Education
Our curriculum-based programs allow students of all needs and ages to explore and discuss North Vancouver through hands-on learning and activities.
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Ages: 10+
Museum Field Trip
This 20 minute one-person show is ideal for groups of youth and adults. Through this exciting and thoughtful show, explore MONOVA’s centrepiece installation, Streetcar #153.
After the play, the actor-interpreter will engage in post-show dialogue and share some archival images.
Minimum 10 people per group
All Age Groups
Museum Field Trip
Have one of MONOVA’s education staff provide a guided tour through our Permanent Gallery, highlighting stories, objects, belongings, and photographs from communities on the North Shore.
Minimum 10 people per group
Grades Preschool to Grade 1
Museum Field Trip
Time travel is possible onboard Streetcar #153! Discover how streetcars worked, built our municipalities, and helped residents meet their day-to-day needs. Everyone rode the streetcars and now you can too!
Grades 3 to Adult
Virtual Field Trip or Museum Field Trip
MONOVA’s Indigenous Cultural Programmer, Tsawasiya Spukwus or Senaqwila Wyss from the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Nation will lead participants through an interactive online workshop about Coast Salish wool weaving. Learn to weave a simple yet beautiful wool bracelet in the Coast Salish style.
Grades: 4 – 6
Archives Field Trip
North Vancouver has been home to many noteworthy individuals and historic sites. While uncovering the stories behind these people and places, students will learn to use the Archives and work with original documents and photos. They will investigate significant people such as Harry and Valerie Jerome, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Chief Mathias Joe Capilano and local sites such as the Lions Gate Bridge.
Grades: 7 – 12
Archives Field Trip
Introduce your students to a world of research beyond the reaches of Google and Wikipedia. Working with archival resources such as photographs, maps, plans and more, students will analyze primary source evidence. This program is perfect for teaching students the tools needed to start their own research project.
Grades: 3 – 7
Museum Field Trip
This 30 minute show will give you a whole new perspective on the trees in your neighbourhood. Tree Talks covers tree identification, the history of logging on the North Shore and its technology, how trees are linked to the city’s water supply, and the importance of protecting our old growth forests.
Grades: 2 – 7
Museum Field Trip
Experience firsthand how animals have adapted to the local environment and how a changing climate impacts these incredible creatures. Get to know the diverse wildlife found in North Vancouver with identification tips and even a poop matching game! 30 minutes.
Grades: 3 – 7
Museum Field Trip
The North Shore Mountains are the result of forces happening deep under the ground. This landscape was once covered in glaciers which created many of the shapes we see in the mountains today. Come along to see science in action and discover how the landscape is changing. 30 minutes.
Grades 2 and 3
Classroom Kit
Take the Museum into your classroom! Students work as ‘Photo Detectives’ to analyze historic and modern images and consider the changes that have taken place in their community over time.
Aussi disponible en français.
Grades 2 to 5
Online
Join Buster Bear in exploring North Vancouver and its harbour. Through games, cartoons, and colouring sheets, find out about Moodyville, our early stevedores and port operations past and present.
Grades 2 to 7
Classroom Kit
Explore Lynn Valley through a series of walking experiences, focusing on increasing students’ connections with the outdoors, their neighbourhood and with the idea of place.
Grades 3 – 4
Classroom Kit
Explore the life and legacy of səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Chief Dan George, including the significance of his acting career, activism and efforts to preserve local Indigenous traditions culture.
Grades 4 – 9
Online
Through the recordings and photographs of BC mountaineers, this kit explores the unique topic of mountaineering while focusing on related historical, Indigenous, recreation, conservation and arts topics.
Aussi disponible en français.
Grades 4 – 7
Classroom Kit
This book and education kit explore significant aspects of traditional and contemporary səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) histories, traditions, and cultures. (Available in French or English)
Grades 3, 4 and 5
Classroom Kit or Online
‘A picture is worth a thousand words.’ Using archival photographs featuring Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) people and places, students explore this community’s Indigenous history.
Grade 9 – 12
Online
Students will explore the life and legacy of səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Chief Dan George through video, primary source texts and archival images. The lesson plans will allow for a critical assessment of his historical significance as well as a discussion of modern perspectives of his ‘Lament for Confederation’.
Grades 10 – 12
Classroom Kit
Secondary level students will critically analyze both archival and contemporary newspaper articles relating to Aboriginal rights and land title in British Columbia. This program presents the story of native activism in the mid-twentieth century through the lens of one individual (Maisie Hurley, 1887-1962), founder of the Native Voice newspaper.
Grades 8 – 12
Classroom Kit
This book and education kit explore significant aspects of traditional and contemporary səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) histories, traditions, and cultures. (Available in French or English)
Masks are optional, but recommended, when picking up and dropping off kits.
MONOVA is pleased to include a number of commissioned artworks within the museum building.
This virtual tour of the new MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver will introduce you to a few people who have called the North Shore home.
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