Pointe-du-Buisson
Pointe-du-Buisson
Pointe-du-Buisson is a museum on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, with 20 different archaeological sites within its boundaries. For over 50 years, archaeologists have been excavating and uncovering over 2 million artifacts from many cultures and eras. Beneath our visitors' feet lie 5,000 years of history. Our teams are committed to helping visitors discover the history of these objects, and to bringing back to life the people who came before us. Through a variety of carefully prepared activities, students are immersed in the world of archaeology, Original Peoples and regional history.
Each visit to Pointe-du-Buisson is tailored to the needs of the student group. A team of specially trained animators supervises the students and ensures that the activities run smoothly, in a stimulating and safe environment. Activities include workshops both inside and outside the museum. Here you will find specific descriptions of the educational programs offered by Pointe-du-Buisson. These programs address specific stages of the scientific method, according to the age of the students. The museum offers an educational program that meets the requirements of the Ministère de l'Éducation du Québec.
The preschool program focuses on motor, social, cognitive and language development through the exploration of know-how and soft skills in a museum environment. At Pointe-du-Buisson, we believe that a visit to the museum is an experience in itself for the preschooler. It is therefore rhythmic, revolving around play, and helps lay the foundations for a child's conception of what a museum is.
All these activities are supervised by activity leaders who help children structure their thinking through reasoning, deduction and symbolic representations.
Practise motor, social and language skills through play;
Define links between artifacts from the past and objects from the child's reality;
Encouraging discovery.
To achieve this, we offer a range of activities in which the child is the master of his or her own learning. These include activities that build bridges between the museum's artifacts and the child's reality. In addition, some activities allow children to evolve in a new environment, while developing their motor skills. Other aspects of the visit allow for experimentation with games, giving children the chance to unleash their energy in a creative environment that encourages learning.
15 minute snack period and 30 minute lunch included (snack and lunch not provided)
Maximum number of children: 60
Activity time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Pointe-du-Buisson offers an educational program for the first cycle of elementary school, designed to broaden the spatial and temporal frame of reference. It helps students acquire a basic vocabulary relating to space, time and local social realities. The relationship between certain actions and their repercussions on a group or a territory are examined through various activities that guide students as they discover the Pointe-du-Buisson site.
Pointe-du-Buisson offers an educational program for the 1st cycle of elementary school aimed at broadening the spatial and temporal frame of reference.
Identify similarities and differences in human populations and landscapes over time;
Identify the relationships between certain actions and their repercussions on a group or territory;
Use the vocabulary and tools of the archaeologist, a specialist in researching the past;
Handle objects common to the daily lives of people of the past and compare them with those of the student's own daily life.
These various activities enable students to explore a new natural space, as well as an unusual environment: that of an archaeological museum. By examining similarities and differences, the temporal aspect is observed, enabling students to situate themselves in relation to Pointe-du-Buisson's past. In addition, the activities allow the students to examine the differences between the society of yesteryear and their own.
15 minute snack period and 30 minute lunch included (snack and lunch not provided)
Maximum number of children: 96
Activity time: 2 to 4 hours (depending on the selected formula)
Pointe-du-Buisson offers an educational program for the 2nd cycle of elementary school, aimed at understanding the organization of a society on its territory. It connects present day social and territorial realities to the past by revealing the traces of the past on our territory. Through various activities, students discover how ancient societies adapted to and transformed their territory. To do this, they take the Pointe-du-Buisson site as an example and explore it in all its aspects.
Pointe-du-Buisson offers an educational program for the 2nd cycle of elementary school, aimed at reading about the organization of a society on its territory.
Identify the social and territorial realities of the past;
Recognize the traces of the past on today's territory and their significance;
Use the same tools and make the same gestures as an archaeologist, a specialist in researching the past;
Manipulate objects common to the daily lives of people of the past to discover how they result from the adaptation of ancient populations to their environment.
During the visit, students are introduced to archaeology and the study of lifestyles of the past. Their imaginations are stimulated as they analyze artifacts from the past and their place in ancient lifestyles. Through comparison and categorization, students seek out links between today's society and prehistory, in order to better understand it.
15 minute snack period and 30 minute lunch included (snack and lunch not provided)
Maximum number of children: 96
Activity time: 2 to 4 hours (depending on the selected formula)
Pointe-du-Buisson offers an educational program for the third cycle of elementary school, aimed at understanding the organization of a society on its territory. Like the second cycle program, it leads students to question the traces of the past found by archaeologists. However, it also provides a deeper understanding of how people adapted to their environment and how it changed. The proposed educational program leads students to create links between the assets and constraints of the territory, as well as the organization of a given society. With different, adapted activities, students can continue on the path they began when they visited the museum in the second cycle.
Pointe-du-Buisson offers an educational program for the 3rd cycle of elementary school, aimed at an in depth reading of the organization of a society on its territory.
Recognize the social and territorial realities of the past;
Analyze the traces left by ancient societies to discover their meaning;
Use the same tools and make the same gestures as an archaeologist, a specialist in researching the past;
Manipulate objects common to the daily lives of people of the past to discover how they result from the adaptation of ancient populations to their environment.
During the visit, students become apprentice archaeologists studying lifestyles of the past. Their imaginations are stimulated as they analyze artifacts from the past and their place in ancient lifestyles. Through comparison and categorization, students look for links between today's society and prehistory, in order to better understand it.
15 minute snack period and 30 minute lunch included (snack and lunch not provided)
Maximum number of children: 96
Activity time: 2 to 4 hours (depending on the selected formula)
Pointe-du-Buisson offers a high school educational program designed to help students understand the organization of a society on its territory, interpret a territorial issue, build global citizenship and question social realities from a historical perspective. It leads students to question the clues to the past found by archaeologists and their relationship with the transformation of territories.
Pointe-du-Buisson offers a multifaceted high school educational program in accordance with the requirements of the Ministère de l'Éducation du Québec.
Recognize the social and territorial realities of the past;
Identify the traces left by ancient societies to discover their meaning;
Use the same tools and make the same gestures as an archaeologist, a specialist in researching the past;
Manipulate objects common to the daily lives of people of the past to discover how technology evolves with societal and environmental transformations;
Analyze artifacts and observe how they provide valuable clues to the transformation of societies and the environment;
Develop civic awareness of protected environments.
It also provides a deeper understanding of how people adapt to their environment. Using Pointe-du-Buisson as an example, the proposed educational program encourages students to think about the protection of natural and historic environments.
15 minute snack period and 30 minute lunch included (snack and lunch not provided)
Maximum number of children: 96
Activity time: 2 to 4 hours (depending on the selected formula)
