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Categories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
Rocks and minerals are of great importance in the history of our Earth, although it unfortunately remains a concept that lacks lustre and enthusiasm for elementary students. Most students are able to comprehend the differences between rocks and minerals and how... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
This activity can be used to demonstrate how to use renewable energy from the sun as an alternative to non-renewable energy sources. It also provides an opportunity to reuse materials originally created for another purpose. To access this content, you must purchase... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
Students explore the meaning of families by discussing their own families, creating a family portrait, using texts, outdoor experiences, and guest speakers, and then connecting their ideas to the natural world through animal families. They will concretely explore an... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
Students will participate in the following design challenge: With the increase in extreme weather, design a bridge with a specific purpose and adaptations to withstand the weather conditions of the area. This content is only available to... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
“This resource uses inquiry based learning, placing the child, their voice and their questions at the centre of learning, thinking about all children’s lived experiences from varied communities across Ontario. This resource considers invitations for learning... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
Stuck by Oliver Jeffers is a story about a boy who gets his kite stuck in a tree. He throws other objects up into the tree to try and get his kite down. This book can be used to inspire the design process to help solve the problem of a student climbing up into a tree... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
In this activity, children begin to notice that they see butterflies but that they might not live in the school yard. The students will explore the differences in appearance between butterflies and moths, as well as where they live. The children will investigate and... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
Students investigate the idea of whether all children can play in a school yard using the Robert Munsch book, Zoom, as an initial starting point. They then discussion the idea of inclusion and what this means in the context of playgrounds. They will then design and... read moreCategories: General Interest
With the diversity of a multicultural society, comes the myriad of language differences as well as variations in cultural experiences. This does not preclude a wide scope of student abilities in the unstreamed grade-nine science classroom. This content is only... read moreCategories: General Interest
In science, hands-on activities are always desirable, particularly when these are real time, actual experimentation, not just virtual simulations. This conflicts with our current reality: budget cuts; safety concerns in overcrowded classes; other demands on teacher... read more