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Invisible Energy

Energy is everywhere! The Sun, wind and water all provide energy in different ways. Energy gives us everything our planet needs to grow and change. Join us for an energizing adventure as we generate different kinds of energy such as lightning bolts of electricity, and become energy detectives to uncover where energy is found and why.

Curriculum Links:

  • Health & Physical Education
  • Science & Technology
  • The Arts


Grade Suitability: 1–2

Availability: September to October, May to June

Length: 1.5 hours

Cost (+HST): $6 per student

Little Fur Traders: Anishinaabe or Voyageur Theme

Put your imagination to work! Follow in the footsteps of French-Canadian voyageurs or Indigenous Peoples as they lived 200 years ago. Explore Fort William, join in the daily activities and leave with a small gift of either glass beads or hat feathers.

Curriculum Links:

  • Social Studies, History & Geography
  • The Arts

 

Grade Suitability: JK–4

Availability: September to October, May to June

Length: 1.5 hours

Cost (+HST): $6 per student

History at Your Fingertips

Examine sewing tools used by Indigenous Peoples before European contact. Barter for craft supplies at Fort William and create traditional crafts to take home. Craft choices include bead work, a dream catcher, a voyageur’s fire bag, a leather ball, and a small medicine bag.

Curriculum Links:

  • Health & Physical Education
  • Social Studies, History & Geography
  • The Arts

 

Grade Suitability: 3+

Availability: September to June

Length: 2 hours

Cost (+HST): $6 per student

The Circle of Anishinaabe Life

This experience introduces students to the Anishinaabe, who they are, their importance in history, and their way of life. This experience will focus on the use of music and food to welcome students to the Anishinaabe encampment and their way of life.

Curriculum Links:

  • Health & Physical Education
  • Indigenous Studies
  • Science & Technology
  • Social Studies, History & Geography
  • The Arts

 

Grade Suitability: 3+

Availability: September to June

Length: 2 hours

Cost (+HST): $9 per student