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Categories: General Interest, Lesson Plan
This resource is an introduction to how to guide students in extracting information from articles posted on Google classroom. They then create basic to higher level thinking questions (which they also answer). There are lots of helpful templates and how to materials... read moreCategories: General Interest, Lesson Plan
Paper “clickers” are a simple and cost effective way to boost students’ conceptual understanding and improve their metacognitive skills. All you need is a computer, data projector and paper multiple choice answer cards (clickers) for each student, and you can get... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
Students will design, perform, and document their own experiment examining the effect(s) of a plant growth regulator (PGR). All students are expected to have a basic understanding of a variety of PGRs based on an introductory worksheet. Students are then divided into... read moreCategories: General Interest
This resource focuses on the differentiated assessment strategy where students create Show What you Know’s (SWUN’s). Students have the opportunity to build a portfolio of work, (a series of assessment for and assessment as learning activities), that can... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
Wix is a technology tool that allows students to design creative, engaging, and interactive websites using class content. This tool provides teachers and students with many simple tutorials that highlight its features. Some prior knowledge of website design is useful,... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
This activity can be used as a culminating activity, as it will bring aspects of all of the major strands of the grade 9 science curriculum together. Students are to design and build a space station to support a human colony on another planet or moon. Along with... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan, Unit Plan
To increase student engagement, learning and critical thinking in the Tissues, Organs and Systems of Living Things unit in SNC2D, an inquiry-based approach was used to redesign the unit. Critical thinking is promoted by starting the unit with a problem/question.... read moreCategories: General Interest, Lab/Student Activity
The nature of physics experiments (in the high school classroom) creates a perfect situation to allow students to generate their own testable questions. Many of the safety concerns that might exist in other disciplines can often be avoided when teaching classical... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Unit Plan
Grade 1/2 integrated unit plan for Science and Technology, Mathematics, Art, Language (STEAM). This architecture-based project will foster an awareness of a cycle of inquiry and engage students in problem-based learning activities. Students will also explore... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
Students are guided through a case study used to introduce the IOU inquiry process (making Inferences from Observations based on Understanding) used in Problem Based Learning (PBL). Opportunity for formative assessment of both process skills and content knowledge is... read more