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A key aspect of the Lambton County Museums Mandate is to provide educational opportunities for local schools, organizations and the general public.  Explore some of our online educational offerings through the links below.  Subscribe to our website or check back often for new offerings.

Live Sessions

Bring a museum educator into your classroom! With our Live Sessions, we deliver content directly to your classroom using the online platform of your choice. The length and content of the sessions can be adjusted to suit your needs.

Request LHM Live Session         Request OMC Live Session

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Virtual Programs

All of our Virtual Programs are made with connections to the Ontario curriculum. Enhance learning with interactive slides, videos, and activities. This is a unique opportunity to explore learning through our local history and our local artifacts!

All programs are available in English and some are available in French.

Grades 2 to 4

A Driller's Holiday

Join the Oil Museum of Canada as we explore different winter holiday traditions celebrated by early settlers of the region, such as: putting up a tree in the home, making candles, gift giving, and festive drinks. We also take a closer look at how relatives overseas communicated back home about the holiday traditions they encountered around the world. 

Cartoon of a Christmas tree and bitemoji.

A Driller's Holiday for Grades 2 to 4 - Social Studies                     

A Driller's Holiday
Bitmoji holding presents next to a Christmas tree.

Les Vacances d'un Foreur, 2e à la 4e année - Études sociales

Les Vacances d'un Foreur

Simple Machines

Discover how simple machines can increase force by reducing the amount of effort need to perform work. You can see authentic, real world examples of how simple machines were used in the early oil industry to harvest oil and make the fortunes of the oil barons.

person sitting on a lever with a blue arrow on the other end.

Simple Machines for grades 2 to 4 - Science and technology

Simple Machines
Women bit emoji running up a ramp.

Machines Simples, 2e à 4e année - Science et technologie

Machines Simples

Grades 3 to 6

19th Century Life

In this virtual visit, you will learn about what it was like to live in Lambton County in the nineteenth century. There are connections to the grade three to six Social Studies curriculums under Heritage and Identity: Communities in Canada.

Girl bitmoji standing in front of a painted log cabin.

19th Century Life in Lambton County for grades 3 to 6 - Social Studies

19th Century Life in Lambton County

Conservation of Energy

We are an energy hungry society with increasing demands for energy to power all our devices and homes. What are the different types of energy that we use and where do those energy resources come from? Examine the difference between renewable and non-renewable energy resources and the methods you can take to conserve energy. Recommended for Grade 5.

Bitmoji laying in a lawn chair.

Conservation of Energy for grade 5 - Science

Conservation of Energy
Bitmoji of laying in a lawn chair.

Conservation d'énergie, 5e année - Science

Conservation d'énergie

Geology

Have you ever wondered how the rocks beneath your feet are made or how geologists find crude oil? This introduction to geology and earth science examines the rock cycle, stratigraphy, fossil fuels and how many modern products come from mined resources. Recommended for Grades 4-9

Cartoon lady holding a globe.

Geology for grades 4 to 9 - Science

Geology
Cartoon lady holding a globe.

Geologie, 4e à 9e année - Science

Geologie

Grades 7 to 10

Understanding the Archives

In this virtual visit, you will use these photos, letters, and more to piece together moments of the past and uncover the full story. We will learn how to discover these stories through an in depth analysis of our documentary heritage.  

Cursive writing on a paper.

Understanding the Archives for grades 7 to 8 - History

Understanding the Archives - Coming Soon!

The Maxwell Settlement

In this virtual visit we learn about a compelling story of European settlement in Lambton County. Henry Jones brought settlers from Scotland to Lambton County to establish a communal settlement, dubbed Maxwell, in the late 1820s. Although the settlement itself did not prosper, it did bring insight into the daily life of an early settler in Lambton County.

Drawing of trees, road and fence.

The Maxwell Settlement for grades 7 to 8 - History

The Maxwell Settlement - Coming Soon!

Refining Crude Oil

Look at some of the amazing ways that our Earth produces crude oil and how science and chemistry has revolutionized the way that we use these raw products. See how the process of refining has changed from James Miller Williams days in 1858 to how the modern refineries of Sarnia Lambton process the crude oil into greener fuels used today.

Tradition refinery, green plus sign, black and white modern refinery.

Refining Crude Oil for grades 7 to 10 - Science

Refining Crude Oil
Traditional refinery, red equal sign, white rose can.

Raffinage du Petrole Brut, 7e à 10e année - Sciences

Raffinage du Petrole Brut

Travelling Trunk

Black trunk with artifacts in it.

 

 

This is another creative way to bring the museum to your home or your classroom! These Travelling Trunks are packed full of artifacts and information that you can touch and experience. There are trunks available from both Lambton Heritage Museum and the Oil Museum of Canada.

Virtual Tours

We understand that some of our visitors may not yet be ready to come back to the museum, so when you can't come to the museum; we bring the museum experience to you!

 Oil Museum of Canada Grounds and Outbuildings

Oil Museum of Canada Gallery

Lambton Heritage Museum Historic Building Tour - Tudhop House

 Lambton Heritage Museum Historic Building Tour - Rokeby School

Local History Blogs

Black and white drawing of a farm.

Articles exploring our local history.

Lambton Heritage Highlights
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Articles on Lambton County history.

Lambton County Archives Blog

Webinars

The first installment of our Heritage Sarnia-Lambton digital panel presentation series. Watch heritage professionals from across Lambton County as they discuss the Spanish Flu and its impacts on Sarnia-Lambton. Learn about how the Spanish Flu was different than the current COVID-19 pandemic, and the ways that it changed our local area forever.

In the second installment of the Heritage Sarnia-Lambton panel presentation series, curators and volunteers from museums across Lambton County examine the history of summer recreation. How have local residents whittled away their summer days in years past? The presentation includes archival photographs and pictures of artifacts from the various museum collections.

For the third Heritage Sarnia-Lambton panel presentation, we took an opportunity to recognize Remembrance Day and celebrate our war veterans.  Watch the video for discussions of amazing stories about the sacrifices that were made by our military overseas, as well as the contributions of brave men and women on the home front.

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Lambton Heritage Museum
10035 Museum Road, R. R. #2
Grand Bend, ON N0M 1T0
519-243-2600
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