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Book a digital "visit" to the Nikkei National Museum for your class! Learn about Japanese Canadian history and culture through virtual exhibit tours and stories from our elders. A Nikkei National Museum facilitator will guide you via your video call platform of choice. Programs run 30 or 60 minutes and can run on multiple days. Reserve your digital program here: https://centre.nikkeiplace.org/digital-taiken-reservation/

We are pleased to announce that our popular and fun Chinese New Year programs are taking place this year! 

Not able to come to the Garden in-person?

Join us in your classroom! 
Lesson Kits will be available to buy from mid-January. These kits will include:

• exclusive online access to teaching plans, photocopiable material and more so you can recreate our program in your own school.
• materials for each student to make a Chinese New Year craft

For a small extra fee, teachers can also opt to borrow a Chinese New Year Props kit, with all the decorations and props needed to illustrate the traditions, tell the stories and create a Lion Dance parade. 

Join us online! 
Find free Chinese New Year learning activities on our website from mid-January.

Visit our website for more details!

https://vancouverchinesegarden.com/schools/chinese-new-year/

If you are able to come to the Garden with your group, we are currently closed to the public but we will be open for school groups in 2021. With Covid safety protocols in mind, spots will be limited this year with adequate time in between groups for sanitization.

CNY group bookings will be available from February 1st to February 26th 2021.

We look forward to celebrating New Year with you - whether online or in person!

This 30-minute live digital program is adapted from MOA’s onsite Archaeology of the Lower Fraser River program, which was designed in collaboration with archaeologists from the Laboratory of Archaeology at UBC. During the program students will discover the rich 9,000 year history of the First Nations communities along the Lower Fraser River.  With the help of volunteer facilitators during the live digital component, students will learn about the life ways, tools and technology used by First Nations people. This is done by observing and studying ancient cultural belongings using 3D and live images.  The live digital component is part of an overall unit plan, with prerequisite lessons that show the techniques used by archaeologists to find and identify the belongings.

Once you book this school program, you will receive the complete unit plan by email, along with confirmation of date and time of the live digital component.

https://moa.ubc.ca/school-programs/types/archaeology-of-the-lower-fraser-river/ 

Having a Voice is designed to fit the Grade 5 Social Studies: Canadian Issues and Governance curriculum. All classes and community groups are invited to use the kit. Students or community groups will use the contents of this kit and their inquiry process skills to address participation and representation in BC politics, the electoral process and electoral boundaries.

Virtual Program Add-on

Bring the MOV to your school with education kits designed to augment your virtual field trip, making it a “hands-on” interactive learning experience. Education Kits are available for the following virtual field trips:

· Cedar and Sealskin

· Ancient Worlds

· Resilience and Reconciliation (for add-on portion only)

Education Kits are quarantined for 3 days between two rentals and are available for pick up at the MOV.

Join OWL (Orphaned Wildlife) Rehabilitation Society in this unique virtual experience to learn about the amazing species of raptors that call BC home, the features and adaptations that make them unique, how they respond to their environment, and about the dangers they face and how you can help. You also get the chance to meet some of OWL’s Raptor Ambassadors up close on camera! Each program will be focused to each grade level that is participating.

Have a specific topic in mind? We are more than happy to work with you to make the program you are looking for. Some popular requests include focusing on a specific species, such as owls or just hawks, life cycles, or food chains.

The program also comes in a 40-minute length for those who don't have time for a 60-minute program or for the younger grades. 

For more information or to book, please visit: https://www.owlrehab.org/education/virtual/

This tour includes:

• Learning how homes were built more than 100 years ago by European Settlers and Local Indigenous people. Artifact investigation;

• Visiting the Natural History Wall and learning about local animals;

• Includes a guided outdoor walking tour exploring how animals have returned to the mine sites now that the industry is inactive.