Earth Science Discovery Area

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Earth Science Discovery Area Let your students EXPLORE the Earth Sciences in our newly redeveloped Discovery Area. A series of interactives will stimulate students of all ages. Designed to encourage the development of cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills, this area will capture your students 9 imaginations.

Volcanoes Use magnetic pictures, colours and words to explore positive and negative feelings about volcanoes, and understand the importance of volcanoes to a living Earth Before and After Follow the paths to match ore minerals with everyday objects Doing Science Your Way Group rocks based on personal choices, to understand the basic science principle of classification (basic additional information given on sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks) Crystal Art Get creative, using magnetic shapes to design patterns of crystals in rock Rock Detectives Use visual clues and the process of deduction to match rocks with the environment they were created in, to understand that rocks are our clues to the past. Fossil Rubbing This ever-popular activity return; make rubbings of fossil and dinosaur shapes with paper and crayon Dinosaur Footprint Our amazing BC dinosaur footprints and fossil plants remain here, though are now on open display Find the Fossils Uncover the fossils from the beneath the ... more. less.

sand, then compare with pictures to identify the animal Expected date of completion: Oct 07 The area is supplemented by easy-to-follow information on Earth structure and the origins of the Britannia ore, as well as our fascinating Did You Know series. Particularly suits aspects of Science K-7: Earth and Space Science, and Processes of Science Note: the Discovery Area should be booked as part of your tour, though it is not facilitated by the tour guide Did You Know? The largest volcano in the solar system is on Mars. Called Mount Olympus, it is over 3 times higher than Mount Everest, and is 550 km wide. If you could put it off the coast of Vancouver, it would completely cover Vancouver Island! It's thought that it last erupted 2 million years ago, so it may still erupt again in the future. That would be some eruption!

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