What’s the buzz?
Celebrate Pollinator Weekon June 16-22 and buzz around the dome exploring fun hands-on activities, activations, and more! Come celebrate the amazing role pollinators play and a shared future where pollinators not only survive but thrive! At our Admissions Desk, don’t forget to grab a pollinator passport and fly around the dome looking for our gallery-wide pollination spots featuring native flowering plants!
Once you find a pollinator spot, explore the activities and collect a letter on your passport! Scout around and ask our friendly staff to find flowers, collect all 8 letters and unscramble a pollinator themed word!
What's Happening Around the Dome?
Tinkering Space: The WorksafeBC Gallery:
Imagine, Design, Create and Test materials to create a model home for different pollinators. What critters will YOU design for?
Eureka:
Explore the gallery and find the sounds, shapes, and actions of pollinators around you.
Ken Spencer Science Park:
Explore pollinator gardens made specifically for hummingbirds, butterflies, and bats! Learn how to garden for pollinators at home!
Search: Sara Stern Gallery:
Learn about the pollinators playing a vital role in our world and who REALLY does flower pollination. Hint: It’s more than just bees!
BodyWorks:
Connect the dots between pollinators and healthy nutrition.
Creative Technology Gallery:
Spot the pollinators flitting amongst the graphics in our popular pixel driven exhibit room.
Wonder:
Watch for pop-up pollinator story time and insect themed activities.
Puzzles and Illusions Gallery:
Discover different BC pollinators that have been distorted in the Anamorphic Mirror Illusion
Pollinator Week Events
NatureKidsBC activity
Sunday, June 22nd
10 am - 3 pm
Join NatureKidsBC to explore the connections between insects, birds, bees, bats, and the flora they help pollinate. Come make your own pollinator origami fun fact game and participate in our pollinator match-up games! We will have multiple fun, educational activities for you. See if you can win a free NatureWILD family magazine and collect all the stamps!