Mar 4, 2019 (10:45am - 12:45pm) - Summerhill Montessori

Hosted by: Holly Neate

This program includes live animals and artifacts, which engage students in a hands-on learning experience. Two Ocean Wise Educators connect students to animals living on the BC Coast as well as the world around them. Programming also involves conservation action items for students to adopt in their schools and communities, or at home with their families.

Mar 6, 2019 (9:00am - 1:50pm) - Glenayre Elementary

Hosted by: Holly Neate

Explore Canada’s North uses feeding strategies as an overarching theme. We begin seated around an Arctic map to brainstorm animals living in this region. Next, smaller groups rotate through four stations to investigate survival strategies and adaptations focusing on: scavengers, hunters, filter feeders, and animals that use tools. Some aspects of life for people in Canada’s North are also...

Mar 8, 2019 (8:45am - 2:15pm) - Beaver Creek Elementary School

Hosted by: Holly Neate

Explore Canada’s North uses feeding strategies as an overarching theme. We begin seated around an Arctic map to brainstorm animals living in this region. Next, smaller groups rotate through four stations to investigate survival strategies and adaptations focusing on: scavengers, hunters, filter feeders, and animals that use tools. Some aspects of life for people in Canada’s North are also...

Mar 9, 2019 (7:30pm - 9:40pm) - 252 Esplanade W

Hosted by: Holly Neate

Ocean Wise Educators invite you to explore artifacts and live animals living in the marine habitats of British Columbia’s coast. Come explore our touch tubs or mobile aquarium, get up close to sea stars and hermit crabs; touch a shark jaw or a whale tooth. Our team helps visitors discover connections between aquatic life and the environment including promoting direct action through...

Mar 11, 2019 (9:00am - 2:50pm) - Mundy Road Elementary

Hosted by: Holly Neate

Explore Canada’s North uses feeding strategies as an overarching theme. We begin seated around an Arctic map to brainstorm animals living in this region. Next, smaller groups rotate through four stations to investigate survival strategies and adaptations focusing on: scavengers, hunters, filter feeders, and animals that use tools. Some aspects of life for people in Canada’s North are also...

Mar 12, 2019 (8:10am - 2:30pm) - W J Mouat Secondary

Hosted by: Holly Neate

This program gives students a hands-on learning opportunity with our live animals and artifacts. Each class interacts with our Educators, artifacts and live animals. The program includes a direct call to action for students and their families, for example to join the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup™.

Mar 13, 2019 (8:30am - 2:20pm) - Dave Kandal Elementary School

Hosted by: Holly Neate

The ocean affects every human life and in turn, humans affect the ocean in a variety of ways both positively and negatively. Explore some of the ocean’s most iconic and mysterious animals and discover how humans can contribute to a healthy and flourishing ocean.

The focus of this program ranges from micro plastics to noise pollution and changes to food security for our local marine...

Mar 14, 2019 (8:45am - 2:30pm) - Coquihalla Elementary school

Hosted by: Holly Neate

This program gives students a hands-on learning opportunity with our live animals and artifacts. Each class interacts with our Educators, artifacts and live animals. The program includes a direct call to action for students and their families, for example to join the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup™.

Mar 15, 2019 (9:40am - 2:50pm) - R.A. MCMATH SECONDARY SCHOOL

Hosted by: Holly Neate

This program explores four important marine invertebrate phyla: Cnidaria, Mollusca, Arthropoda and Echinodermata. Beginning with an introduction to phylogeny, students have the opportunity to meet live intertidal animals. During the program, the phyla come to life through a combination of artifacts, squid dissection and live coastal marine invertebrates. Students have the opportunity to...

Mar 20, 2019 (10:30am - 3:45pm) - Stride Ave Neighbourhood Care

Hosted by: Holly Neate

This program includes live animals, a squid dissection, and artifacts, which engage students in a hands-on learning experience. Two Ocean Wise Educators connect students to animals living on the BC Coast as well as the world around them. Programming also involves conservation action items for students to adopt in their schools and communities, or at home with their families.

Mar 21, 2019 (10:00am - 3:00pm) - Sevenoaks Shopping Centre

Hosted by: Holly Neate

The award-winning Ocean Wise AquaVan makes a splash in the community with live animals from marine habitats of British Columbia’s coast. Participants have the opportunity to touch a sea star, examine a hermit crab and discover the connections between aquatic life, the environment and ourselves.

Program setup includes interactive and educational displays of British Columbia’s...

Mar 24, 2019 (9:00am - 5:00pm) - Canada Place

Hosted by: Holly Neate

The award-winning Ocean Wise AquaVan makes a splash in the community with live animals from marine habitats of British Columbia’s coast. Participants have the opportunity to touch a sea star, examine a hermit crab and discover the connections between aquatic life, the environment and ourselves.

Program setup includes interactive and educational displays of British Columbia’s...

Mar 26, 2019 (10:00am - 12:30pm) - North Vancouver City Library

Hosted by: Holly Neate

Ocean Wise Educators invite you to explore artifacts and live animals living in the marine habitats of British Columbia’s coast. Come explore our touch tubs or mobile aquarium, get up close to sea stars and hermit crabs; touch a shark jaw or a whale tooth. Our team helps visitors discover connections between aquatic life and the environment including promoting direct action through...

Mar 27, 2019 (8:45am - 2:05pm) - School District No 73 (Kamloops/Thompson)

Hosted by: Holly Neate

This program gives students a hands-on learning opportunity with our live animals and artifacts. Each class interacts with our Educators, artifacts and live animals. The program includes a direct call to action for students and their families, for example to join the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup™.

Mar 28, 2019 (10:00am - 12:00pm) - Savona Elementary

Hosted by: Holly Neate

This program gives students a hands-on learning opportunity with our live animals and artifacts. Each class interacts with our Educators, artifacts and live animals. The program includes a direct call to action for students and their families, for example to join the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup™. 

Mar 29, 2019 (9:00am - 2:35pm) - Lloyd George Elementary School

Hosted by: Holly Neate

Explore Canada’s North uses feeding strategies as an overarching theme. We begin seated around an Arctic map to brainstorm animals living in this region. Next, smaller groups rotate through four stations to investigate survival strategies and adaptations focusing on: scavengers, hunters, filter feeders, and animals that use tools. Some aspects of life for people in Canada’s North are also...

Mar 31, 2019 (11:00am - 4:00pm) - Okanagan Science Centre

Hosted by: Holly Neate

The award-winning Ocean Wise AquaVan makes a splash in the community with live animals from marine habitats of British Columbia’s coast. Participants have the opportunity to touch a sea star, examine a hermit crab and discover the connections between aquatic life, the environment and ourselves.

Program setup includes interactive and educational displays of British Columbia’s...