Gold Quest (Grades K-12)
Programming Details: 30 Minutes
Gold panning – it played a significant role in the formation of our province, but for the people actually following the gold rushes, it was far more likely to be a bust. Give your students a glimpse of some of the realities faced by these prospectors in this ever-popular activity. There is gold in our troughs, but can your students find it?
What your students will see and do:
- Experience gold prospecting first hand as they engage in gold panning
Big Ideas:
- The pursuit of valuable natural resources has played a key role in changing the land, people, and communities of Canada.
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The Museum is a premier, non-profit organization dedicated to presenting mining's relevance today and towards a sustainable future. We would like to acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the sovereign Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) First Nation.