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Fundy Geological Museum
Parrsboro, Nova Scotia
Phone 1-866-856-DINO
Fax 1-902-254-3666
OUTCOME-BASED SCHOOL PROGRAMS
A Day at the Beach, or
A Night at the Museum !
J
oin us in Parrsboro for an
opportunity to learn about rocks,
minerals, fossils and the Bay of
Fundy! Explore the shore with a guide who will
identify your treasures. The tide will be out, this is
your turn to walk on the bottom of the sea. Learn the
names and uses of local rocks and minerals. See
Canada’s oldest dinosaur bones. Discover our geology
museum. Spend a night with the dinosaurs! Set up
your bedrolls in the museum gallery. Take part in a
workshop.
We are only 100 kms from Truro or 60 kms from
Amherst. Add on to your trip with a visit to the
Springhill coal mine museum, the Ottawa House
Museum or the new Joggins Fossil Center.
Take advantage of our 3-5 hour day program including
a museum tour, a workshop, and a field trip.
Customized trips can be arranged.
Our 20 hour (7:00 pm - 3:00 pm) program includes
meals, a museum tour, a field trip to a mineral or fossil
beach and two workshops.
Our 24 hour (1:00 pm -1:00 pm) overnight program
includes meals, a museum tour, two field trips and
three workshops.
We welcome your calls and are happy to individualize
your program. Book now! We look forward to seeing
you at the Fundy Geological Museum in Parrsboro, N.S.
Pat Welton
Fundy Geological Museum
School Programs
Parrsboro, Nova Scotia
To register, please fax this completed form to Pat at
902-254-3666, or email us at [email protected]. or call
1-866-856-DINO
PROGRAM OPTIONS
Teacher(s)_________________________
_____ Day trip (3-5 hours)
$16.00 + tax (per student), adults free
Choose one field trip and one workshop.
School:_________________________________
Phone: ____________________________
Fax:__________________________
Email:_____________________________
Arrival date:_________
Time: ______
Departure date:_______
Time: ______
Grade:
Number of: Students
Adults: ____
Have you visited FGM with a class trip? YES / NO
When?____________
Have you attended a N.S. EdGEO Workshop? YES / NO
For information on the EdGEO teacher workshop, endorsed
by the Nova Scotia Association of Science Teachers, and the
Nova Scotia Department of Education, please contact us at
[email protected]
NOTE: Maximum 45 Students per group
_____ All overnight groups (below) pay a fee of $200.00
per group + tax for sleeping at the museum.
_____ 18 hour program (7:00 pm - 3:00 pm)
$50.00 + tax/per person
Choose one field trip and two workshops.
MEALS
Day 1: evening snack,
Day 2: breakfast, lunch (hotdogs) and snack.
_____ 24 hour program (1:00 pm - 1:00 pm)
$63.00 + tax/per person
Choose two field trips and three workshops. MEALS
Day 1: supper, evening snack
Day 2: breakfast, lunch (hotdogs)
FIELD TRIPS ……………………………………………….
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INFO PACK –
Please indicate the information that you require.
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Menu (for overnight groups)
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Beach Locations and Safety Rules
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Map to Museum (Parrsboro, N.S.)
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EdGEO information
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Bus driver’s accommodation: Is a list of
accommodations for the driver required?
NEW for 2015
The museum will be creating new digital
curriculum resources for teachers to provide
museum related programs in your
classroom.
The new digital curriculum resources will be
available on the museum’s website, at:
http://fundygeological.novascotia.ca/
Partridge Island - Minerals (1 hour)
…the popular ‘Day trip’ destination
East Bay (1 hour)
… Dramatic uplifted sedimentary layers
Wasson Bluff
(2 hours)
… home of Canada’s oldest dinosaurs.
Collect Minerals at Partridge Island and Wassons Bluff.
Ripple marks (and occasional fossils) can be found at East
Bay. Like all fossils, dinosaur bones are the property of the
province of Nova Scotia!
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] Paint a Dinosaur
] Rock and Mineral Sample card
] Make Plaster Fossil (less than 25students)
] Make a local Agate necklace
] Testing minerals (mineral stations)
NEW 2015
] Sediments – Ripple Flow tanks, ripple fossils
] Outdoor : Geocache Fossil Discovery
] Outdoor: Mapping a site, distance (math)
OVERNIGHT GROUPS …………………………………….
Evening Session
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Teacher’ Signature:_______________________