Discovery Day
Event Ended- Where
- Vancouver Convention Centre East - 1055 Canada Pl, Vancouver, BC View Map
- When
- Ages
- 4-12
- Website
- https://roundup.amebc.ca/event/discovery-day/
- Contact
- paula.daidone@smithcom.ca (Association for Mineral Exploration)
Discovery Day is free, family-friendly and fun! Let’s dig into the minerals and metals beneath our province and learn how minerals in BC are vital ingredients in our everyday lives – and for our future.
Have you ever wondered what’s inside your cell phone or computer? What are they made of, and where did the materials come from? Bring the whole family to experience mineral exploration and mining in a hands-on, interactive day of learning with lots of activities, including:
- ‘Stump the Geologist’ and other hands-on games with geologists and engineers
- Experience ancient fossils, spectacular minerals and billion-year-old rocks
- Make the earth shake and measure it on a seismometer
- Get spooky with glow-in-the-dark mineral displays
- Meet mascots Buddy the Miner Betty the Miner, and the Whitecaps icon, Spike
- Tour a real remote mineral exploration camp
- Experience Britannia MineVR technology displays
- Pan for gold with Yukon Dan
- Quiet activities, including toys, colouring, Lego, puzzles and more
- Free face painting, balloon bending, and popcorn and cotton candy!
Activities recommended for ages 4-12 years old.
Thank you to our sponsors: Teck Resources, Anglo American, BGC Engineering and Strategic Metals Ltd.