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Have An Incredible Educational Experience

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Engaging Active Minds

Education at the Aquarium is delivered with a fun, hands-on approach that creates a memorable, personal experience for children and their teachers. This delivery, coupled with a focus on conservation, creates an opportunity for behaviour change - instilling a sense of stewardship for the environment. Thus, Aquarium educators play a vital role in fulfilling the Aquarium’s mission by helping children build emotional connections to marine animals, teaching them to understand the natural world and actively engaging them in conservation initiatives such as the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup.


Hands-On Learning

 
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Programs

Since we opened in 1956, children have been engaged, amazed and inspired by our aquatic animals. Engage your students through close encounters with fascinating creatures and hands-on, experiential programs.

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En Français

Venez participer à l’un de nos programmes éducatif et interactif. Nos programmes scolaires se déroulent dans les différentes galeries de l’aquarium ainsi que dans notre laboratoire.

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Teachers

Looking for classroom resources? Planning a field trip and not sure where to start? We want your experience with the Vancouver Aquarium to be incredible, so we've put together a few resources for you.

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Ocean Art Contest

Attention Students! Are you an artist or photographer? Would you like to win a trip to Washington DC? Coastal America, in parternship with the Vancouver Aquarium, is hosting an ocean art contest for the 2011-2012 school year.

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