School Programs
Canmore Museum Education Programs
At the Canmore Museum, education is about bringing people together through shared experiences, curiosity, and connection to place. Our school programs support STEAM learning by linking classroom concepts with museum collections, community knowledge, and the mountain landscapes of the Bow Valley.
Students are invited to learn by doing: asking questions, exploring ideas, and discovering how science, culture, history, art, and place are deeply connected. Whether visiting the Canmore Museum or the historic NWMP Barracks, our interactive, interpreter-led programs support a range of learning styles and offer engaging, place-based experiences that deepen students’ understanding of their community and the world around them.
Each education theme can be tailored to different grade levels and offers two ways to explore
Field Trip Experience
Students dive into the museum with guided exploration, hands-on activities, and interactive learning led by a museum interpreter.
In-Class Education Kit
A ready-to-go kit with all the materials and instructions you need to bring the museum experience into your classroom or home.
Themes
Canmore Culture & Diversity
Students explore the history, culture, and diverse communities of the Bow Valley. Through hands-on activities, they uncover how local people, organizations, and events have shaped the region, and reflect on the issues and decisions that continue to influence life in Canmore today.
Curriculum Connections:
Time & Place: Exploring he dynamic relationships between people, places, and time supports understanding of perspectives and events to make meaning of the world.
Systems: Evaluating processes and srucutres of organiations builds understanding of deciision making in the world.
Citizenship: Understanding local, national, and global issues empowers individual and collective action towards an inclusive society.
Mountains, Minerals & Earth Science
Students explore the mountains and geology of the Bow Valley, investigating rocks, minerals, and earth systems in hands-on activities. They observe how energy, matter, and natural processes shape the landscape, develop scientific thinking, and deepen their understanding of living and Earth systems in action.
Curriculum Connections:
Scientific Thinking: Investigation of the physical world is enhanced through the use of scientific methods that attempt to remove human biases and increase objectivity
Living & Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepend by investigating natural systems and their interactions
Energy & Matter: Understandings of the physical world are deepened by investigating matter and energy
Land of Thundering Snow
Students explore the science of snow and avalanches in the Bow Valley, learning how snowpack, weather, and terrain interact to shape winter landscapes. Through hands-on activities, they investigate energy, matter, and environmental processes, developing scientific thinking while understanding the forces that impact mountain life and safety.
Curriculum Connections:
Scientific Thinking: Investigation of the physical world is enhanced through the use of scientific methods that attempt to remove human biases and increase objectivity
Living & Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepend by investigating natural systems and their interactions
Energy & Matter: Understandings of the physical world are deepened by investigating matter and energy