Young Eyes and Hopeful Hearts
By Jenny Arnold
This playlist highlights projects of the campers of the Royal BC Museums traveling exhibit - Species At Risk as they explore this topic and discover ways they can help these species and raise awareness.
What You Can Do & Where You Can Do It
Too often I've met people who say they feel that they can't make a difference for local species because they don't have the time, resources, or ability to do so. In response to that, I've chosen to create a playlist of British Columbian organizations of all sorts that are willing and ready to help you…
How do science and policy influence one another?
This playlist is part of an inquiry project for a course at the University of Victoria in Curriculum and Instruction in Elementary and Middle School Social Studies. My initial question is "How can the Learning Portal be used to support Social Studies learning?" To model inquiry, my second question is "How do science and policy…
Museum After-Hours
As a museum educator, I get most excited by the potential of the galleries after-hours. There is something about this time frame that makes anything seem possible. And the real magic begins.
Indigenous Principles and the Classroom
This playlist is meant to help highlight the journey I am taking as a non-indigenous person incorporating indigenous principles of learning and ways of knowing and being into my high school English and Humanities classroom. I hope that this playlist can help other educators feel comfortable joining me on this journey to honour how all humans learn.
What is ‘Art’?
By Bobby Orr
It's a tricky question, and doesn't have just one answer. To some, art is something that expresses an idea or emotion, and offers a new way to engage with the world around them. But what does art mean to you, and how do you define what is (or isn't) art? This playlist looks at objects created in, and/or inspired…
Art in Nature
In my work as an educator, I seek activities that connect students to nature by engaging in art. This playlist pulls nature inspired art from the learning portal, and also includes my own similar projects.
Species at Risk: Vancouver Island Marmot Learning Plan
As part of the Species at Risk project, I am curating this learning plan playlist that can be used to explore ideas about the Vancouver Island Marmot.