Butter making
JK to Grade 3 (Ontario)
Preschool to Elementary cycle 2 (Quebec)
$10 per student
90 minutes
Dates offered: September 25, 2024 to June 13, 2025
Max. group size: 29
In this hands-on program, students meet the calves and cows in the dairy barn. They learn about mammals, discover where milk comes from, and handle old-fashioned dairy equipment. In one of the museum’s classrooms, students transform cream into butter—ready to be spread and tasted!
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Lesson plans
Consult these lesson plans for ideas to extend the learning—and the fun!
Meet the farm animals: Lesson plan – Kindergarten and preschool
Curriculum links
Kindergarten
- Problem solving and innovating
Grade 1
- Science and technology
- STEM skills and connections
- Applications, connections, and contributions
- Life systems
- Exploring and understanding concepts
- STEM skills and connections
Grade 2
- Science and technology
- STEM Skills and connections
- Applications, connections, and contributions
- Life Systems
- Exploring and understanding concepts
- Matter and Energy
- Exploring and understanding concepts
- STEM Skills and connections
Grade 3
- Science and technology
- STEM skills and connections
- Applications, connections, and contributions
- STEM skills and connections
- Social studies
- Heritage and identity
- Application: Life in Canada – Then and now
- Understanding context: Life in colonial Canadian communities
- Heritage and identity
Preschool
- Cognitive development
- Thinking skills
- Physical and motor development
- Motor skills
- Healthy lifestyle habits
Elementary cycle 1:
- Mathematics, science and technology: Science and technology
- Material world
- Matter
- Living things
- Matter
- Systems and interaction
- Geography, history, and citizenship education: Knowledge related to the organization of a society in its territory
- Past and present
- Material world
Elementary cycle 2
- Mathematics, science and technology: Science and technology
- Material world
- Matter
- Living things
- Matter
- Systems and interaction
- Material world
- Geography, history, and citizenship education: Knowledge related to the organization of a society in its territory
- French society in New France around 1645
Fees
$10 per student. Please note a minimum fee of $150 applies.
Your school may be eligible for financial support. For more information, contact the customer engagement team.
*Program includes free admission for the teacher as well as up to a maximum of 7 other adults. Please note that there is a mandatory minimum ratio of 1 adult for every 6 students. Any additional adults not included in the program fee will be required to pay the regular visitor fee at admission and will not be able to participate in the program. These requirements do not apply to groups with students who have special needs.
Reservations
Booking requests can be made through the school programs reservation request form.
You can also connect directly with our customer engagement team:
Email: contact@IngeniumCanada.org
Phone: 613-991-3053 or 1-866-442-4416
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