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Categories: General Interest, Lab/Student Activity
This was a year long, ongoing, student led inquiry that my students engaged in. I covered the Daily and Seasonal strand and the Needs and Characteristics of Living Things strand, as well as several Literacy and Math expectations through the different activities that... read moreCategories: General Interest
I have been experimenting with using the online D2L Discussion tool to meet the STSE expectations in both my Blended Learning and eLearning courses. With all of the discussion forums, beforehand students are given some suggested reading from the course text or web... read moreCategories: General Interest
Tracking conversations and observations during your class can be a lot of work, but it doesn’t have to be. Your students can do labs, activities, and group work in class, and you can provide feedback on their conversations and your observations. DocAppender is an easy... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Unit Plan
The purpose of this project is to promote innovation, sustainable water use, and the recycling of materials via the creation of vertical gardens. Four RDSB schools collaborated using Google Hangouts which allowed students to share their experiences, results and future... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Unit Plan
The purpose of this project is to promote innovation, sustainable water use, and the recycling of materials via the creation of vertical gardens. Four RDSB schools collaborated using Google Hangouts which allowed students to share their experiences, results and future... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan, Unit Plan
The inquiry began by the grade 5 students’ wonderings about two students in the community class after an assembly. They noticed that the students were communicating via Proloquo2go. This is a computer picture communication exchange system software that allowed the... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
Students developed an understanding of how the different human organ systems function and work together, using an inquiry approach. Students formed groups based on their interest in a particular organ systems and discussed what they already knew and came up with... read moreCategories: General Interest, Lesson Plan
This resource discusses how to combine grade 7, Interactions in the Environment with grade 8, Water Systems. The big idea for the inquiry was that human activities have the potential to alter the environment. The goal of the project was to have students investigate... read moreCategories: General Interest, Lab/Student Activity
There are now many ways to create blogs for students. Some schools are using EDSBY where groups can be made and internally a blog can be formed within the school. Public and free programs such as wordpress can be used, or if you or your board can put some money into... read moreCategories: Lesson Plan, Unit Plan
Students will be using their prior learned knowledge of electricity and electrical circuits to design and build a “fun moving” electrical circuit that can be powered by a single “D” or “C” cell battery. The project will guide them to create an inquiry around the... read more