Uncover the Science of Crime: Hands-On Field Trips at the VPMA
Tailor-Made Field trips for Grades 5 to 12
Step out of the classroom and into a world of mystery, science, and history.
Get ready for a fully immersive, multi-sensory educational experience where your students use critical thinking to crack real case concepts.
As an educator, you hold the keys to the entire experience. We offer ultimate itinerary flexibility, giving you an entire toolkit of options to build a field trip that perfectly aligns with your lesson plans, budget, and schedule.
You choose the exact duration of your visit, select the specialized hands-on science labs your students will conduct, and decide the depth of the investigation.
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Jr. Forensics Academy
(Grades 5 – 8)
An engaging, high-energy introduction to investigative science, observation skills, and teamwork.
Forensics Academy (Grades 9 – 12)
A deeper, more technical look at forensic evidence, data analysis, and the critical thinking required to crack tough cases.
Build Your Custom Itinerary
Every booking includes our signature Museum Tour through our historic galleries, plus your choice of hands-on forensic labs!
Step 1: Choose Your Time & Budget
Select how long you want your field trip to run based on the number of activities
2 - Hour Experience ➔ Includes Museum Tour + 1 Activity - $16 per student
3 - Hour Experience ➔ Includes Museum Tour + 2 Activities - $18 per student
4 - Hour Experience ➔ Includes Museum Tour + 3 Activities - $20 per student
Step 2: Pick Your Forensic Labs! Mix and match from our top specialized activities
(Available for both Academy tiers)
- Fingerprinting: Learn the patterns of friction ridges and how to lift and match latent prints left
at a crime scene.
- Blood Spatter: Analyze physics and geometry to understand impact patterns, velocity, and what happened at a scene.
- Entomology: Study the life cycles of insects to determine timeline variables in a scientific
investigation.
- Ballistics: Examine the science of firearms, trajectories, and tool-mark evidence
identification.
Booking Details & Capacity:
Group Size Limits: To ensure a high-quality, hands-on experience, our maximum capacity per booking session is 30 students.Bringing a large cohort? If your group has 30 or more students, please call or email us directly so we can custom-coordinate a rotating schedule or multi-session day for your school!
info@vancouverpolicemuseum.ca
604.665.3346
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