School Program Booking & Teacher Resources

Download a selection of teaching resources at the bottom of this page.
Use the form to request a program (available upon confirmation of volunteer availability)

Request a School Program

*Programs are offered by donation. Donations help support our program materials & field work. We are a fully volunteer-based non-profit society. If a donation is a hardship for your school community, please let us know.

We'll try to respond to your request within a week or two. Please reach out by email if you have questions.

E-Mail: education@birdsonthebay.ca

Our school programs begin with an online narrated powerpoint or video to help you orient your class to the local ecosystem that provides some short stories of local flora and fauna as well as tips to help students interact gently with the environment. Online resources including narrated PPTs are available at the bottom of this page.

Once you have requested a program, a volunteer will work with you to try to find a date, time when a volunteer is available that suits your class for a field trip at an agreed upon location (typically Elgin Heritage Park for birding and the Crescent Beach or White Rock Beach area for marine exploration)

Approximately 3 weeks before the field trip, a volunteer will arrange to drop off of an in-class teaching resource kit that the teacher will sign for and return on the day of the field trip.

The field trip will be guided by an experienced naturalist with the help of the classroom teacher and parent volunteers.

Our programs are offered by donation and based on volunteer availability. Donations go to cover program expenses and support field work in Boundary Bay.

First name

Last name

Phone number

School name and district

Grade level

Number of students

Program of interest

Preferred 2 - 3 week period for kit loan and field trip booking (ex: April 20 - May 5)

Preferred day(s) of the week for field trip (ex: Monday, Tuesday or Thursday)

Resource kit drop off: A volunteer will deliver the resource kit will ask for the teacher at the office. Please note that the teacher booking the resource kit must be available to sign a confirmation of delivery at the school's office.

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Resource kit drop off: In general, what are the days of week that you are available for resource kit delivery. A confirmation email with the delivery date will be sent within 1-2 weeks.

Resource kit drop off: In general, select the times of the day that you are available for resource kit delivery. A confirmation email with the delivery date will be sent 1-2 weeks prior to kit delivery.

It is recommended to engage with the material in the resource kits prior to the field trip to help students connect with the program! More educational material can be found on our website: https://www.birdsonthebay.ca/educational-guides-brochures

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Is there anything else you would like us to know?

Boundary Bay Resources

Explore & Learn in Boundary Bay: field guides, videos and more

Below are a selection of more general teaching resources & information sheets we've developed to support teaching and learning in Boundary Bay. Each of the following resources is included in our teaching resource kit (loaned when you book a program. Please feel free to download, use, modify or adapt for your own use. These were all developed by volunteers and are shared under a CC-by license (Creative Commons with attribution for non-commercial use) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

BC Curriculum Links FOSBS Programs.pdf

FOSBS Climate Change Education Teacher Resource_Jan 2025.pdf

FOSBS Boundary Bay Info Sheet.pdf

FOSBS Decolonizing Practices Teacher Resource_Jan 2025.pdf