Students will learn the basic principles of passive solar heating and how it is applied to home design. Students will then use Google SketchUp to design and create a passive solar addition to a home or they can design a small passive solar house.
The Penny Hoarder's goal is to teach financial skills for life, so it's a great place for students to learn about responsible money-handling. From coupon deals to earning side cash to smart budgeting and managing debt, The Penny Hoarder will increase your financial literacy on all levels. There's also an on-site academy where you can learn the basics of financial topics, such as managing credit, budgeting, and more.
This assignment is good to use after exploring the Gratitude Journal or Growth Mindset activites. This has students write about someone who is influenciat in their lives. They can choose someone who they know, or historical / cultural role models.
Summary
Personal portfolios will allow the students to use creativity to choose and show and share their strengths and personal portfolio.
Personal Portfolios
The object of the portfolio is to showcase yourself and your strengths as well as accomplishments. The portfolio should give the reader a clear overview of who you are as a person, your strengths, and why you should be chosen for a particular job, school, or whatever applying for.
This lesson focuses on the many professions within the Agriculture and Food sector. Students will gain an appreciation and knowledge of the multitude of professions that exist within the Agriculture and Food sectors, while also understanding the importance of everyday food production and sustainability to the global population. Available in French "Planet X: Opportunités « extra-terrestres » dans le domaine agroalimentaire".
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This site has a wealth of information about precision ag and farming.
Attention Saskatchewan high school science teachers!
Looking for some FREE resources and opportunities that will connect the curriculum with real-world applications as it pertains to: health and wellness; medicine, nursing, & biomedical engineering?
Check out these 3 resources for science teachers to use to help reach students who might be interested in healthcare careers (these are available gratis):
1. Science teacher hub that gives teachers access to 50+ resources that they can use in the classroom (medical mystery cases, mentorship videos, what different medical specialists do etc..) (https://www.premedskl.com/teacherhub/)
2. Quarterly Medical Bs for high school students - which are case-based competitions (think Jeopardy meets WebMD!). (https://www.premedskl.com/medicalb/)
3. IDEA Scholarships to PreMedSKL, a 1-year advanced curriculum and mentorship program for high school students interested in exploring a career in medicine and healthcare. The IDEA Scholarship is for students from communities that are traditionally under-represented in medicine (ie Indigenous, Black, LatinX and other communities). (https://www.premedskl.com/idea-scholarship/)
What is a Question Creation Chart (QC2)?
The Question Creation Chart (also known as a Q-Chart or Q-Matrix) provides students with a framework for developing a range of personally meaningful questions, encompassing both close-ended factual questions and open-ended, divergent questions. (Adapted from Weiderhold, 1997).
Why use it?
To provide students with a framework for creating their own divergent and convergent questions on a specific topic.
To encourage students to think deeply about a topic.
To help students strengthen their understanding and comprehension of a topic.
To stimulate students’ prior knowledge about a topic.
To collect information about students’ knowledge and understanding of a topic.
"Free self-paced quizzes to review, assess, and engage—in class and at home."
This is a great formative assessment tool that makes learning and reviewing feel like a game.
This tool is great for students when working individually (compared to Kahoot! and Quizlet where the class plays together). Kids could do them at a station, centre or even for homework.
Turn your assessment into a game!
This YouTube Channel includes lots of videos that spotlight a variety of careers that students can look into.
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ROVER (Recommended Online Video Education Resources) is a video streaming service for Saskatchewan teachers and students in the PreK-12 education system. It is managed and maintained by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education. ROVER is a video-on-demand service that provides teachers and students with the convenience of immediate access to streamed, educational videos that support curricula. ROVER videos are housed on a server located in a school or school division network so there are no bandwidth issues, resulting in better picture quality and continuous play of videos without pauses. The videos are intended for viewing on the streaming site and not for copying or downloading.
There are approximately 1,500 videos in ROVER’s combined English and French collections that can be accessed by teachers and students to enhance learning in the classroom.
If you are unable to access the site, it may be because a Saskatchewan Ministry of Education Blackboard login is required. All students have an Edonline account, so contact your child's school or the Ministry of Education’s Support Desk at 1-866-933-8333 or email at stans@gov.sk.ca for login information. Your child's student number will be required.
The GCFLearnFree.org Reading program is designed to: 1) Help adults at all levels become better readers and help non-native speakers improve their English vocabulary and reading comprehension. 2) Explore whole texts or focus on individual words in our video dictionary. and 3) Repeat an activity as often as you want, whenever you want, wherever you want.
Learn all about food production in Canada, explore the current issue and learn about career profiles.
Videos produced by RDIEC. Career Spotlights, interviews, panel discussions, and Employment information.
Relevance is an annual magazine providing career and labour market information for Saskatchewan youth. Available in print and online. Discussion guide for class exploration or assessment available.
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