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Categories: General Interest
With an accompanying infographic and video, the Climate Change in the Great Lakes Basin: Summary of Trends and Impacts characterizes historical and future climate trends within the Great Lakes basin and summarizes the climate change impacts experienced across the... read moreCategories: General Interest, Lab/Student Activity
Written by Ben Cardin, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2022, Wilfrid Laurier University. As a pre-service teacher, my experience of education in Ontario is vastly different to what I experienced during my own education in rural England in the early 2000s – what a... read moreCategories: Unit Plan
Written by Janet Ho, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2022, OISE, University of Toronto. Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C To access this content, you must purchase School Membership (Small), Regular One Year Membership, Regular Two Year Membership, Retired Membership,... read moreCategories: General Interest, Lab/Student Activity
Written by Andrew Cain, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2022, Wilfrid Laurier University. Students having a learning experience that is both fun and engaging is the overarching goal of this activity. Using gamification in this activity, the aim is to target their... read moreCategories: General Interest, Lab/Student Activity
Written by Stephanie Chimenti, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2022, York University. To access this content, you must purchase School Membership (Small), Regular One Year Membership, Regular Two Year Membership, Retired Membership, Pre-Service Membership, Elementary... read moreCategories: General Interest, Lesson Plan
Written by Farheen Ali, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2022, Tyndale University. In this lesson, students learn about the characteristics that distinguish living things from nonliving things. This lesson will take place both in the outdoor and indoor environment. By... read moreCategories: General Interest, Lesson Plan
Written by Julia Quinn, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2022, Brock University. The goal of this resource is to integrate research (select, evaluate, analyze and draw conclusions) and literacy (written and oral communication) skills in the context of taking a position... read moreCategories: General Interest
Written by Megan Shikaze, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2022, Laurentian University. Rather than present a lesson or unit plan that aligns with a specific expectation, my submission works as a tool to support teachers in incorporating Environmental and Sustainability... read moreCategories: General Interest
Written by Sarah Treesh, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2022, University of Western Ontario. The 21st century’s undeniable dependence on technological advances requires societies to make great strides to adapt. This necessity holds true for the contemporary educational... read moreCategories: General Interest
Written by April Carter, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2022, York University. “Greetings Scientists! Let us begin today’s observation, consideration, and experimentation!” As the echos of the bell fade away, I recite this practised and familiar greeting in an... read more