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Written by Sean Muir, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2024, Ontario Tech University This complete unit plan outlines 18 lessons and a culminating task that can be used to teach the Grade 9 Earth Space Science unit. The culminating task at the end of the unit invites... read moreCategories: General Interest, Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
Written by Laura Weir, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2024, Nipissing University This fun, inquiry-based lesson focuses on fine-motor and STEAM skills. This lesson works well in congruence with learning about shapes and counting. Learners may work through this activity... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
Written by Avery Robinson, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2024, Laurentian Unversity In this lesson, students are learning how to name and identify the function of essential components of circuits and the standardized symbols used in circuit diagrams. In addition,... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
Written by Diane Gibbard, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2024, Brock University In this lesson, students will combine their knowledge of electric circuits (parallel and series) and coding to design and build an LED light show using a breadboard and Arduino... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
Written by Cameron Knox, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2023, Brock University. Students will understand the biochemistry of food by experimenting with different ingredients and cooking methods. To access this content, you must purchase School Membership (Small),... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
Written by Christian Cepeda. This resource was made possible through funding provided by OSSTF. To understand efficiency and consumption, students need to have an understanding of the cost and price of electricity. Once this topic is reviewed, and relevant examples... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
Written by Kristy Morrison and Troy Tennant. This resource was made possible through funding provided by OSSTF. This 3 part lesson plan engages students in the exploration of factors that affect our envrionment, environmental stewardship, and culminates with a an... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
Written by Laura Wodlinger. This resource was made possible through funding provided by OSSTF. Teaching students how to identify objects as insulators or conductors provides an excellent opportunity to bring in the Curriculum Expectation topics of coding and the... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan, Unit Plan
This unit plan, Wild Rice Integration, introduces a multi-grade (1-3) cross-curricular approach to teaching students about Wild Rice-Manoomin – a cultural symbol and essential staple in a sacred way of life. Sustainability is an indigenous practice of not taking... read more