Photo Competition Winner, Beaty Boxes, Free Resources and more!

Share this: Happy New Year! Thank you to all the teachers, students, and classrooms that visited us in 2023, it was our most successful year ever with record numbers of schools visiting us. We thank you for your support and look forward to seeing you and your class in 2024! In-Person Tours and Programs From self-led explorations of the collections to curriculum-based programming led by one of our Museum Interpreters, we offer engaging programming for all ages, from Kindergarten to Post-Secondary classes. Click here for more details! Beaty Boxes Beaty Boxes, our award-winning outreach kits, are available for rental.  All Beaty Boxes contain touchable specimens and other scientific objects to stimulate inquiry and discussion within the classroom, enhancing the student learning experience.  Click here to learn more! Free Lesson Plans, Resources, and More!  Find biodiversity-themed activities built by educators, museum staff, students, and researchers; all for free! Some are designed to be used at the museum, but many can be used in your classroom anywhere around the globe. Explore and download these free resources here! Spring Break March 16 – 31, 2023  We are planning an exciting spring break this year. This year we are focused on “Celebrating the Collections!” Families are invited to get to know our research collections; we will have curated sets of scavenger hunts and colouring sheets, along with themed hands-on activities and half-hour highlights each day. Keep an eye on our website for more details coming soon! Biodiversity Research Photo Competition 2024 Winner  Congratulations to Lily L. from York House School! The competition judges selected Lily L.’s photo entitled ‘If Trees Had Emotions’ as the winner in the K-12 classroom category. Along with our classroom contest, researchers were invited to submit photos to their own competition. Check out the entries here!  Exciting Changes A significant expansion to the Beaty Biodiversity Research Center, located next to the museum, is underway and will continue into spring 2025. As with any major construction project, we anticipate delays and unforeseen circumstances – we may need to cancel or change our bookings and rentals at short notice. We thank you for your patience as we undergo this exciting transformation! Read more here!    The Beaty Biodiversity Museum will remain open during the expansion period, and operations will continue as normal. About the Museum The Beaty Biodiversity Museum is Vancouver's natural history museum, dedicated to building greater understanding, and a shared sense of community and wonder, around biodiversity. Follow us on our social media channels! 2212 Main Mall University of British Columbia | Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4 CA

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