Marji Johns, Paleontology Collections Manager (Retired), explains how some of our beaches contain fossils and other treasures that are millions of years old.
Curator of Vertebrate Zoology Dr. Gavin Hanke writes about this European lizard that is now at home in BC. It was released to southern Vancouver Island around 1970 and has since expanded its range, with potential impacts on native species.
Sometimes, species are identified only years and years after they have been found. In 1995, an unidentified shrimp species was found at Fisherman’s Wharf in Victoria. Twenty years later, it has been identified as the Japanese Skeleton Shrimp (Caprella mutica).
Educator Hannah Morales created this lesson which connects Learning Portal digital media related to residential schools, to the Social Studies curriculum.
A lesson plan using some of BC’s Indigenous languages connects to the English Language Arts curriculum.
Botany Collections Manager, Dr Erica Wheeler talks about what inspired her love of plants and what a botanist does.
What stories of the Cariboo Gold Rush do photos help to tell? Watch this short tutorial on how to take a photograph from simple face value to deeper inferences about the past.
Many animals, including people, can choose their mates—but can plants? Well, yes, actually—many of them can. Even though a plant can’t physically move, the flowers of some species are still able to choose their mates.
This Week in History, season 5, episode 2. Published on Sep 14, 2016.