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Home School Days

Have you ever wanted to bring a school group to participate in a school program, but didn't meet the Aquarium's minimum requirements for a school group? This year, we're offering selected school programs just for groups like you.

Our school programs support the Prescribed Learning Outcomes of the BC Ministry of Education's Integrated Resource Packages (IRPs) and follow the Aquarium's conservation mission.

Home School Days

Bringing Our Classroom To You

To be eligible, you must be a school, homeschool group and/or homeschool family with anywhere from 1 to 20 students. Programs will be capped at 27 participants and we will place your students with others to fill the program.  

For example: School A has 10 students, Homeschool Learning Group B has 8 students, and Family C has 2 children all working at a Grade 4 Science level (regardless of their age).  Upon booking, the Aquarium will group these students together in order to fill a program with 20 students total.  This will be an opportunity for program participants to meet and interact with other students working at their science level. 

The programs we’ve designed for you this year will be conducted in our engaging learning spaces in our AquaQuest Building and cover a wide-variety of themes; all containing hands-on, multi-sensory activities with artifacts, visual aids and live animals.  Our plentiful team of passionate and skilled staff and volunteer educators allows for our homeschool day students to be taught and attended to in small groups according to the science grade level they are learning at. 

PLEASE NOTE:

  • The grade level listings below are for what SCIENCE grade level the students are working at (minimum age 6 yrs old).
  • The Aquarium reserves the right to cancel the program (with a full refund) due to low registration. 
  • The number of parents/teachers permitted to join the program will be at the discretion of the Coordinator. 
  • Aquarium Memberships cannot be used by students participating in school programs. 

Keep an eye out for 2013 School Year dates!

 

 

Program Costs

$15

per Student (Grades 4-7)   

$15*

per Student (Grades 8-12   

Note: Aquarium memberships cannot be used by students participating in school programs.
* plus applicable taxes

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