Facilitated 90 minute in-person field trip experience for grades four, five and six classes at our Port of Vancouver Discovery Centre.
| Booking calendar |
Planning your trip to the Discovery Centre (pdf planning document)
Pre-field trip activities
Activity: What happens at the Port of Vancouver-instructions, what happens at the Port of Vancouver – activity sheet
Kahoot game: Port vocabulary
Post-field trip activities
Activity: Port vocabulary wordsearch, Port vocabulary wordsearch answer key
Activity: Maps activity – teacher instructions, maps – activity sheet, maps activity answer sheet
Video: What it feels like to be on a log drive on B.C.’s Fraser River
Video: Sulphur – scientific explanation
Activity: Port of Vancouver container maze
Video: Containerization
Website: Shore power
Video: Shore power
Video: ECHO
Soundclip: Whale song and ship
Video: Cleaning up the Fraser River
Activity: The importance of international trade – discussion questions
Kahoot Game: International trade at the Port of Vancouver
People of the Port – occupations
Video: Harbour patrol officer
Video: Paul the blueberry farmer
Video: Colleen with Freshpoint Produce
Video: Dave the tug boat captain
Video: Logistics and chickpeas
Presentation review
Activity: Crossword puzzle, crossword puzzle answer key
Activity: Review – environment, cruise
Activity: Review – trade, RoRo
Kahoot game: Port of Vancouver Trivia Challenge