Students calculate the viscosity of various household fluids by measuring the amount of time it takes marble or steel balls to fall given distances through the liquids. They experience what viscosity means, and also practice using algebra and unit conversions.

Using the LEGO MINDSTORMS(TM) NXT kit, students construct experiments to measure the time it takes a free falling body to travel a specified distance. Students use the touch sensor, rotational sensor, and the NXT brick to measure the time of flight for the falling object at different release heights. After the object is released from its holder and travels a specified distance, a touch sensor is triggered and time of object's descent from release to impact at touch sensor is recorded and displayed on the screen of the NXT. Students calculate the average velocity of the falling object from each point of release, and construct a graph of average velocity versus time. They also create a best fit line for the graph using spreadsheet software. Students use the slope of the best fit line to determine their experimental g value and compare this to the standard value of g.

Two handouts for teaching measurement. One is aimed at imperial measurement while the other is metric. Can be used as a teaching tool or as an exam or both if you save the last section of the hand out for the exam.

This goal of this task is to give students familiarity using the formula for the area of a circle while also addressing measurement error.

This is an activity about measuring the interplanetary magnetic field, or IMF. Learners will utilize cardboard boxes with a magnet inside to design a spacecraft, and experiment with ways to attach a magnetometer that will measure the IMF rather than the magnetic field of the spacecraft. This is Activity 2 in Session 3 of the Exploring Magnetism in the Solar Wind teachers guide.

This is a lesson about magnetism and solar flares. Learners will evaluate real solar data and images in order to calculate the energy and magnetic strength of a solar flare moving away from the Sun as a coronal mass ejection. This is Activity 3 in the Exploring Magnetism in Solar Flares teachers guide.

This art history video discussion examines Medea Sarcophagus, 140 - 150 C.E., marble (Altes Museum, Berlin).

Pop culture and the classroom collide in this lesson when students go behind the scenes to analyze a television series for characterization to use in an original television show proposal.

Media isn’t just movies and newspapers and TV shows, it’s also a part of society that involves a lot of money. And all that money has implications for the media that gets created. Media is created by people -- a range of people, making a range of decisions, and earning a range of different paychecks to do it. Those decisions matter and understanding how money affects those decisions is an essential component of media literacy.

We’ve talked about how broad a concept “the media” really is – and given that, it can be hard to keep track of all the different forces that constitute “the media.” It can be tough, but it’s not impossible. Today we’re talking about how all those big players fit together and why all those mergers and acquisitions matter to being a media literate citizen.

Copyright and other media regulations have always been a bit tricky, but the internet made all of that infinitely more complicated. But what does all of that mean for you, the consumer?

Now that you have a solid understanding of the media landscape, it’s time to equip you with the essential skills for navigating it.

MediaSmarts has designed a new educational card game for grades 9 to 12, #ForYou: A Game About Algorithms, to simulate the different roles that recommendation algorithms play in delivering videos and ads online. The card game is accompanied by a lesson plan (for classroom use) and a discussion guide (for use in a home, workshop or community group). For more details, please visit the MediaSmarts website.Contact: Julia Ladouceur, Project Manager at MediaSmarts, jladouceur@mediasmarts.ca 

MediaSmarts has been developing digital and media literacy programs and resources for Canadian homes, schools and communities since 1996. Through our work we support adults with information and tools so they can help children and teens develop the critical thinking skills they need for interacting with the media they love.

Resources are available for the following areas:
Crime Portrayal
Sexting
Blogging
Media Literacy 101
Internet & Mobile
Alcohol Marketing
Environment
Visible Minorities
Cyberbullying
Aboriginal People
Resources
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Media Literacy Week
Outcome Charts by Province & Territory
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Recently on MediaSmarts
Knowing My Password
Doing Good with Social Media
Reality Check: The Game

This Website allows you to directly locate and find lessons through the SK curriculum and has specific activities aligned with a number of different SK Subject Outcomes.
- Arts Education
- Career Education
- Social Studies
- Science
- Math
- Health
- Practical and Applied Arts
- Cross-Curricular Competencies
- ELA
- Communication Media

Grade 6 Specific Health Related Activities:
o Avatars and Body Image USC6.1
o Gender Stereotypes and Body Image USC6.1 USC6.2
o Image Gap USC6.1
o Introduction to Cyberbullying: Avatars and Identity USC6.1 USC6.2 USC6.5
o Kids, Alcohol and Advertising – Lesson 1: Messages About Drinking USC6.7
o Kids, Alcohol and Advertising – Lesson 2: Young Drinkers USC6.7
o Kids, Alcohol and Advertising – Lesson 3: Understanding Brands USC6.7
o Kids, Alcohol and Advertising – Lesson 4: Interpreting Media Messages USC6.7
o Media Kids USC6.2 USC6.5 USC6.7
o Media Minute Lesson 2: Media are constructions USC6.2 USC6.7
o Mirror Image USC6.2 USC6.1
o Pay for Play USC6.7
o Prejudice and Body Image USC6.1 USC6.5
o Stereotyping and Bias USC6.1 USC6.2
o Tobacco Labels USC6.7
o Understanding the Internet: Communication and Social Media USC6.7

Educational Games:
o Data Defenders
o A Day in the Life of the Jos (same as above – paid for program) USC6.1 USC6.2

This site offers a way to maintain a balance with the use of technology while working with students at home and school. It includes information on:

Getting good information

Managing family tech

Explaining news and media coverage to kids

Online games

Media literacy lessons

You are constantly surrounded by media, so the question is: how does your brain handle all of that? The unfortunate answer is that our brains have a lot of processes that not super helpful for media literacy, but hopefully with a little self-awareness, we can work around that.

PHYSICAL SCIENCE, STEM CAREERS
We join Jay, a medical emergency helicopter pilot, as he tells about what he does in his job on the day to day, and the physics and math involved in piloting a helicopter. It’s an exciting job that has the added benefit of saving lives and doing good in the world.

ABOUT THE SCIENCE
If you are deciding between getting your own plane or helicopter, you should keep in mind that a helicopter has two main advantages over a fixed-wing aircraft. Helicopters can take off and land vertically, which means you could land it in your backyard, and they can change direction easily.The helicopter is the most versatile flying machine in existence.
A helicopter is an engine driven rotorcraft using rotating blades to create the forces needed for flight and steering. Its ability to hover, fly backwards and sideways sets it apart from any other aircraft. A very important physics principle that applies to the flight of a helicopter is lift.
Lift is the force needed to keep the helicopter in the air. The rotors create the lift force, as the uniquely shaped rotor blades spin they push the air and the air pushes back with the same amount of force or more, but in the opposite direction causing it to move upwards.
Due to the main rotor spinning, the body of the helicopter also wants to rotate, but in the opposite direction. To control this you need a tail rotor. The tail rotor provides a force parallel to the helicopter, which stops it from spinning in circles.
Getting a grasp for the physics and math needed for flying is the first step to becoming a Medical Emergency Helicopter Pilot. You can expect to log many hours as a pilot and attend a post-secondary school. It is considered quite elite as far as careers go and hard work and dedication are a must. Responding to an accident because the ambulance is just too far away, even if the weather is terrible and the area was remote, is a very demanding career, but a very satisfying one.

Students will discuss the special considerations that must be made when dealing with the human body, and will gain an appreciation for the amazing devices that have improved our quality of life. They will also explore how " čĎForm Fits Function'. This lesson should serve as a starting point for students to begin to ponder how the medical devices in their everyday lives actually work.