Students will make connections between their personal experiences and landscapes.
Students will practice their speaking skills while describing a landscape scene for a partner to draw.
Students will write a postcard about their favorite landscape.
Looking at Mistakes as a Chance to Grow in My Learning
This is a complimentary section from the Corwin Press book "Becoming an Assessment Capable Visible Learner".
Students discover how visual artists represent a story by depicting a single moment from it.
Students will create a story based on an image.
Students will think about a dramatic moment in their lives and imagine how to translate it into a work of art.
Students learn about and discuss the process of taking a photograph.
Students learn about and discuss why photographs are made.
Students will make connections between their personal experiences and a work of art and use visual analysis to describe a portrait.
Students will "read" a visual image very much like they would read words in a story.
Students will spend more time looking at details and write an imagined interview with a sitter.
Students will apply what they have learned about portraits in a formal writing exercise.
Students learn about and discuss the objects commonly found in still-life paintings.
Students learn about and discuss the basic shapes used in artistic compositions.
Love Languages inventory and information.
Do you want your class to be part of Canada’s Space program?
With the Lunar Rover Research Challenge, students could control a Canadensys rover in a mock-lunar environment by winning this low-prep, high-impact competition. Canadensys recently received a contract from the Canadian Space Agency to send a rover to the moon as early as 2026.
You can do the project in 3-4 hours for a classroom experience or 6+ hours to compete.
Game-based!
Win the chance for your class to operate a Lunar Rover in a simulated mission. There will be Canadian rovers on the Moon by the end of this decade. Let’s Talk Science, Canadensys Aerospace, and Avalon Space have teamed up to give Canadian youth in Grades 6-9 the opportunity to learn about rover technology and how to plan missions on the Moon.
The Lunar Rover Research Challenge invites teams of students to pitch their mission plans for the chance to remotely operate a Canadensys rover in a lunar-like environment.
Welcome to the Lunar Rover Research Challenge!
The challenge is for students to design a rover mission to find frozen water at the South Pole of the Moon. The activity is structured as a collaborative board game or digital game where students are guided through the design process. They equip their rover with scientific instruments, choose a target, then determine where to take measurements.
The experience is designed around 5 lessons:
1: Learn about Canada’s role in the upcoming lunar missions and the benefits of space exploration to life on Earth
2: Review the mission brief and learn how to plan a rover mission on the Moon
3: Plan the mission using an iterative design process scaffolded as a collaborative board game
4: Communicate ideas and prepare for submission
5: Reflect on the team’s experience and the impact of space exploration on society
Set in the context of space exploration, this project develops students’ design thinking, teamwork, and communication skills. Students must design their research mission by considering pros and cons, and weighing risks and rewards.
This challenge can be completed without a submission to the competition.
Le site web d'ICI Radio-Canada pour les jeunes! L'actualité en vidéos et articles avec de l'analyse et des ressources pédagogiques, tout visant les enfants âgés de 7-13 ans.***ICI Radio-Canada's website for youth! News videos and articles with analysis and learning resources, specifically tailored for kids aged 7-13.*This content is offered only in French, but can be scaffolded for older Core French students. There also is an equivalent website in English, CBC Kids News!*
Maker Stations provide targeted design thinking challenges for elementary students, emphasizing skills in engineering, art, math, science, technology, and music. 15
Maker Station options are provided for 3 weeks of daily home activities. Each Maker Station includes simplified supply lists, instructions, scannable QR code resources, and student planning/reflection templates. App extensions are provided for students to share and present creations virtually.