What's inSight Kids Spring 2015

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What’s INSight

Don’t miss these events in your community Earth hour

Location: Everywhere March 28 | 8:30 – 9:30 pm

Earth DAY

Location: Everywhere April 22

Afterschool Exploration

Discover art through recycled materials. Assist local artists, Richard Wong and Alysha Farling, in the creation of masterpieces for the 4th Annual Creatively United for the Planet Earth Week Festival.

Wednesdays and Thursdays in April | 4 – 5 pm $5 per kid, must be chaperoned

Astronomy Day

To celebrate International Astronomy Week, the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Victoria, will host Astronomy Day at the Royal BC Museum. Join us and explore the mysteries of the universe. Learn about the constellations through planetarium programs; solar telescope viewing to safely see the sun; hands-on activities and presentations.

April 25 | 10 am – 4 pm Free

4th Annual Creatively United for the Planet Earth Week Festival

Location: The English Inn – 429 Lampson St, Victoria BC April 25 and 26 Free

Wonder Sunday: Field Trippers Kick Off

As a kick off to our Field Trippers Nature Walk series, join us at Uplands Park to explore the botanical world with Royal BC Museum staff and community members.

April 26 | 1 – 3 pm Free

Wonder Sunday: ECO In and Out

We connect to the living things around us as we have our 3rd Annual Wonder Sunday Museum.

Free with admission or membership.

May 31 | 1 – 3 pm Free

Check out what’s on at the Royal BC Museum royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/calendar

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Create your own poem about your favourite area of study and share it with us! membership@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca

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Let’s Make a Match There are over 7 million artifacts in the Royal BC Museum’s collection. Behind the scenes, scientists, curators and collection managers conduct research, study their favourite subjects and make new discoveries every single day. Here’s a list of all the areas of study that happen right here at the Royal BC Museum.

Can you make the correct match? Guess which term is the study of which subject.

Connect the matching definition with the right term:

Herpetology Ethnology

Fossils The behaviour, structure, physiology, classification and distribution of animals

Ichthyology

Birds

Ornithology

Mammals

Mammalogy

Insects and Allies

Palaeontology Zoology Entomology Archaeology

Fish People and the differences and relationships between them Reptiles & Amphibians The study of human history and prehistory

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Herpetology = Reptiles & Amphibians | Ichthyology = Fish | Ornithology = Birds | Mammalogy = Mammals | Palaeontology = Fossils | Zoology = The behaviour, structure, physiology, classification and distribution of animals | Entomology = Insects and Allies |Archaeology = The study of human history and prehistory | Ethnology = People and the differences and relationships between them

Let’s Sketch

Take a look at the world around you. Take a walk and collect some of your own artifacts that represent that moment in time. Ask your family what they think is ok to take home and what shouldn’t be disturbed or is better left behind.

Did you observe a bird eating a certain type of plant? An abandoned nest that’s interesting? Is there a puddle of water that you’d like to look at through a magnifying glass? Perhaps you’ll notice there are some human artifacts around, signs, trash or lost items?

Maybe there’s something that’s too large or fragile to take home? Take photos or draw a picture of it and you’ll never forget it.

Check out some of the most incredible objects of interest in the Royal BC Museum collection.

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