BC Field Trips

Fraser River Discovery Centre

Address

788 Quayside Drive

New Westminster

British Columbia

Canada

V3M 6Z6

General Contact

Reception Desk

Phone:

604 521-8401

Registration Details

Registration Methods:

Website

Payment Methods:

Cash

Cheque

Interac

VISA

MasterCard

Deposit:

No

Cancellation Policy:

Groups will be billed in full for any cancellation made less than three weeks before the booking.

Deposit Comment:

Program fee is $9 + GST per student, minimum charge of $108.00 (+GST) per booking (equates to 12 students). Fees are due three weeks before booking date. Please contact us about delayed payment options. Programs must be booked at least 3 weeks in advance.

Other Registration Info:

Masks are recommended for all visitors. All materials will be fully sanitized between use, and the staff will wear masks. If there are additional safety protocols we need to follow, please contact us. Please note, small group work is part of each program, with frequent sanitation of touched objects.

Program Contact

Title:

Education Programs Manager

Phone:

604 521-8401 x 105

E-Mail:

programs@fraserriverdiscovery.org

Registration Contact

Title:

Education Assistant

Phone:

604-521-8401 x 108

E-Mail:

programs@fraserriverdiscovery.org

Facility Information

Wheelchair Accessibility:

Yes

Food Services:

No

Kitchen Services:

No

Lunchroom:

No

Parking:

No

Public Transit:

Bus

SkyTrain

Taxi

Washrooms:

Yes

Our Trips

Taking the Pulse of the Fraser

(Grades 6-9) Follow each step of the scientific method to conduct a water quality investigation. During this 2 hour workshop students observe and become curious about the Fraser River, do background research, construct hypotheses, test their hypotheses by doing experiments, analyze their data, draw a conclusion, and report their results. Students determine whether the current temperature, pH, and turbidity will or will not be above acceptable levels for salmon survival.

This program is divided into:

Introduction Outside (5 minutes)
Observe and Conduct Background Research
- Observe the Fraser (outdoor observation and water sample collection 20 minutes)
- 5-minute transfer to upstairs exhibit gallery
- Background research (10 minutes upstairs exhibit search, 10 minutes presentations)
- Construct hypotheses (10 minutes)
Stations (25 minutes each)
- Turbidity Testing Station
- pH Testing Station
Conclusion (10 minutes)

For more information, visit our website or email us.

Online booking form here.

Our Bones are Made of Salmon

(Grades 4-7) Explore local Indigenous People's connections to the environment by comparing traditional salmon fishing tools, and learn how Aboriginal people preserve their culture from two local elders who share oral histories through a storytelling film.

This program is divided into:

Introduction to program, centre and rules Outside (5 minutes)
Salmon Origins Storytelling Film Theatre (20 minutes)
Introduction in Theatre: (10 minutes)
2 Stations (25 minutes)
- Salmon Fishing Tools and Methods (Hands-on inqury of traditional Indigenous fishing tools)
- Wind-drying Salmon (Exploration of the method used to dry salmon in the Fraser Canyon, and a workshop on sharpening traditional slate knives)
Conclusion Theatre (5 minutes)

For more information, visit our website or email us.

Online booking form here.

From Pollution To Solution

(Grades 2-5) Examine different types of pollutants an where they come from, and evaluate how individual actions contribute to the health of the river.

This program is divided into:

Introduction to the Centre, Program and Rules (5 minutes)
PowerPoint Presentation (10 minutes)
Activities (25 minutes each)
- Swim Like Fin board game.
- Examine how plastic pollution affects the birds around the Fraser River Basin.
Video: Journey of the Blob (10 minutes)
Conclusion (5 minutes)

For more information, visit our website or email us.

Online booking form here.

The Trading Trail

(Grades 4-7) Explore the economic and technological exchanges between local Indigenous people and early European settlers during the fur trade and become archaeologists as they dig for artifacts that represent key events in the development of BC.

This program is divided into:

Introduction: PowerPoint Presentation (20 minutes)
Stations (20 minute stations)
- Archeology Dig (dig in our archeology sandbox for artifacts and explore what those artifacts mean for BC)
- Archaeologist’s Journal (sketch artifacts and make inquiries into their purposes based on archeological data)
- FRDC Trading Post Game (consider value of objects for explorers and Indigenous people in developing BC in a Deal or No Deal inspired competition)
Conclusion (10 minutes)

For more information, visit our website or email us.

Online booking form here.

Living Dinosaurs: The White Sturgeon

(Grades K-7) Assess the survival needs of white sturgeon with a special focus on evaluating human impacts on the environment. The program includes hands-on stations about sturgeon life cycle and anatomy, and a sturgeon survival game focused on the habitat needs of sturgeon in the Fraser River.

This program is divided into:

Introduction to the Centre and Program Content (5 minutes)
PowerPoint (15 minutes)
Stations (20 minutes each)
- Anatomy and Life Cycle (Explore the life cycle stages of the river sturgeon with our life sized model and perserved samples)
- Sturgeon Survival Game (Consider the obstacles in the different stages of a sturgeons life with this consequence judgement game)
- Station #3 is Age Dependent
  - Felt Board Habitat (K-2) (Explore and create a narrative story around the life of sturgeon)
  - Water Testing (2-3) (Use the scientific method to test a water sample taken by the class from our boardwalk)
  - Tagging Lesson (3-7) (Role-play as marine biologists, using the math inquiry that they would to learn more about sturgeon)
Conclusion, Theatre (10 minutes)

For more information, visit our website or email us.

Online booking form here.