Homeschooler’s Day

September 28th, 2011 Gasoline Alley Museum
9:30-11:30 & 12:00-2:00

If you are wondering how our love affair with the automobile started, you need only to visit the Gasoline Alley Museum for a moment to know why. Featuring vintage cars, trucks, gas pumps and auto memorabilia, you will find more than history to discover. This world class collection displays the culture and the evolution of the horseless carriage — from its early days as playthings for the rich, to the workhorse and cheap transport of the masses. Through a variety of engaging interpretations, games and hands-on activities see how the car has reshaped the world. Check our booking form for the complete list.

We are also offering two of our regular programs:

A Teddy Bear's Picnic - Social Studies, Health, and Art K-1

Have the children bring their favourite stuffed toy to be their guest of honour for this happy picnic adventure! Join us as the lore and history of the Teddy Bear is told. Your class will sing songs, create their own Teddy Bear paper craft, and learn what foods make a fun and healthy picnic lunch.

Auto motion - Science Grade 4
In Auto Motion, your students will work in small groups to design, build and race their own rubber-band vehicles. Students will have the opportunity to see how different materials, construction methods, and ideas come together with a variety of results. Observations of vehicle performance will enable them to propose inferences,
generalizations, and predictions.

Registration starts on Sept. 6th

Questions?

Please contact Michelle Moisan, Education Coordinator
for more information:
403-268-8583

Homeschooler’s Day

October 14th, 2011 Historical Village

Grade K-2
Patchwork of the Past 9:30-11:30 K-1
Students will gain insight and understanding of how families lived back in the early days of Calgary, from the very wealthy to the hardworking and humble. Students will visit two very different homes at the Park and learn how the different households lived, worked and played. Students will participate in artifact handling, role playing and ‘quilt journaling.’

Settling our Prairie frontier 9:30-11:30 Gr 2
Introduce your students to the stories of fur traders, First Nations peoples, and early settlers on Canada’s western frontier. Discover how the beaver pelt brought First Nations and Europeans together and how communities developed and grew on the prairies. Visit the original log home of Sam Livingston and his Métis wife Jane to compare home life then and now.

Music and Craft in the Schoolhouse 12:30-2:30
Students will participate in music lessons with rhythmic instruments and craft making, as was taught in the early 1900s.

Grade 3-5
Building Connections to our Past 9:30-11:30
This fun, hands-on program will have Students drawing, communicating concepts and working together to construct model log cabins to discover how the first settlers built their homes and how they embraced new materials, new tools and new methods of construction. Students will get the opportunity to use old fashioned tools to build their own wooden toy to take home.

Across the Sea of Grass 12:30-2:30
Students will hear the stories of the people who built the railroad and of the diverse people who rode the trains out west to settle here. Students will tour the rail cars, visit a “soddie” and explore a ranch house. They will learn how children lived 100 years ago and how much has changed. They will also get a taste of farm life by learning how to churn butter.

Grade 6-7
Pioneer Politics 9:30 – 11:30
Calgary’s first mayoral race is the backdrop to this role playing and interactive political studies program. Students will learn about the civic process from election campaigns to the creation of By-laws. During the program students will compare and contrast to see how a small frontier town council has grown and changed to tackle modern problems, and will gain an understanding of both municipal responsibilities and limitations.

Fur Trading: It’s not all about the beaver! 12:30-2:30
The fur trade was Canada’s biggest industry for over 200 years, and opened up the northern half of the continent of North America. Learn what really motivated fur traders and other parties involved. And find out if you have what it takes to become a voyageur.

Registration will start Sept 6 2011.

Questions?

Please contact Michelle Moisan, Education Coordinator
for more information:
403-268-8583