Teaching Facilities
The department contains many facilities to assist in teaching including a couple PC labs, a learning centre,
the earth course help centre for first years, multiple field school facilities and the Pacific Museum of
the Earth located in our main lobby.
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Teaching Awards
Earth and Ocean Sciences faculty, staff and students have been successful at winning awards for
excellence in research activities, teaching, leadership and service both within the Department,
the Faculty of Science and UBC, as well as externally
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Scholarships and Financial Support
Undergraduate Students
In addition to scholarships, there are bursaries and prizes awarded on the basis of a variety of
criteria such as: outstanding performance in a particular course or field of interest, involvement
in student/department affairs, or overall qualities of leadership and character. Some of these
awards are available to students who do not meet the minimum standard to qualify for a
scholarship.
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Graduate Students
The Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences guarantees funding for all full-time graduate students
in thesis programs. This funding is provided in the form of teaching assistantships, and/or research
assistantships paid from supervisor's research funds.
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Slide sets
Various slide sets covering rocks and minerals to landslides and various exploration activities.
See the slide set page.
Other Web Resources
Contains other web resource material and some java applets.
See the slide set page.
UBC Teaching Resources
TAG is The Centre for Teaching
and Academic Growth, a central source of
support for teaching and learning at UBC.
Skylight (Science Centre
for Learning and Teaching) is a research-focused unit
which develops and shares information and resources on learning and teaching.
eStrategy includes
e-learning & other innovative learning initiatives at UBC.
Other Sites
Initiatives Involving the Faculty of Education
An initiative being undertaken by EOS with the Department of Education is
seeking to encourage EOS Majors students to consider a possible career in teaching.
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Museum Initiatives Related to K-12 Education
EOS is attempting to improve K-12 background in geological, atmospheric and oceanographic sciences
by providing resources for teachers through the Pacific Museum of the Earth.
The Teachers Resource Centre in the Museum is still in development but will
provide rocks, minerals, audio-visual materials, curricula and lesson plans.
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Outreach
"Bringing the marvels and mystery of our dynamic planet to schools, communities, and individuals."
Our outreach programs centre around the Pacific Museum of the Earth and provides a unique opportunity to show case
geological, atmospheric and oceanographic sciences. The museum organizes services such as tours, K-12 education materials
for teachers and worksheet materials to be used in addition to the tours. In addition there are also online
materials such as slide sets and more teaching materials from other sites such as lithoprobe.
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