Help your students gain a deeper understanding of their place in the world by exploring the connections that exist between animals, humans and the environment.
Our resources have been specially designed by our humane education team to teach students important lessons about animal welfare, and to help students build empathy for all living things. All lessons include B.C. core and curricular competencies and content met for each activity.
Presentations
Invite the BC SPCA into your classroom (in-person or virtually) for a presentation! Students will learn from a BC SPCA humane educator who will explore important animal welfare issues together with your class. You will also be given access to lessons to be done before and after the presentation that include the core and curricular competencies and content met for each activity.
The cost of our presentations is $30. If cost a barrier, please indicate this on your booking form, and we will be pleased to discuss alternate arrangements.
BOOK A VIRTUAL PRESENTATION: complete our Virtual presentation booking form, and bring the BC SPCA virtually into your classroom anywhere across B.C.!
BOOK AN IN-PERSON PRESENTATION: in-person class presentations are currently offered in the following locations:
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- Lower Mainland (School districts 38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45)
- Okanagan-Vernon
- Vancouver Island (Central)
- Vancouver Island (South)
- West Kootenay
- Fraser Valley: in-person bookings for this region are closed for the 2022/2023 school year. We encourage you to consider booking a virtual presentation!
- Thompson-Shuswap: in-person bookings for this region are closed for the 2022/2023 school year. We encourage you to consider booking a virtual presentation!
KINDNESS COUNTS:
BITE FREE:
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE:
MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE:
CAT TALES:
THE FARM FOOD CONNECTION:
INCLUDING ANIMALS IN SOCIAL JUSTICE:
Class lessons & activities
Ready-to-use activities for your class! Designed to meet the B.C. core and curricular competencies, these engaging animal-themed activities for students also contain links to additional resources, plus curricular links for educators to explore.
Kindergarten to Grade 2:
- Adaptation, Migration, Hibernation (PDF) with additional resources (PDF) // Science, Social Studies, Personal and Social competencies
- Lost and Found Cat (PDF) with additional resources (PDF) // Social Studies, English Language Arts, Arts Education, Critical Thinking, Reflective Thinking, Positive Personal and Cultural Identity
- Reading Log (PDF) with additional resources (PDF) // English Language Arts
- Are You Ready for Me (video) & Are You Ready for Me? (PDF) with additional resources (PDF) // English Language Arts, Social Studies, Critical and Reflective Thinking, Personal and Social competencies
Grades 3 to 5:
- Adaptation, Migration, Hibernation (PDF) with additional resources (PDF) // Science, Social Studies, Personal and Social competencies
- A Little Eggstra Space (PDF) with additional resources (PDF) // Science, Mathematics, Thinking
- Animal Reflection Prompts (PDF) with additional resources (PDF) // English/Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Critical Thinking
- No Bake Cat or Dog Treats (PDF) with additional resources (PDF) // Mathematics, Science, Thinking
- What’s it all going to cost? (PDF) with additional resources (PDF) // Science, Mathematics, Critical Thinking
Grades 6 to 9:
- Home Sweet Home (PDF) with additional resources (PDF) // Math, Social Studies, Communication, Thinking, Personal and Social competencies
- Animal Careers (PDF) with additional resources (PDF) // Career Education, Social Awareness & Responsibility, Positive Personal & Cultural Identity, Critical & Reflective Thinking competencies
Humane Science Education unit plans
These humane science education modules can be used to create classes based on the B.C. Science Curriculum. Recommended virtual anatomy tools are available for each unit.
Frog anatomy (Grades K-6):
Rat anatomy (Grades 5-6):
Pig anatomy (Grade 12):
Human anatomy (Grade 12):
- Cardiovascular system lesson plan (PDF)
- Cardiovascular system student workbook (PDF)
- Digestive system lesson plan (PDF)
- Digestive system student workbook (PDF)
- Lymphatic immune system lesson plan (PDF)
- Lymphatic immune system student workbook (PDF)
- Musculoskeletal lesson plan (PDF)
- Musculoskeletal student workbook (PDF)
- Nervous system lesson plan (PDF)
- Nervous system student workbook (PDF)
- Reproductive system lesson plan (PDF)
- Reproductive system student workbook (PDF)
- Respiratory system lesson plan (PDF)
- Respiratory system student workbook (PDF)
- Urinary system lesson plan (PDF)
- Urinary system student workbook (PDF)