Virtual Field Trips at the Ed Leith Cretaceous Menagerie Museum
Ed Leith Cretaceous Menagerie Museum
K-12 Field Trip Options
Rock Mystery Learn about the different types of rocks & minerals, how they’re formed, and how geologists sort them. | Format Options | |||||||||||
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Evolution of Earth Earth is old. Like, really REALLY old! Take a trip through our planet’s past from its formation to today, and meet some of the former occupants of our planet. | Format Options | |||||||||||
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Dinos & Destiny Let’s learn about ancient lifeforms, how palaeontologists study their remains, and understand how old they are. | Format Options | |||||||||||
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Program Format Options
All Workshops are one hour long and aimed at classes of 30 students max.
In-Museum: Come to the museum and see our collection of Cretaceous skeletons! (May & June only). free time to explore the museum included.
In-School: We’ll come to your school with our interactive workshops so your students can have a museum field trip without having to shlep to the UM! Min. 3 workshops/ day.
Virtual: These ain’t your mama’s Covid workshops! Beam our museum educators straight into your classroom so you can have a fabulous lesson with minimal muss.
Registration Information
To register or for additional details, please email geosci@umanitoba.ca with
“Museum” in the subject line. Please include the date/time you’d like to book, as
well as which workshop, and which format.
Ed Leith Cretaceous Menagerie Museum
125 Dysart Road, 220 Wallace Building
- (Please note that all field trip workshops are free because of a grant from the dean’s office for the 2025-2026 school year)
Free, In-Class Activities
Evolution Matching Game (Gr. 7-12)
Snakes & Ladders Evolution Game (Gr. 5-12)
Colouring Activity Sheet (Gr. 2-5)