Shows
This school year the Vancouver Aquarium’s Professional Development Workshop Series will include three workshop series: The Art of Observation and Inquiry, Conservation in Action, and Marine Biology 101. K-12 and post-secondary teachers, informal educators and naturalists alike will benefit from these engaging and interactive workshops.
Get motivated with these interdisciplinary, hands-on workshops designed to increase your knowledge base, while learning how to increase student engagement, promote inquiry and conservation, and connect learners with our natural world. If you have any questions, contact us.
Phone: 604-659-3500
Email: education@vanaqua.org
Note: You can choose to attend Part A, Part B, or both of the workshops in each series.The Aquarium reserves the right to cancel the workshop due to low registrations.
$25.00 per person plus applicable taxes.
Friday, February 17th
9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Learn with Aquarium Education and Environmental Management Systems staff how to successfully build an environmentally sustainable classroom and school community. Whether you’re just starting out or you’re looking for the next step in challenging your students and school community to undertake more sustainable practices, this workshop will support you with positive, student-friendly strategies and action plans for a brighter future. Assess your current impact, explore greener practices, evaluate what’s realistic for you and your students to initiate and leave this workshop equipped with resources to support your efforts. Build a class or group of environmental stewards whose impact resonates from within the walls of the classroom, out into the wider community.
Friday, April 20th
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
For naturalists, teachers and informal educators alike—dive into this exploration of all things with back bones that live in or rely on the ocean. From cetaceans to fish, seals, sea otters and more: learn about the diversity, adaptations, life history traits and conservation issues surrounding B.C.’s local marine vertebrates. Explore artifacts, make observations, learn from the experts and engage in discussions about best practice for interpreting these animals.
Friday, May 18th
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
When people think of the Aquarium they think of dolphins and belugas, but for many staff at the Aquarium their passion and jobs revolve around marine invertebrates: after all, 97 percent of the animal kingdom have no backbones. Explore the wonderful world of invertebrates with hands-on interactions with live animals, discussions about life-history traits and adaptations, and conservation issues surrounding these animals in a variety of learning spaces. Visit the coveted Wet Lab, see a squid dissection, get outdoors and see what’s on our local shores and investigate plankton under the microscope in this three hour workshop.
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