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Looking for something to do with the kids in the Sea to Sky Corridor this spring break? 

The is bringing back its children-friendly "" educational programming inside their STEAM learning space.

At hands-on, drop-in sessions, participants will see what microorganisms in our freshwater ecosystems look like up close and learn about human impacts of metals and mining. 

The sessions are included with general admission to the museum. 

Interpreters will show the live insects and worms that have been collected from nearby Britannia Creek, as well as preserved specimens.

"We're offering it in the afternoons as sort of a follow-up to be public tours that the majority of our visitors will be attending," said Derek Jang, manager of interpretive delivery at the Britannia Mine Museum.

"Because, we'll already have addressed the remediation challenges of this mine and the ways that, for a time, uncontrolled copper was polluting the waters of Britannia Creek and suppressing the animal life that was found there, we want to show visitors what kinds of signs can be used to demonstrate the recovery." 

Jang said staff at the museum are keeping track of what creatures are in Britannia Creek using a scientific biological sampling net.

"And then we're referring to research papers and have grouped those animals in terms of how likely they are to be found in waters that are heavily contaminated. And the great news that we're hoping everybody will be able to take away from is that the real animals that they're seeing on our microscopes are telling a story that the water quality in the creek is now safe for even some of the most sensitive animals that are naturally a part of these ecosystems in B.C.," he said.

The "Mini Mud Monsters" drop-in sessions take roughly between eight and 11 minutes and will run between 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. on the following days: 

COVID-19 protocols include masks indoors. 

Find out more about the exhibit and the museum online at .

Live in the Lab: Mini Mud Monsters is back for Spring Break! Using the power of magnification, an Interpreter will introduce you to some of the miniature mud monsters that live at the bottoms of creeks, rivers, and wetlands. Learn more about this program:

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