Education Library Relocation

Effective end of day June 6, 2025, UBC Library will begin relocating the Education Library collections and services from the current space at Neville Scarfe Building to Koerner Library. During the relocation, all Education Library physical collections are available for delivery to any UBC Library branch, free of charge, using the Library’s Document Delivery Service.

Instructions for accessing the collection are available here.

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Below are several booklists related to various aspects of and themes in the sciences, as well as to teaching in the Science disciplines.

Biodiversity and Biomes

Earth Sciences

Energy

Environmental Science and Sustainability

Forces and Motion

Gardening for Bees

Life Sciences

Matter

Scientific Thinking

Seasons

Seeds and Gardening

The Water Cycle

Teaching Science Disciplines

Finding More Resources

To find more resources in this area, try the following:

  • Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
  • Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to materials in the Education Library.
  • To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.
  • Use specific search terms to narrow your results, such as “scientific thinking”, “water cycle”, “geology”, “energy”, “biomes”, “science–study and teaching”, etc.

For more help with searching, please visit the Library Service Desk or e-mail ed.lib@ubc.ca.