Battle of the Châteauguay
National Historic Site

Beauharnois Generating Station

Biophare

Blockhaus de la rivière-Lacolle

Chambly Canal
National Historic Site

Coteau-du-Lac
National Historic Site

Électrium, the Hydro-Québec Electricity Interpretation Centre

Exporail, The Canadian Railway Museum

Expression, Centre d’exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe

Fort Chambly
National Historic Site

Fort Lennox
National Historic Site

La Maison amérindienne

Maison Lenoblet-du-Plessis

Maison LePailleur

Maison nationale des Patriotes

Missisquoi Museum

Musée des beaux-arts
de Mont-Saint-Hilaire

Musée du costume
et du textile du Québec

Musée du Haut-Richelieu

Musée régional
de Vaudreuil-Soulanges

Muséobus,
the Children’s Museum

MUSO – Musée de société
des Deux-Rives

Plein sud, Centre d’exposition en art actuel

Quebec Museum of Archaeology

Saint-Ours Canal
National Historic Site

Watch a video about the educational offer for schools. Quicktime plugin required. (french only)

The mission of the Biophare educational program is to teach young people about the human and natural resources of the Lake Saint-Pierre World Biosphere Reserve, and make them aware of its beauty and fragility.

Preschool and Elementary
Water and the flow of time
This activity lets children re-experience the lives of the region’s former inhabitants: the St. Lawrence Iroquoians, the French explorers and the 20th-century workers who marked the nation’s history. Students become more aware of their own history and the way people lived in the past. They are encouraged to compare yesterday’s lifestyles with today’s and to think about the issues of sustainable development and citizen participation.

Waters of the archipelago
Through dynamic animation and tested educational materials (models, taxidermic and living specimens, identification keys, observation games and experiments), this activity awakens young people to the beauty, diversity and fragility of a unique environment: the Lake Saint-Pierre World Biosphere Reserve. They learn to recognize and identify various species of fish and birds on the basis of their particular characteristics. They also learn to distinguish different ecosystems, such as wetlands. Special attention is given to the importance of sustainable development and its advantages for society.

Cost: $5.00 to $8.50 per student, depending on length of activity
Length of activity: half day or whole day
Reservations: (450) 780-5740 or 1 877 780-5740