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Science Literacy Week 2020: Biodiversity Resources
Biodiversity Teacher Resources at UBC Education Library
Please visit the UBC Science Literacy Week 2020 LibGuide for even more books
E-Book Resources at Education Library
Teacher Resources
The school garden curriculum: an integrated K-8 guide for discovering science, ecology, and whole-systems thinking / Kaci Rae Christopher. http://tinyurl.com/ycmt6so7
Teaching green: the high school years: hands-on learning in grades 9-12 / edited by Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn. http://tinyurl.com/y7nzlky6
Climate Change in Practice: Topics with Group Exercises / Robert Wilby http://tinyurl.com/y7dkrqcn
Learning for sustainability in times of accelerating change / edited by Arjen E.J. Wals and Peter Blaze Corcoran. http://tinyurl.com/y966377q
Connecting with nature: a naturalist’s perspective / Robert C. Stebbins. http://tinyurl.com/ycxvwy7d
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Emerging biology in the early years: how young children learn about the living world / Sue Dale Tunnicliffe. http://tinyurl.com/yabc8sqy
Nature sparks: connecting children to the natural world / Cross Aerial http://tinyurl.com/y8ujhfhm
Greening school grounds: creating habitats for learning / Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn http://tinyurl.com/y7nftoka
Nature-based learning for young children: anytime, anywhere, on any budget / Julie Powers and Sheila Williams Ridge http://tinyurl.com/y778w9mb
Perfect pairs: using fiction & nonfiction picture books to teach life science, 3-5 / Melissa Stewart and Nancy Chesley http://tinyurl.com/y8b3vzwp
Non-fiction
You are the earth know your world so you can make it better / David Suzuki and Kathy Vanderlinden; art by Wallace Edwards; diagrams by Talent Pun http://tinyurl.com/ya9ehbfk
Get into citizen science / Vic Kovacs http://tinyurl.com/y98ace47
Rewilding: giving nature a second chance / Jane Drake and Ann Love http://tinyurl.com/y8zedc8n
Sable Island: The Wandering Sandbar / Wendy Kitts http://tinyurl.com/ycfqy7t6
Salmon Forest / David Suzuki http://tinyurl.com/ybhj2acp
Picture books
Arctic Sky / Krykorka Vladyana http://tinyurl.com/y9q5rl26
Over and under the snow / Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal http://tinyurl.com/yb77b84g
Over and under the pond / Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal http://tinyurl.com/y8ykpmos
Flowers are calling / Rita Gray and Kenard Pak http://tinyurl.com/ydxxpfud
Two truths and a lie: it’s alive! / Ammi-Joan Paquette and Laurie Ann Thompson http://tinyurl.com/yd3el8hk
The girl who drew butterflies: how Maria Merian’s art changed science / Joyce Sidman http://tinyurl.com/yaefyssx
The Underground habitats, by Molly Aloian http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=3856538
Wolf Island / Ian McAllister & Nicholas Read http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=8927548
Teacher Resources
A little bit of dirt: 55+ science and art activities to reconnect children with nature, by Asia Citro http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=8948083
Environmental science activities kit: ready-to-use lessons, labs, and worksheets for grades 7-12 / Michael L. Roa. http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=3901507
Non-Fiction
Tree of life: the incredible biodiversity of life on earth by Strauss, Rochelle; Thompson, Margot http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=3132433
Nowhere else on Earth: standing tall for the Great Bear Rainforest / Caitlyn Vernon. http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=5854037
Biodiversity [6 pack] / Sandy Szeto http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=9294442
Online Indigenous Children’s Literature
X̱wi7x̱wa Library and Education Library are pleased to present a virtual display of over 50 electronic picture books, graphic novels, fiction, non-fiction and biographies featuring Indigenous themes and authorship.
These Indigenous children’s literature titles were carefully compiled by the employees of X̱wi7x̱wa Library and are all available online at UBC Library.
Please click on the book cover or the title and then “Full Text Online” to access these eBooks.
7 Générations: Pierre (Volume 1, French Edition) by David A. Robertson (2013)
Graphic novel
7 Générations: Cicatrices (Volume 2, French Edition) by David A. Robertson (2013)
Graphic novel
A blanket of butterflies by Richard Van Camp (2015)
Graphic novel
Catching spring by Sylvia Olsen (2004)
Juvenile fiction
Cloudwalker by Roy Henry Vickers (2014)
Picture book
Comment la rivière Petitcodiac devint boueuse / Ta’n Tel-kisi-siskuapua’qsepp Petikodiac Sipu / How the Petitcodiac River became Muddy (French, Mi’kmaq and English) by Marguerite Maillet (2011)
Illustrated folklore
Death by dinosaur: A Sam Stellar mystery by Jacqueline Guest (2018)
Juvenile fiction
A different game by Sylvia Olsen (2010)
Juvenile fiction
Ends/begins by David A. Robertson (2010)
Graphic novel
The evolution of Alice by David A. Robertson (2014)
Juvenile fiction
Fatty legs: a true story by Christy Jordan-Fenton (2010)
Juvenile non-fiction
Ghost river by Tony Birch (2015)
Juvenile fiction
Ghosts by David A. Robertson (2019)
Juvenile fiction
The grizzly mother by Brett D. Huson (2019)
Picture book
Halfbreed by Maria Campbell (1982)
Biography
He who dreams by Melanie Florence (2017)
Juvenile fiction
Him standing by Richard Wagamese (2013)
Juvenile fiction
How things came to be: Inuit stories of creation by Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley (2015)
Illustrated folklore
Kiss by kiss: Ocêtôwina: a counting book for families (Plains Cree and English) by Richard Van Camp (2018)
Picture book
Le roi de glace: Mkumiey eleke’wit = The ice king (French, Mi’kmaq and English) by Corine Gallant (2012)
Illustrated folklore
Little you: Kitapisîsisin (Bush Cree and English) by Richard Van Camp (2018)
Picture book
Little you: Anetséleh (South Slavey and English) by Richard Van Camp (2013)
Picture book
Little you: Nën Nechíle (Chipewyan and English) by Richard Van Camp (2013)
Picture book
Little you: Kîya-K’apisîsisîyân (Plains Cree and English) by Richard Van Camp (2018)
Picture book
May we have enough to share by Richard Van Camp (2019)
Picture book
Middle row by Sylvia Olsen, Sylvia (2008)
Juvenile fiction
Molly’s promise by Sylvia Olsen (2013)
Juvenile fiction
Monsters by David A. Robertson (2018)
Juvenile fiction
Murphy and Mousetrap by Sylvia Olsen (2005)
Juvenile fiction
My heart fills with happiness by Monique Gray Smith (2016)
Picture book
My heart fills with happiness / ni Mîyawâten Niteh Ohcih (Plains Cree Edition) by Monique Gray Smith (2018)
Picture book
Native American games and stories by James Bruchac (2000)
Juvenile non-fiction
The next sure thing by Richard Wagamese (2011)
Fiction
Nimoshom and his bus by Penny Thomas (2017)
Picture book
Not my girl by Christy Jordan-Fenton (2014)
Picture book
Pemmican wars (Vol 1: A girl called Echo) by Katherena Vermette (2017)
Graphic novel
The poet: Pauline Johnson by David A. Robertson (2014)
Graphic novel
Powwow counting in Cree by Penny Thomas (2013) **Coming Soon**
Picture book
The raven and the loon by Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley (2014)
Picture book
The raven and the loon: Inuktitut language version (by Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley (2013)
Picture book
Raven brings the light: A Northwest Coast legend by Roy Henry Vickers (2013)
Picture book
The rebel: Gabriel Dumont by David A. Robertson (2014)
Graphic novel
Scars by David A. Robertson (2010)
Graphic novel
Soapstone porcupine by Jeff Pinkney (2018)
Juvenile fiction
Speaking our truth: a journey of reconciliation by Monique Gray Smith (2017)
Non-fiction
A stranger at home: a true story by Christy Jordan-Fenton (2011)
Biography
Strangers by David A. Robertson, David (2017)
Juvenile fiction
Sugar Falls: a Residential School Story by Robertson, David Alexander (2012)
Graphic novel
The pact by David A. Robertson (2011)
Graphic novel
Three feathers by Richard Van Camp (2015)
Graphic novel
The way of thorn and thunder: the Kynship chronicles by Daniel Heath Justice (2011)
Fiction
We sang you home by Richard Van Camp (2018)
Picture book
We sang you home: Ka kîweh nikâmôstamâtinân (Plains Cree and English) by Richard Van Camp (2018)
Picture book
Welcome song for baby: a lullaby for newborns by Richard Van Camp, Richard (2007)
Picture book
Welcome song for baby / ni Nikamon ‘Tawâw Nipepîmis’ (Plains Cree and English) by Richard Van Camp (2018)
Picture book
What the Elders Have Taught Us: Alaska Native Ways – Photography by Roy Corral. (2013)
Non-fiction
Yellow line by Sylvia Olsen (2005)
Juvenile fiction
You hold me up by Monique Gray Smith (2017)
Picture book
You hold me up /Ki Kîhcêyimin Mâna (Plains Cree and English) by Monique Gray Smith (2018)
Picture book
UBC Education Library Highlights 5 Indigenous eBook Teacher Resources
In honour of National Indigenous History Month, UBC Education Library is highlighting 5 Indigenous eBook teacher resources available at UBC Library. All of these professional teacher resources are available as “full text online” to our UBC users by clicking on the images or titles and then “online access” or “full text online” at the catalogue page.
Potlatch as pedagogy: learning through ceremony /Sara Florence Davidson and Robert Davidson
“Inspired by Haida ceremonial practice, father and daughter present a model for learning that is holistic, relational, practical, and continuous.”
Learning and teaching together: weaving indigenous ways of knowing into education/ Michelle Tanaka.
“Tanaka recounts how pre-service teachers enrolled in a crosscultural course in British Columbia immersed themselves in indigenous ways of learning and teaching by working alongside indigenous wisdom keepers. Together, they transformed cedar bark, buckskin, and wool into a mural that tells stories about the land upon which the course took place. In the process, they discovered new ways of learning that support not only intellectual but also tactile, emotional, and spiritual forms of knowledge.”
Truth and indignation: Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Indian Residential Schools / Ronald Niezen.
“The original edition of Truth and Indignation offered the first close and critical assessment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) as it was unfolding. Niezen used testimonies, texts, and visual materials produced by the Commission as well as interviews with survivors, priests, and nuns to raise important questions about the TRC process. He asked what the TRC meant for reconciliation, transitional justice, and conceptions of traumatic memory.
In this updated edition, Niezen discusses the Final Report and Calls to Action bringing the book up to date and making it a valuable text for teaching about transitional justice, colonialism and redress, public anthropology, and human rights. Thoughtful, provocative, and uncompromising in the need to tell the “truth” as he sees it, Niezen offers an important contribution to understanding truth and reconciliation processes in general, and the Canadian experience in particular.”
Speaking our truth: a journey of reconciliation / Monique Gray Smith
“Canada’s relationship with its Indigenous people has suffered as a result of both the residential school system and the lack of understanding of the historical and current impact of those schools. Healing and repairing that relationship requires education, awareness and increased understanding of the legacy and the impacts still being felt by Survivors and their families. Guided by acclaimed Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, readers will learn about the lives of Survivors and listen to allies who are putting the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into action.”
Aboriginal worldviews and perspectives in the classroom: Moving forward / BC Ministry of Education
“The past decade has witnessed several significant developments affecting Aboriginal Education in BC. Most visible, perhaps, has been the acknowledgment on the part of both the Province of British Columbia and government of Canada of the mistreatment and disrespect that Aboriginal peoples have endured throughout much of our nation’s history. This has resulted in a new attentiveness on the part of government to long-standing demands from Aboriginal leaders for a fresh approach to the provision of formal education at all levels.”
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Mental Health Week (May 4-10, 2020): ePicturebook Highlights
A selection of picturebook e-resources available online from UBC Library related to Mental Health:
Happy and Sad written by Madhav Chavan; illustrated by Rijuta Ghate.
This book helps children to learn about feeling happy and sad through questions and answers by promoting emotional literacy.
You Hold Me Up By Monique Gray Smith and Danielle Daniel
“This vibrant picture book, beautifully illustrated by celebrated artist Danielle Daniel, encourages children to show love and support for each other and to consider each other’s well-being in their everyday actions.”
My Heart Fills with Happiness by Monique Gray Smith; illustrations by Julie Flett.
“This beautiful board book, with illustrations from celebrated artist Julie Flett, serves as a reminder for little ones and adults alike to reflect on and cherish the moments in life that bring us joy.”