Educational Programs

Open year round, Stonewall Quarry Park offers a variety of curriculum –based programs for various grade levels and disciplines. Our unique programs use a variety of creative activities to encourage students to explore the topics at hand. Programs vary from 1 ½ - 2 hours. All programs feature indoor and outdoor components. Take home packages with follow up activities are available for all programs.

Basic Fees: $4.00 / student   No charge for adult supervisors

Choose from:

Hi, I’m Mr. Kiln!  
Suitable for: Preschool – Grade 2
This program explores the changes heat causes in matter. Model ovens are used to demonstrate how heat changes cake batter to cake, clay to pottery, and limestone to lime powder. Outside, students get a closer look at the giant limestone kilns that were used to make lime powder in the quarry.

Quarry History: A Trail through Time
Suitable for: Grades 2 – 3
What is a community? Travel back through time, investigating seven different communities that have existed in this area. We begin with sea creatures 450 million years ago and finish with today’s bedroom community.  The outdoor tour looks for evidence of each community presented in the program.

Fossils: Stories Written in Stone
Suitable for: Grade 4 –6
Using a variety of activities we explore the rock cycle and the wondrous world of fossils. Outside we look at fossils found in the quarry.

Limestone Formation
Suitable for: Grades 7 – 8
Looking for a new way to cover the rock cycle? We have the answer! This program takes an in-depth look at the formation of sedimentary rock. The highlight of the program is a spirited game of Win, Lose, or Draw.

Snow Creatures
Suitable for: Kindergarten – Grade 2
We look at the special ways that plants and animals adapt to the cold Manitoba winter. Explore the park to uncover the secrets underneath the blanket of snow.

Survival In the Snow
Suitable for: Grades 3 and up
Don’t hibernate this winter! Learn how to safely enjoy the cold. Discover the 6 steps to survival and learn how to build a quinzhee.
Optional Activities:

Get more from your visit to Stonewall Quarry Park by adding a self-guided activity ( no additional fee) to go along with your program.
Choose from:


Bring equipment for a baseball game
Bring toboggans for a ride down Jimm’s Hill
Search for fossils in our special fossil hounding pile

Our interpretive staff are available to assist you with additional activities.
For an additional fee of $1.00 / student choose from:

a.) Walking tour of Stonewall featuring stories from the town’s colorful past
b.) Predator-prey game + Inuit games  ( winter only )
c.) Guided fossil hounding in the fossil pile