Royal BC Museum
Playlists
Teacher-Created Museum Worksheets
Visit this playlist to find gallery activities created by teachers for other educators visiting the Royal BC Museum with their students. These first submissions are from students in the University of Victoria’s teacher summer institute, who visited the Royal BC Museum in June 2026. The worksheets are designed for middle school students. If…
Indigenous Simple Machines
Educator Hannah Morales created this playlist about simple machines using photographs from the Royal BC Museum and BC Archives collections. This playlist is connected to the Simple Machines Pathway.
Entries
Gallery Activity - Discovery Ship, 3rd floor Human History Galleries
Gallery Activity - Old Town, 3rd floor Human History Galleries
Gallery Activity - 3rd floor, Gold Rush and 2nd floor, Natural History Gallery
Gallery Activity - Forest Dome and Climate Change Gallery, 2nd floor Natural History Gallery
Gallery Activity -
Cannery and Chinatown, 3rd floor Human History Galleries
This is a Kwakwaka'wakw Paddle. What kind of simple machine is a canoe paddle?
An illustration from a Royal BC Museum exhibit showing the use of Indigenous technology, a stone hand maul hitting antler wedges to split off a plank of wood from a log. What simple machine is being used?
Simple Machine Diagram
Hand Maul
What simple machines are being used to raise this pole in Masset, Haida Gwaii?
People used ladders to get in and out of Kekulis, or pit houses. Kekulis are found throughout the southern interior of British Columbia. What simple machine do you see in the picture?
This couple are using a spindle whorl and modified foot pedal operated sewing machine to spin wool to knit Cowichan sweaters. Can you identify the simple machine they are using?