by cbrookallred | May 14, 2015 | Teaching Strategies
Written by Anna Tam Have you seen those glazed eyes when you ask students to pull out their textbooks? There’s a much different reaction when teachers pull out well-crafted experiments or announce a field trip; students’ eyes light up, and they become involved...
by cbrookallred | Apr 30, 2015 | Gr 9-10 Science
Written by Sara Avent This lesson plan begins with a video of underwater footage of the Deepwater Horizon spill. The students will be asked to share how they think the spill affected the environment which leads into the main...
by cbrookallred | Apr 13, 2015 | Gr. 11-12 Biology
Settlers of Yellowstone: A Population Interaction Simulation Written by Amie Oxler Incorporating inquiry-based learning into science-based curriculum is an excellent way to allow for student-based learning. However, non-laboratory centred units, such as the Population...
by cbrookallred | Mar 12, 2015 | Gr 1-3 Science & Tech, Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech
Contributed by Les Asselstine. Help your students become more aware and knowledgeable about the natural environment in their community. This can be done by examining natural communities near fences, under logs, and in cracks of the pavement. One particularly good...
by cbrookallred | Feb 23, 2015 | Gr 1-3 Science & Tech, Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science
Imagine our excitement when a Northern Saw-whet owl was discovered near our school property! When my Environmental Science class examined the beautiful creature closely, we saw that it had been banded as part of a U.S. Government program. We reported it, using the...
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