This site offers arts education resources for teachers and parents. It helps kids learn to appreciate the arts by providing them with the opportunity to play games, conduct investigations, and explore different forms of art.
The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of "All's Well That Ends Well" to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.
Asbestos presents a potential health hazard to workers at many work sites. It has been used in a variety of applications because of its strength and unique fire and chemical resistant properties.
Exposure to asbestos has been linked to serious health problems for many years. To ensure protection against exposure to asbestos, both workers and employers must be aware of its properties, how it affects the body and what special precautions are required when asbestos is present at the work site. Read the resource below for more information on asbestos. Inlcuding its properites, effects, controlling the exposure and employer and worker responsibilities.
Canada has long been a part of the Asia Pacific sphere. The Historica-Dominion Institute Asia/Canada web site explores the relationship between East and West from earliest times, when dreams of finding Cathay fired the imaginations of the explorers, to the Asia Canada experience in the present day, when Asians make up an ever more visible presence in the Canadian mosaic and Asia’s economic importance to Canada is growing. The web site discusses the Asian experience in Canada, the evolution of Canadian society itself, from exclusion to greater tolerance and an embrace of diversity, and Canada’s role as a Pacific nation
The narrative and visual resources of the site make it an effective source for teachers, students and the general public about Canadians’ changing perspectives toward Asia and Canada’s economic engagement with the Asia Pacific region. It also speaks to today's youth, recognizing that, while they may be at ease with the concepts of transnationalism and a world that is linked globally, they may not be conscious that globalization is not something new: it has happened through the centuries..
In which John Green teaches you about Imperialism, but not from the perspective of the colonizers. This week John looks at some Asian perspectives on Imperialism, specifically writers from countries that were colonized by European powers. We'll look at the writings of Sayyid Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani from the Middle East, Liang Qichao from China, and Rabindranath Tagore from India. these voices from the countries that were colonized give us a sense of how conquered people saw their conquerors, and gives an insight into what these nations learned from being dominated by Europe. It's pretty interesting, OK? A lot of this episode is drawn from a fascinating book by Pankaj Mishra called The Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia. You should read it.
Janina Currah, an agronomist from Cargill Canada talks about what a seed treatment is and why it is important.
Ask Dr. Universe is a science-education project from Washington State University. Kids can send Dr. Universe any question they may have about history, geography, plants, animals, technology, engineering, math, culture, and more.
Ask Sally Science is a recurring web series where we answer great science questions from kids. Is there a question that Sally can answer for your class? Let us know and we will bring some custom science content into your classroom!
Send your own questions here - rholota@sasksciencecentre.com
"Do you have questions about farming and ranching? Ask us! And will will ask a farmer or expert in the agriculture field of interest."
Ask a questions here: https://canadianfoodfocus.org/ask-us/
Clinton Monchuk an egg and grain farmer from Saskatchewan answers why farmers use fungicide.
Did you know that soil is the most diverse habitat on earth? It is teeming with life. One small handful of healthy soil contains more living organisms than the entire population of humans on Earth!
This video gives a short explanation of why farmers test their soil and the important information they can gain from these soil samples.
Attached below are .pdf verisons of four books from the Aski & Friends series, and one .pdf about the characters included. Stories include:*Aski Turtle Island*Kon and The Circle of Life*Nipi and Mother Earth*Tate and the Flyers
Hello all welcome to Aski Holistic Adventures. We are located in Northern Saskatchewan, 55km from Cumberland House and 450km from Saskatoon, SK, Canada. In winter we host guests from all over the world and it is an amazing place to visit, rich in culture and adventure. Off the beaten path and On your bucket list! Come for the adventure and leave changed!
Askî’s Pond is an iPad math game for Grade 1 students, featuring the characters from Askî’s world. The game reinforces Saskatchewan curriculum math outcomes and processes and is available in the iTunes app store (free of charge) for all school divisions and First Nations Education Organizations. Search for “Aski’s Pond” or “Aski.”
Askî’s Pond supports math improvement and connects directly to the reading, writing and math and the First Nations, Métis and Inuit engagement outcomes. The game integrates mathematics and First Nations and Métis content, supports math instruction in the classroom and, like Help Me Tell My Story, is a wonderful family engagement tool.
The game can be played in either English or French.
The Assembly of First Nations has developed the It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit as the basis of a comprehensive strategy to reach out to First Nations students, teachers, schools, communities and the Canadian public at large. The resource is designed to bring together First Nations and non-First Nations people and foster a spirit of cooperation, understanding, and action.
Stakeholders of the Morro Bay National Estuary Program in California worked with resources from the EPA's Climate Ready Estuaries program to identify their climate risks. Their results helped them prioritize actions for building resilience.
This activity is designed to determine the appropriate instructional level for a student in a one-on-one interaction with the teacher.
This activity is designed to determine the appropriate instructional level for a student in a one-on-one interaction with the teacher.
A rubric to assess the 6 phases of assessing creativity and innovation, Creativity Process Poster, a student chart to self-assess creativity and innovation and a chart outlining the 6 phaese of the creative process.
In this assessment in a one-to-one setting, a student is shown the numbers from 1Đ10, one number at a time, in random order. The teacher asks, Ňwhat number is this?"