School Programs
Birch Tree Art
Create a beautiful painting of a birch forest, and learn a bit about our tree friends along the way!
For the Trees
Learn about how the past touches our lives right now, through the history of our region’s forestry industry!
History And Stars
Explore how we saw, see, experience, and use the sky above us. This 1-hour talk covers light, sextants, and telescopes. Students will handle sextants and learn the basics of their use to collect light from heavenly bodies and compare it with earthly vistas. The session includes a comparison of how voyageurs and astronauts use technology to understand their world using the sky.
Storytelling Within The Stars
Learn about traditional Indigenous storytelling practices and uses. Students will create their own creation legend using story dice and then will learn about an Indigenous creation story found within a constellation. After hearing the story, they will make a 3-D diorama of the Indigenous story to take home.
History Savers
Take an in-depth and hands-on look at the people behind the scenes at museums. Encapsulate a photograph, sculpt an artifact, test your memory, and design a museum for your classroom!
Bison Under the Stars
Get in-depth on exploration history in our region, then create a beautiful art piece!