Online and In-Person Tours, Educator Resources and more!

Share this: Happy New Year! The New Year is full of hope and promise and the Beaty Biodiversity Museum has resources to help you celebrate! Empower yourself and your students with a better understanding of climate change and the issues and opportunities facing the planet and ourselves. We have a variety of programming and resources to help you take a positive, informed step forward this year. Tours and Programs: Diving into Diversity (Grades K-4, Ages 5-9): This program looks at the diversity of living things and ways of describing and organizing the world around us. Adaptations (Grades 4-7, Ages 9-12): A curriculum-based program exploring adaptations and introducing students to the theory of evolution through natural selection. Thinking Sustainably (Grades 7-10, Ages 12-15): This program focuses on exploring different approaches to sustainability in biodiversity, meeting our needs, and incorporating many perspectives. Inquiry into Evolution (Grades 10-12, Ages 15-17): Students will work in groups to unravel the history of organisms we see today, using an inquiry-based approach to learning. Online Museum Tour (Grades K-12+, All ages): Online tours to explore the six collections that make up the Museum: Tetrapods, Marine Invertebrates, Herbarium, Entomology, Fish, and Fossils. Beaty Boxes Book one of our award-winning Beaty Boxes; outreach kits with touchable specimens, information about UBC research scientists, and hands-on activities that explore biodiversity.   Educator Resources A selection of free, downloadable activities and lesson plans including resources to support you before and after a museum field trip, a wide selection of in-museum worksheets, whale-related activities, and resources sharing First Peoples’ knowledge and perspectives on biodiversity. 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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