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Arctic Biodiversity

Recommended for Grades 4-7

Join us as we launch an exciting new program from within our Canada’s Arctic exhibit offering students the opportunity to get up close and personal with Arctic life on display at the Aquarium. They’ll discover and explore the vast diversity of living organisms supported by the Arctic environment with particular emphasis on the marine realm. 

This program will help students to understand how such an unexpected variety of life is able to persist in the harsh Arctic habitat by highlighting important adaptations and connections which enable animals and plants to survive there. Your class will also investigate key issues that affect Arctic biodiversity with especial emphasis on climate as a critical feature of the Arctic environment playing a huge role in the diversity of life that it supports and learn how human actions can play a significant role in the conservation of the Arctic ecosystem.  

Arctic Biodiversity

Program Details

Availability

Arctic Biodiversity is offered from October 1, 2012 to April 26, 2013. Please see below for details.

October 1, 2012 to April 26, 2013
Delivery: Gallery Program
Days: Fridays
Time: 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

Fee Information

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Class Size And Duration

Classes require a minimum of 20 students to register. The maximum capacity of the class is limited to 30 students. The duration of the class is 1.5 to 2 hours.

*Note: As part of this program pilot we will be conducting trial videoconferences between students here and their counterparts from various Canadian Arctic communities. Please also note that we do not guarantee that a videoconference will be in trial on the day or time of your session.

Activities and Lesson Plans

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Learning Outcomes

These programs support the Prescribed Learning Outcomes of the B.C. Ministry of Education's Integrated Resource Packages (IRPs) and the Aquarium's conservation mission.

Grade 4

  • Demonstrate awareness of the Aboriginal concept of respect for the environment (Life Science: Habitats and Communities)
  • Compare the structures and behaviours of local animals and plants in different habitats and communities (Life Science: Habitats and Communities)
  • Analyze impacts of weather on living and non-living things (Earth and Space Science: Weather)
  • Analyze simple food chains (Life Science: Habitats and Communities)
  • Describe Aboriginal peoples' relationship with the land and natural resources (Social Studies: Human and Physical Environment)
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Grade 5

  • Describe potential environmental impacts of using BC's living and non-living resources (Earth and Space Science: Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources)
  • Analyze how the Aboriginal concept of interconnectedness of the environment is reflected in responsibility for and caretaking of resources (Earth and Space Science: Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources)
  • Explain why sustainability is important (Social Studies: Human and Physical Environment)

Grade 6

  • Analyze how different organisms adapt to their environments (Life Science: Diversity of Life)

Grade7

  • Analyze the roles of organisms as part of interconnected food webs, populations, communities, and ecosystems (Life Science: Ecosystems)
  • Evaluate human impacts on local ecosystems (Life Science: Ecosystems)
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