Resources for Teachers

There is no better way to promote a healthy environment and planet for all species (including us) than getting our youth excited and involved in learning about the natural world!

We’ve created a list of some resources for teachers to share with students about some of the amazing biodiversity in B.C.

Let’s help in building a better future for generations to come:

  1. Herring in the Classroom: Grades 4-5
    Did you know pacific herring use farts to communicate? The goal of this program is to engage and educate students on the importance of Pacific herring as an integral foundational species to the ecosystems of the Pacific Coast.

  2. Land to Sea, the Interconnected Coast: Grades 10-12
    Explore the connections between species and their habitats along the coast with your students. Using beautiful photos, informative videos and text this story-map guides learners along a journey from land to sea. Land–sea ecological connectivity is the relationship between terrestrial and marine ecosystems, through biological migration, hydrologic cycling, nutrient transport, and climatic processes.

  3. Pacific Salmon Species Spotlight: Grades 10-12
    Includes printable resources highlighting the five Pacific salmon species, covering appearance, ecosystem roles, spawning preferences, economics and conservation status.

  4. Marine Species Spotlight: Grades 8-12
    Includes videos and printable resources highlighting local species like: sea otters, copper rockfish, lion’s mane jellyfish, Bigg’s killer whales and blue sharks! Find further reading about marine protection and the benefits of MPAs on our website.

  5. The Sea Wolves Book & Activity Guide: Grades 4-7
    The Sea Wolves sets out to disprove the notion of “the Big Bad Wolf,” especially as it is applied to coastal wolves—a unique strain of wolf that lives in the rainforest along the Pacific coast of Canada. Genetically distinct from their inland cousins and from wolves in any other part of the world, coastal wolves can swim like otters and fish like the bears with whom they share the rainforest.

  6. The Salmon Bears Book & Activity Guide: Grades 4-7
    In clear language suitable for young readers, the authors describe the day-to-day activities that define the lives of these bears through the four seasons. The Salmon Bears focuses on the interconnectedness of all life in the rainforest.

  7. Before They Fall (Film) & Activity Guide : Grades 10-12
    Before They Fall, directed by friend of Pacific Wild, Cam MacArthur, is a telling illustration of decades of Indigenous disenfranchisement, exploring the story of the Fairy Creek protests and highlighting the Indigenous voices calling out for defense of the land.

  8. The Great Bear Rainforest IMAX film & Activity Guide
    This IMAX film, narrated by Ryan Reynolds, transports viewers to the Great Bear Rainforest.  Journey to a land of grizzlies, coastal wolves, sea otters and the all-white spirit bear — the rarest bear on earth. Hidden from the outside world, the Great Bear Rainforest is one of the wildest places left on earth. Pacific Wild, c0-founder, Ian McAllister, has carried the idea of the “Great Bear Rainforest” film around with him for nearly twenty years until he finally was about to start directing and shooting the film in March 2016 and in 2023 it is showing in select theatres around the world. See locations and exhibition times on the website.

  9. Farmed and Dangerous: Resource List of Scientific Research on Open-Net Pen Salmon Farms: Grade 12+
    Why are so many scientists concerned about fish farming, particularly open-net pen salmon farming? We have done the digging for you, and created a repository of scientific studies and information on the impacts of salmon farming. This annotated resource list  includes a brief descriptive and evaluative paragraph for each entry, so you can get a quick and easy overview

  10. No Red Herrings Here: A Science-Based Guide to the Importance of Herring:
    Grade 12+
    This 2025 updated review of Pacific Wild’s Annotated Herring Bibliography for The Fighting Fish expands on key research areas, incorporating new studies on herring biology, historic abundance, Indigenous knowledge and management, fisheries policies, and climate change vulnerability. It explores the complex role of herring in marine food webs, their interactions with species like salmon, and the importance of spatially structured metapopulations in maintaining genetic diversity and localized stocks. Each entry includes a concise summary, making it easy to navigate the latest findings on herring conservation and sustainability.

  11. Resource List: Intensive Wolf Reduction and Caribou Recovery in British Columbia: Grade 12+
    This resources list counters the Province’s claim that the wolf cull is science-backed and outlines the dire need to protect the woodland caribou’s critical habitat. It also shows that despite the B.C. government’s scapegoating of the grey wolf, the cull is unscientific, unsustainable, unethical, unacceptable, and unjust.

    Chapter topics within the resources list include threats to caribou, Indigenous conservation, current wolf management, insufficient protection of caribou habitat, inadequate scientific evidence for the effectiveness of wolf control, unintended consequences of predator removal, preferred non-lethal methods, ethics research, and public disapproval.

Host Pacific Wild staff in your classroom: Grades 6-12

We are offering online and in-person presentations for students on topics such as:

  • The ABCs of MPAs
  • Land to Sea: The Interconnected Coast
  • The Return of the Sea Otter
  • Marine Toxicology
  • Pacific Herring: Cultural & Ecological Impacts in B.C
  • Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises of B.C
  • Research, Conservation & Education: Working in the ENGO Sector

If you would like more information or are interested in booking a presentation for your classroom, please contact info@pacificwild.org.