Activities without l fees! additiona 2016-2017 Educational Activities TABLE OF CONTENTS Tools to Make Your Job Easier ..............................................................................3 The Biodôme is open in 2017! Biodôme educational activities ..............................................................................5 Don't Miss These Great Activities! .....................................................................8 Educational Activities for Students .................................................10 to 20 Preschool – Daycare and Kindergarten .....................................10 Elementary Cycle One ....................................................................................13 Elementary Cycle Two ....................................................................................15 Elementary Cycle Three .............................................................................20 Secondary ....................................................................................................................22 Specialized Activities ................................................................................................... 23 Classroom Tools and Kits ........................................................................................ 24 Reservation Conditions ............................................................................................. 26 Rates ................................................................................................................................................ 26 Reservation Form ............................................................................................................. 27 General Information ....................................................................................................... 28 Summary Table .......................................................................................................................16 2 TOOLS TO MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER A PORTAL WHERE YOU CAN EASILY FIND THE INFORMATION YOU NEED A SEARCH ENGINE FOR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES CONTENT TO PIQUE YOUR CURIOSITY ALL DETAILS ON OUR MAJOR EVENTS 3 ACTIVITIES FOR YOUR FREE TIME ARTICLES BY OUR EXPERTS ON CURRENT EVENTS, SCIENCE, THE ENVIRONMENT AND CITIZEN INITIATIVES espacepourlavie.ca/blogue/en A SCHOOL NEWSLETTER SOCIAL MEDIA twitter.com/espacepourlavie TO HELP YOU STAY IN TOUCH facebook.com/espacepourlavie youtube.com/espacepourlavie flickr.com/photos/espacepourlavie MONTRÉAL SPACE FOR LIFE Our teams have concocted a fabulous line-up of educational activities for you and your class. We’re delighted to be able to oer you such a wide choice of activities, easily accessible at montrealspaceforlife.ca. You’ll be able to gather the information you need, answer your students’ questions, get ready for a school outing or even plan a family outing! The Montréal Space for Life mission of connecting humankind with nature begins with sharing this content – it’s all yours! 4 2016-2017 Biodôme Educational Activities Without additional fees! DON’T MISS THESE GREAT ACTIVITIES Elementary /All levels FOR EVERYONE DURING FOR OUR YOUNGEST VISITORS ANIMAL CHALLENGE SPRING BREAK! Preschool / Daycare & kindergarten For groups interested in a self-guided / Elementary cycle 1 / Grades 1 & 2 / observation activity. The students will I SPY CHALLENGE have to identify as many animal and All levels plant species appearing in the identifi- During the three Spring Break weeks TROPICAL ADVENTURE cation guide as they can. Nature for the main school boards in Quebec interpreters who know all the secrets to finding even the best-hidden animals and other regions nearby, kids visiting LE GRAND JOUR DE CAPY the Biodôme can enjoy a very special will be posted along the paths to help Puppet show challenge. They’ll have to identify as them out. Capy’s Big Day is a fun puppet show many animal and plant species Length: 90 minutes for young audiences created specially appearing in the identification guide as Capacity: up to 10 classes for the Biodôme, featuring animals they can. Nature interpreters who know Dates: October 11 to December 9, from the Tropical Rainforest. Now that all the secrets to finding even the February 7 to 24, he’s grown up, Capy, the capybara, has best-hidden animals will be posted March 21 to April 28 & headed o to conquer a new territory along the paths to help them. May 23 to June 9 and form a new group. He proclaims Schedule: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Length: 90 minutes himself king! But since he’s still not very Dates: February 25 to March 19 big, he starts eating everything in sight Schedule: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to get stronger. Will he be big enough NATURALIA [NO RESERVATIONS REQUIRED] to convince the animals in the forest Touching a beaver’s fur, getting a to believe in him? Children are sure to close-up look at an alligator’s teeth, enjoy Capy’s new adventures. testing your sense of smell – the Length: 20 minutes Naturalia room is just full of things to discover! Your students will break up Capacity: 130 people into smaller groups and carry out Dates: December 20 to 23 & dierent activities along with some January 3 to February 3 adult help to find out how animals are Schedule: Thursday, 11 a.m. adapted to their environment. Another great way to learn about biodiversity! RESERVATIONS REQUIRED Length: 90 minutes “BEAKS AND BANDAIDS” Capacity: 15 to 60 children, RESCUE CENTRE 1 or 2 classes from the Discovery area same cycle Dates: October 11 to December 9, Our younger visitors will enjoy this February 7 to 24 & rescue centre, where they can pretend March 21 to June 9 to be apprentice veterinarians and Schedule: 9:45 a.m. prepare food for the animals. They can also dress up as animals from the Biodôme and burn o some energy on BIRD FEST a play structure. You and your class are invited to try our Length: 30 minutes bird-watching challenge. Using the Dates: January 3 to February 3 custom-made identification guide and Schedule: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with the help of our ornithologist guides, students see how many of the [NO RESERVATIONS REQUIRED] bird species in the ecosystems they can spot. Remember your binoculars! Length: 90 minutes Dates: April 29 to May 22 Schedule: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 2016-2017 Biodôme Educational Activities Elementary EDUCATIONAL EXPEDITIONS Elementary cycle 2 Elementary cycle 3 These are three-part workshops led by / Grades 3 and 4 / / Grades 5 and 6 / a nature interpreter: an introduction, a supervised exploration of one ecosystem Tropical Rainforest Tropical Rainforest and a wrap-up activity. You can finish LIFE IN MY TRIBE AMAZONIAN EXPEDITION with a self-guided tour of the other Thanks to the shaman’s powers, Join our biologist as he explores ecosystems and exhibition spaces. students are magically transformed biodiversity in the Amazon. He needs into young Arawete Indians of an enthusiastic team to help him gather Length: 90 minutes Amazonia. Their mission is to explore as much information as possible, collect Capacity: one class the tropical forest and discover the scientific data and conduct a survey (minimum 15 children) best place to establish a new village for of the endangered and threatened Dates: October 11 to December 9, the tribe. It’s a chance to understand species in the Tropical Rainforest of February 7 to 24 & not only the diversity of the Amazonian the Americas. March 21 to April 14 tropical rainforest, but also the close Laurentian Maple Forest Schedule: 9:45 a.m. & 12:15 p.m. links between this natural environment IN TUNE WITH THE SEASONS and the cultural characteristics of the Spring, summer, fall, winter… As the Elementary cycle 1 people who live there. / Grades 1 and 2 / seasons roll by, the forest awakens, Laurentian Maple Forest flowers, bursts into blazing colour Tropical Rainforest IN TUNE WITH THE SEASONS and sinks back into slumber. As they A PHOTO SAFARI IN THE TROPICAL Spring, summer, fall, winter… As the explore the forest at the Biodôme, RAINFOREST seasons roll by, the forest awakens, students will discover the close links Photography is a wonderful pastime, flowers, bursts into blazing colour between plants, animals and their especially in the company of a and sinks back into slumber. As they environment. photographer/explorer in the explore the forest at the Biodôme, Biodôme’s Tropical Rainforest, where Gulf of St. Lawrence students will discover the close links an astonishing diversity of animals can A SEA OF DISCOVERIES between plants, animals and their be found! Your students will also learn Head o in search of some fascinating environment. about the characteristics of the main marine species, in spectacular groups of animals. Gulf of St. Lawrence surroundings representing the Gulf of A SEA OF DISCOVERIES St. Lawrence. Through an exploration Laurentian Maple Forest Head o in search of some fascinating activity, your students will observe TRACKING ANIMALS marine species, in spectacular this rich habitat and learn about the Your students will join a nature enthusiast surroundings representing the Gulf of importance of preserving this and track some animals! The young St. Lawrence. Through an exploration precious biodiversity. They will come explorers will follow the tracks and activity, your students will observe up with solutions to the environmental other clues all the way to the Laurentian this rich habitat and learn about the problems facing this region, based on Maple Forest. importance of preserving this an eco citizen approach. They will then Gulf of St. Lawrence precious biodiversity. They will come be invited