screen with sound. Visit the link for details: 

https://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/learn/online-learning-programs/digital-field-trips

 

City: 
Duration: 
30
For Grades: 
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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September 15, 2025-June 25, 2026

Explore community, local identity, and common ground through the lens of city park planning. This program uses works from the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection, encouraging students to collaboratively design and construct their own mini urban green space. 

Curriculum Tie-ins: Art Education, Social Studies, Geography, Math, Design, STEAM

Duration: 
90
For Grades: 
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Maximum Students: 
Offered In French: 
No
Program Description & Details

How do Indigenous peoples enact their rights to their cultural belongings held in museums? How are they changing museums through activism, public discourse and evolving relationships?

In this program, students will tour selected cultural belongings and artworks by Indigenous artists, exploring themes of Indigenous self-determination and ethical dimensions of museum practice. Following the tour, students will visit the MOA Learning Lab and engage in a hands-on activity of the teacher’s choosing.

Teachers can choose either:

  • An art making activity where students creatively imagine the future of museums, informed by the artist and knowledge keeper perspectives shared during the tour.
  • An inquiry-based activity where students investigate and think critically about works from the touchable teaching collection.

Please note a required in-class activity must be completed prior to this program. See Teachers’ Notes for activity details. 

To book this program, please submit a booking request.

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Duration: 
90
For Grades: 
8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Offered In French: 
No
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How have Indigenous people used public events to claim agency over their representation during times of colonial oppression? How do our experiences, knowledge, and identities shape the way we interpret archival photographs?

In this program, students will visit To Be Seen, To Be Heard: First Nations in Public Spaces, 1900–1965, MOA’s feature exhibition exploring how First Nations people represented themselves as Indigenous in urban public spaces during the period of the potlatch prohibition and other forms of erasure in Canada. After visiting this multimedia exhibition, students will visit a selection of works in MOA’s core galleries to expand on the ideas of To Be Seen, To Be Heard. Finally, students will participate in a reflective art making activity using mixed media self-portraiture to explore themes of representation, agency, and futurity. 

To book this program, please submit a booking request.

City: 
Duration: 
90
For Grades: 
9, 10, 11, 12
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Offered In French: 
No

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