Playlists
Playlists are like ‘mixtapes’ that anyone—including you—can put together and share using materials on the Learning Portal.
You can handpick Learning Portal videos, sounds, images and pathways to create your own playlist on whatever theme you like. Playlists can be enjoyed on their own for fun or as educational resources.
To upload your own content to the Learning Portal, ask to become a co-creator after creating your profile. We look forward to exchanging ideas with learners from all across the province.
Make a Playlist:
- Login at the Playlist Dashboard
- To add content, click on any Learning Portal object with a blue plus button
- If you are a co-creator, select “Create New Entry” to upload your own files
General Playlists
Sikh Heritage Month – April 2020 Educator Webinar
By Liz Crocker
April is Sikh Heritage Month. This playlist presents resources referred to and used in a Royal BC Museum educator webinar on April 21, 2020. Author Steven Purewal and educator Annie Ohana joined us for a conversation about exploring Sikh heritage in the classroom and linking it to BC school curriculum. This playlist also includes Indus…
BC Fish Colouring Sheets
By Liz Crocker
Print off these illustrations by Royal BC Museum curator of vertebrate zoology, Dr. Gavin Hanke and colour away! Colour from your imagination (what colours would you like your fish to be?) or check online sources to find out real life colours of these fishes. Keep in mind that the colour you see depends on: what…
RBCM@outside with Dr. Nancy Turner
By Liz Crocker
On May 20, 2020, Dr. Nancy Turner led us through a virtual plant walk on Protection Island, British Columbia during an RBCM@outside program. View the program here. Explore 'A Plant Walk on Protection Island' by Dr. Turner and Native Plants of the South Coast on the Learning Portal. Royal BC Museum books by Dr. Turner:…
School Playlists
Documenting the Pandemic
By Leon Kopy
In April 2020, I asked my Social Studies 9 class to take some pictures around their neighbourhoods. These pictures had to be reflective of how people were dealing with or adapting to the "new normal" of living through the COVID-19 pandemic. They had to tie their pictures to 4 different historical concepts: historical significance, cause…
People on the Go
Whether it's deep in the ocean or high in the sky, transportation has allowed people to explore our world and beyond in amazing ways. Discover modes of transportation new and old.
What’s in a Name?
Dinosaur names are carefully constructed from descriptive prefixes (beginning of a word) and suffixes (end of a word). Maybe your favourite dinosaur is the Archaeopteryx or the Triceratops, meaning "Ancient Wing" and "Three-horned Face" respectively. Create your own unique dinosaur by using our Dino Dice activity templates.
Staff Playlists
Photography Mysteries
By Jenny Arnold
This playlist accompanies the Photography Mystery lesson plan on the Hannah Maynard Pathway.
Crossing Cultures and Healing: A Totem Pole Project
The Royal BC Museum, along with The BC Ministry of Health and Timberwest, have collaborated to create the Crossing Cultures and Healing Totem Pole Project. Tsawout Carvers, and brothers, Tom and Perry LaFortune have designed and are carving a pole on site at the Royal BC Museum.
Something Fishy: Elementary Lesson
This playlist helps give insight to the anatomy of fish and First Peoples' knowledge and relationship with fish. Examine scientific drawings and First Nations artwork of fish and explore how they reflect different interpretations and perspectives of nature.