This week is Science Literacy Week! The theme this year is climate. Canada has such a variety of different climates, many of which are experiencing change. Science Literacy Week encourages Canadians to learn about and explore Canada’s climates. We’ve gathered resources from our library you can borrow based on this year’s theme:

• Amazing earth
• Canada coast to coast
• Canada from Eh to Zed. Book two places
• Canada’s land & people series
• Canadian geographic regions series
• Climate change

Many more resources on subjects like STEAM, nature based play and caring for the environment are available from the Decoda Literacy Library. Contact us for more resources!

Below we’ve listed the Science Literacy Week activities happening in British Columbia this year.

BC Science Literacy Week events

Aldergrove

• All week (check times): Aldergrove Library Chemis-Tree!

Kelowna

• All week: Climate Book and AV Display

Langley

• All week (check times): Science Literacy Week at Fort Langley Library

North Vancouver

• All week: Science Take and Make Craft
• September 21 & 24: Science Discovery: Device Petting Zoo
• September 22 & 25: Minecraft Hour Of Code: AI for Good Preventing Forest Fires

Surrey

• All week: Story Trail at the Surrey Nature Centre
• September 20: Science Literacy Week: Meet Eric Saczuk
• September 22: Guided Nature Walk
• September 22: Virtual Nature Walk (online)
• September 23: Science Literacy Week: Meet Glyn Williams-Jones
• September 23: Kids STEM Club (online)

Vancouver

• All week: Fire Followers
• All week: ReCollections
• All week: Science Comics Contest
• September 21: Roots of Change! – Climate Change Youth Workshop at David Thompson Secondary
  • Also taking place on September 23 at Vancouver Technical Secondary.
• September 23: Wonders of the Wetlands Walk

Vancouver Island

• September 22: BMSC Live! Kelpisode – Exploring Kelp Ecosystems (online)
• September 25: Green Shores for Salmon (Sidney)

White Rock

• All week (check times): Take’n’Make Catapults

Online events

Many more events are happening online this year. Please note that some of these events are offered in other provinces. Please check the time zone before registering.

Contest

You can also celebrate by participating in National Science Reading Day on September 22 and entering the contest for classrooms and students!