| Duration | Two (2) 75 minute programs |
| Flat rate | $600 Includes entrance for the day for one class (maximum 30 students, 3 adults) to both the Beaty Biodiversity Museum and the Pacific Museum of Earth as well as one museum-led experience at each location |
| Details | Plan for a full day on UBC campus. Available on Tuesdays only. |
* Please see the Beaty Biodiversity Museum’s Booking Information page for more details.
Planet Earth is an amazing place, filled with volcanoes, glaciers, minerals, and oceans, along with millions of species of organisms. The Pacific Museum of Earth (PME) and the Beaty Biodiversity Museum (BBM) have joined forces to offer tours and programs to complement your science curriculum. Located less than a 5-minute walk apart, the BBM and PME are perfect field trip locations to combine for a full-day visit to UBC. By taking part in Earth Experience, students will explore the amazing natural forces that shape Earth and discover how these processes have influenced the variety of insects, plants, and animals around us. This new combined booking option allows your students to explore two great UBC museums, and enjoy two amazing school experiences in one day – for one low cost! Customize the experience to fit the needs of your students by selecting:
- One of the Beaty’s school programs (75 minutes)
— AND —
- One PME Tour with additional time at our OmniGlobe (75 minutes) OR
- One PME Program and self-led experience with our Scavenger Hunt (75 minutes)
Free time will be set aside to enjoy your packed lunch outdoors and explore the museums at your own pace.
Submit a booking request here. (Booking requests for Earth Experience go through the Beaty Biodiveristy Outreach team.)
Targeted Curriculum
Dependent on your choice of Beaty Museum and Pacific Museum of Earth program or tour. Science highlights include:
- Kindergarten:
- Plants and animals have observable features
- Daily and seasonal changes affect all living things
- Science 1:
- Living things have features and behaviours that help them survive in their environment
- Science 2:
- All things have a life cycle
- Water is essential to all living things and it cycles through the environment
- Science 3:
- Living things are diverse, can be grouped, and interact in their ecosystems
- Observable changes in the local environment caused by erosion and deposition by wind, water, and ice
- Science 4:
- All living things and their environment are interdependent
- Science 5:
- Multicellular organisms have organ systems that enable them to survive and interact within their environment
- Humans use earth materials as natural resources
- Science 6:
- Multicellular organisms rely on internal systems to survive, reproduce, and interact with their environment
- Science 7:
- The theory of evolution by natural selection provides an explanation for the diversity and survival of living things
- Earth and its climate have changed over geological time
- Science 8:
- Cells are a basic unit of life
- The theory of plate tectonics is the unifying theory that explains Earth’s geological processes
- Science 9:
- Cells are derived from cells
- The biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere are interconnected, as matter cycles and energy flows through them
- Science 10:
- Genes are the foundation for the diversity of living things
- Science for Citizens and Earth, Environmental, and Life Sciences 11
- Chemistry, Geology, and Environmental and Specialized Science 12
Explore program pages for additional content links by grade.