in the Classroom
The BC SPCA has classroom resources for grades K-7. The lessons integrate animal issues and information into existing provincial learning outcomes. Bite Free is on the recommended resource list for Health and Career Planning for grades K-5.
Click on a lesson plan below to learn more.
Kindness Counts (for K- Gr. 2)
Companions for Life (Gr. 3-5)
You Can Make a Difference (Gr. 5-7)
Cluck - The life of an egg-laying hen (Gr. 4-6)
Bite Free (K - Gr. 5)
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April 2012
Get the latest issue of Bark! for your class
The latest Bark! magazine is on its way to your school library. In this issue you will find the gerbil pet care guide, a special Be Kind to Animals poster, and tips from illustrator Scot Ritchie on how to draw a cat.
There is also a two-page spread about how litter can harm or even kill wildlife, often kilometres from where it originated.
You will also meet some kids from around the province who came up with some very creative ways to make a difference for animals in our High Paws section.
Students will enjoy this colourful, informative magazine that they can reference for projects or read at their leisure.
Look for this issue in your library or order a class set of this issue by email. Include your name, number of students, grade, school name and address and we’ll package them up and send them off to your class.
City Critters by Nicholas Read
Age level 10+
When we think of wildlife we think of forests, oceans and rural areas but if we take a closer look there are many critters we share spaces with in urban centres too.
Discover why these animals choose to live in urban spaces and how they survive in areas we consider inhospitable to their wild behaviours and needs.
This book is full of amazing, colourful pictures of mammals, birds, aquatic animals, reptiles and insects as well as informative facts.
It makes one ponder what responsibilities humans must accept since we must share our space with these animals whose ancestors once ruled the wild space our cities used to be.
Read more BC SPCA book recommendations online.
After taking a look at the article, Trash Talk, in Bark! you may be inspired to do a neighbourhood or shoreline cleanup.
Get the whole school involved. Make it a challenge to see which class can collect the most weight or bags of garbage. It will be appreciated by both neighbours and wildlife.
Don’t forget to send us in pictures of your projects so we can put them up on our website as well as enter your club into the draw for some cool club prizes!
Spring is when migrating and nesting birds are building nests,
tending their eggs and feeding their young. Many areas such as beaches
and parks are shared by pets and birds.
It is important for pet owners to be sensitive to the havoc their pet
can cause these birds during this season. While the birds may not be
hurt directly, if they aren’t able to feed and build their energy
reserves to fly to the next staging ground, they could perish in flight.
You can learn more about this new item and other BC SPCA news that you may want to include in class discussions.
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