This program invites students to create a complex chain-reaction machine, using familiar materials in unusual ways. They will work in small teams as they experiment with the transfer of energy.

In the Dairy Barn, your students will learn where milk and cream come from, and handle old-fashioned dairy tools.

This is an interactive guided tour, linked to the Social Studies curriculum in both provinces

In this introduction to agriculture, your students will explore the museum’s barns and meet a wide range of farm animals, from the tiny domestic honeybee to the gigantic Clydesdale horse.

In this introduction to agriculture, your students will explore the museum’s barns and meet a wide range of farm animals, from the tiny domestic honeybee to the gigantic Clydesdale horse.

Discover how our houses are wired, allowing us to control various devices independently in different rooms. Through various hands-on electricity experiments, students will explore electrically conductive and insulating materials, and will learn the parts of an electrical circuit.

Through exploration with circuit blocks, students will design and build series and parallel circuits, including the addition of switches and various devices. They will also learn to assess the differences in these circuits, and draw circuit diagrams.

This program allows students to observe how their own energy can be converted into movement. They will also investigate how various forms of energy can be used to power everyday devices.

How do airplanes fly? Find out in Flight, a Museum school program.

Students visit the Museum’s collection, make observations, and ask questions about the role of aviation and the aerospace industry in Canada.