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TOPP KIDS Child Care Centre FIELD TRIP INFORMATION DESTINATION/ VISITOR PHONE NUMBER CONTACT TYPE OF ACTIVITY 403-294-7455 - offer tours can take up to 60 students [email protected] at a cost of around $200 Arts Commons (ex EPCOR www.artscommons.ca - Contact local radio and television performing arts center) studios for tours 205 8 Avenue SE - Pet stores and other local businesses often offer tours 403-250-3752 This museum has one of Canada’s Aerospace Museum [email protected] most extensive collections of aircraft, 4629 McCall Way N.E. http://www.asmac.ab.ca helicopters and aero engines. Alien In-line Roller Skating 403-262-4404 (Debbie Fisher) Will come to your program with #200 4040 Veterans Pl. NW [email protected] equipment. Alberta Animal Rescue Crew 403-250-7377 Bring animals to center, seminars of Society [email protected] animal welfare Bay G 3851 21 St. N.E. 403-966-8041 Netball - will also come to your Alberta Netball Association www.netballalberta.com program. 270-7620 Elbow Dr SW Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and (403) 341-8614 The Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum [email protected] Museum is an interactive, hands-on On the west edge of Red Deer http://ashfm.ca/ celebration of Alberta’s Sporting 4200 Queen Elizabeth II Hwy #102, history. Red Deer, AB T4N 1E3 https://www.banff.ca/index.aspx?NID These spires carved by the forces of =652 wind and water, stand like lonely Banff Hoodoos sentinels overlooking the Bow River. 4 kilometres from Banff on Tunnel Parking lot at the Surprise Corner Mountain Road Viewpoint, at the top end of Buffalo Street BANFF LAKE LOUISE TOURISM 403-762-0270 Offers healthy combination of 375, 317 Banff Avenue, Banff, AB http://banfflakelouise.com unspoiled wilderness, modern amenities and opportunities for active exploration. 403-762-1550 Featuring mountains, glaciers, forests, Banff National Park [email protected] meadows and rivers, Banff National 224 Banff Avenue, Banff, AB www.pc.gc.ca/banff Park is one of the world’s premier destination spots with numerous activities. (403) 395-2212 The Bar U Ranch paints a colorful http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn- picture of ranching history, with the Bar U Ranch National Historic Site nhs/ab/baru/visit/visit1.aspx Rocky Mountains as a backdrop. 95 km (59 miles) south of Calgary on Explore the ranch and visit with the Highway 22, 13 km (8 miles) south of [email protected] ranch hands. Learn to rope a steer, Longview. From Calgary, go south on saddle a horse, make bannock, repair a Highway 2, then west on Highway bridle or boil up cowboy coffee on a 540, cross over Highway 22 (also fire. Wander the trails and dirt roads to known as The Cowboy Trail) and discover the history of ranching in continue west for approximately half a Canada. Pop into the stables, the post kilometer. office and, of course, the cookhouse to learn about "home on the range". TOPP KIDS Child Care Centre Beaver Dam Flats Contact The City of Calgary Parks by Beaver Dam Flats is surrounded by 3A6, Bow River Pathway, Calgary, calling 311 in the city, or 403-268- various natural habitats that attract AB T2C beavers. CITY (2489) outside of Calgary. (62 Ave. S.E. & 16 St. S.E./Lynnview Rd. S.E.) 403-268-2489 Outdoor Exploration. Over 250 bird www.content.calgary.ca species and a variety of mammals call www.calgary.ca/IBS (preregistration) these 32 hectares of natural area home. Bird Sanctuary Free guided tours are available from 2425 9Th Ave SE late June to early September. Tours (Ingelwood) take place Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm; Wednesdays at 2 and 7pm; Saturdays and Sundays at 11am and 2pm. Space is limited. (403) 362-4451 This 3-kilometres long, centipede-like Brooks Aqueduct http://aqueduct.eidnet.ca/ structure was a vital link in an 142 Range Road, newell, AB T1R 0E9 [email protected] extensive irrigation network that (8 kilometres southwest of Brooks, off provided water critical to the dry lands Trans-Canada Hwy 1) of Southern Alberta. 403-297-6561 Bow Habitat Station is made up of a Bow Habitat Station bowhabitat.alberta.ca visitor’s centre, the Sam Livingston 1440, 17A Street SE Fish Hatchery and the Pearce Estate Park Interpretive Wetland. 403-762-1550 This scenic alternative to the Trans [email protected] Canada Hwy 1 provides an Bow Valley Parkway opportunity to view the landscape at a between the town of Banff and the http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn- more leisurely pace. Explore the village of Lake Louise np/ab/banff/plan/transport/pvb- history of the Bow River Valley bvp.aspx through interpretive signs located at various points along the hwy. (403) 457-5530 Designed and created by teachers, www. bricks4kidz.com/calgary architects and engineering Bricks 4 kidz professionals, the hands-on curriculum 1428 19 Ave NW, Calgary, AB T2M introduces children ages two-and-a- 1A6 half to 13 to concepts of engineering, architecture and mechanics using LEGO® bricks. (403) 399-7622 (Wolly Barabash) Lego Classes Brickineers™ Lego® Education www.brickineers.com Brickineers™ Lego® Education based Classes are held at the University of robotics and programming classes Calgary enable young Calgary area children to (2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB "playwork, learnwork and teamwork" T2N 1N4) together with new friends in a supportive environment. 877-673-2700 Fun-filled golfing experience in the 403-762-5454 spectacular Rocky Mountains. BREWSTER FAMILY PROPERTIES & http://kananaskisranchgolf.com Tournament Packages can include a ADVENTURES www.brewsteradventures.com pre-game breakfast and/or meeting or 370 BAnf, Ab, T1L1A5 our Western Barbeque Dinner in the Brewster ‘Donut’ Tent. Also, Brewster adventures: Cowboy’s Barbecue and Dance Barn, Horse drive trail and more. TOPP KIDS Child Care Centre Build a Bear 403-258-1761 Build your bear to take home 6455 Macleod Trail SE www.buildabear.ca Butterfield Acres Children’s Farm Info Line Phone: (403) 547-3595 Mix and mingle with all the different 254077 Rocky Ridge Road Office Phone: (403) 239-0638 animals on a farm. Pony rides for little Calgary, AB [email protected] ones, tractor rides, try some milking www.butterfieldacres.com and more! 403-250-3711 Will do a nutrition workshop at your Byblos Bakery [email protected] center for a flat fee of $15, including 2479 23 St. NE food. Calaway Park 403-249-7372 Amusement park, rides dependent on 24033 Range Road 33 www.calawaypark.com child’s height www.calgaryclimbing.com Calgary’s biggest indoor climbing Calgary Climbing Centre http://www.calgaryclimbing.com/locat facilities, friendly staff, varied terrain, Various locations ions/ beginner lessons for all ages. Calgary Corn Maze 403-648-2715, 403-648-2719 Corn mazes, rides, outdoor fun. 284022 Township Road 224, www.calgarycornmaze.com Rockyview, AB Calgary Herald 403-235-7323 Learn about newspapers 215 16th St. SE [email protected] Calgary Highland Games 403-971-5714 Festival in August 32224A Springbank Rd, Calgary, AB [email protected] T3Z 2L9 calgaryhighlandgames.org 403-205-4455 Will do a nutrition workshop at your Calgary Humane Society www.calgaryhumane.ca center for a flat fee of $15, including 4455 10th Ave. SE food. Calgary International Children’s 403.294.9494 May 21 to 24 Festival [email protected] 205 - 8 Avenue SE www.calgarykidsfest.ca Calgary Calgary Public Libraries calgarypubliclibrary.com Free children and teen programs https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/loc (403) 260-2600 available on an ongoing basis. ations/list/ Calgary Olympic Park 403-247-5452 Teach you about winter sports 88 Canada Olympic RD SW www.winsportcanada.ca 403-266-7171 Observational skills Calgary Tower [email protected] 101 9th Ave. SW 403-781-8518 [email protected] Calgary Sun 403-410-1010 Learn about newspapers 2615 12th St. NE www.calgarysun.com Calgary Zoo 403-232-9300 Animal exploration 1300 Zoo Road NE www.calgaryzoo.org 403-272-6030 Has archery, slingshots, wall climbing Camp Chestermere www.campchestermere.com and have overnight options during the 1041 East Lakeview Rd, Chestermere school year. (403) 776-1040 Explore fun, interactive exhibits that Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame http://www.sportshall.ca/ promote the importance of sport. The 169 Canada Olympic Road SW. 40,000 square foot space has fun activities. Canyon Meadows 403-670-5444 Cheap movies Bay 110 13226 Macleod Tr. SE www.cmcinemas.com Chinese Cultural Centre 403-262-5071 Teach Chinese culture & traditions 197 First Street SW www.culturalcentre.ca TOPP KIDS Child Care Centre Chinook Bowladrome 403-252-5747 Bowling 6455 MacLeod Tr. SW www.chinookbowl.com 403-800-0866 Does out of school care rates – 1-2 Christopher Cool the Magician www.christophercool.com hours magic show that can be theme- 500 Country Hills Blvrd #725 [email protected] based, he teaches the kids tricks, gives them items, does balloon animals etc. 403-281-4882 Make your own clay figure Clay for kids [email protected] 2083 146th Ave. SE www.clayforkids.com 403-210-2676 Fun-filled activities for people of all [email protected] ages. The main attraction is a unique cobbscornmaze.com corn maze, but there is much more going on including a fence maze, rope COBBS Corn Maze maze, straw bale maze(s), hop dots, 1500, 84 Street NE puzzle mazes, punching pumpkins, fabulous finger game, giant board games, playground structures, pedal carts, tire mountain and slide, hayride, toddler town and more! (403) 932-5632 This reserve has the only breeding Cochrane Ecological Institute and http://www.ceinst.org/ colony of the Swift Fox (endangered Cochrane Wildlife Reserve in Canada).