{"id":30,"date":"2019-01-01T12:29:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T19:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/leef\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:01:57","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T23:01:57","slug":"science-education-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/leef\/science-education-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Education Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>UBC Links<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beatymuseum.ubc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beaty Biodiversity Museum<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Botanical Garden<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Learning Science<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/scitable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scitable<\/a> &#8211; A website in conjunction with Nature publishing group. Excellent for basic information about a wide variety of topics: Genetics, Cell Biology, Ecology, Scientific Communication &amp; more.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Outreach programs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/education.yourwildlife.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YourWildLife<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; &#8220;A new project to &#8220;try to improve student outcomes and teacher enthusiasm around the world\u00a0by creating opportunities for real scientific discovery.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hctfeducation.ca\/wildbc\/\">WildBC<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; &#8220;Offers a variety of dynamic hands-on workshops, learning resources and programs for educators.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadianforestry.com\/kits\/english\/index.html\">Canada&#8217;s Forests Teaching Kits<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Provides educators with the tools to help young people better understand the value of forests and the importance of protecting and conserving them.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Example Science Activities<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calacademy.org\/teachers\/resources\/lessons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lesson plans from the California Academy of Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencebuddies.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Science Buddies<\/a> &#8211; Great site to check out Biology &amp; Zoology ideas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calacademy.org\/teachers\/resources\/lessons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bio-Interactive resources from HHMI<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calacademy.org\/teachers\/resources\/lessons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grow your own bacteria<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calacademy.org\/teachers\/resources\/lessons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colour your own flowers<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calacademy.org\/teachers\/resources\/lessons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Assorted activities<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Google Earth Interactive<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dispersallimitation.blogspot.ca\/2014\/10\/using-google-earth-as-tool-for-research.html\">Using Google Earth in education presentations<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UBC Links Beaty Biodiversity Museum Botanical Garden Learning Science Scitable &#8211; A website in conjunction with Nature publishing group. Excellent for basic information about a wide variety of topics: Genetics, Cell Biology, Ecology, Scientific Communication &amp; more. Outreach programs YourWildLife\u00a0&#8211; &#8220;A new project to &#8220;try to improve student outcomes and teacher enthusiasm around the world\u00a0by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53562,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/leef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/leef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/leef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/leef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53562"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/leef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/leef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/leef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/leef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}