This PeBL yearly plan includes the 7Cs as well as your overall theme and major subject areas.
These supplemental learning packages were designed to help address gaps in prerequisite knowledge resulting from school closures due to the 2020 pandemic. There are two different types of package. The Videos and Notes package includes the notes that we provide for each lesson. For each lesson, there is a QR code and link to the video playlist with lessons and examples. The Videos and Questions package allows for minimal printing. Each page in the package covers a single topic, and features a QR code and link to the video playlist. A selection of practice questions are included on the page. An answer key is included at the end of the package. You may wish to use both packages, as the only duplication is in the link and QR code.
Surface tension accounts for many of the interesting properties we associate with water. By learning about surface tension and adhesive forces, students learn why liquid jets of water break into droplets rather than staying in a continuous stream. Through hands-on activities, students learn how the combination of adhesive forces and cohesive forces cause capillary motion. They study different effects of capillary motion and use capillary motion to measure surface tension. Students explore the phenomena of wetting and hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces and see how water's behavior changes when a surface is treated with different coatings. A lotus leaf is a natural example of a superhydrophobic surface, with its water-repellent, self-cleaning characteristics. Students examine the lotus effect on natural leaves and human-made superhydrophobic surfaces, and explore how the lotus leaf repels dewy water through vibration. See the Unit Overview section for details on each lesson in this unit.
This unit focuses on teaching students about the many aspects of biomedical engineering (BME). Students come to see that BME is a broad field that relies on concepts from many engineering disciplines. They also begin to understand some of the special considerations that must be made when dealing with the human body. Activities and class discussions encourage students to think as engineers to come up with their own solutions to some of medical challenges that have been solved throughout the history of BME. Class time iincludes brainstorming and presenting ideas to the class for discussion. Specific activities include examination of the material properties and functions of surgical instruments and prosthetics, a simulation of the training experience of a surgical resident, and an investigation of the properties of fluid flow in vascular tissue.
This course, designed for students in grades 5-8, covers core areas of sustainability education: global resources, protecting biodiversity, impacting climate change, and the intersection with human health.
After taking Sustainability Foundations: Plants, Animals, and Our World, students will walk away with an understanding that every choice we make impacts others. Learners will explore the interconnectedness of environmental systems and how to make informed decisions to improve the health of those systems.
Plants, Animals and Our World covers topics like human health, climate change, global resource constraints, and biodiversity. This course will use science and social studies content to build an understanding that we are all responsible for our planet.
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This course is designed for learners in the middle grades, to reinforce responsible citizenship of our world by encouraging them to think sustainably. This sustainability mindset established in our existing Sustainability Foundations course will be further built upon in this course. The learner will complete an introduction to recycling, explore the tradeoffs of mining, refining, and recycling, and then engage in a simulation that requires them to make real-world decisions about using their role as a consumer to promote change.
This course helps students develop strategies for becoming better informed consumers when it comes to recycling. Students will learn about single-stream recycling, the environmental impacts of mining and refining raw materials to be used in consumer goods, and how to make sustainable choices.
Possible additional curriculum connections include Social Studies 6 IN6.3 and DR6.2, depending on extensions made in the classroom.
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This resource was designed for educators and provides hundreds of ideas for the classroom for integrating Education for Sustainable Development Goals (ESD) into their classrooms.
There are resources for:
No poverty
Zero hunger
Good health & well-being
Quality education
Gender & equality
Clean water & sanitation
Affordable, clean energy
Decent work & economic growth
Industry, innovation, infrastructure
Reduced inequalities
Sustainable communities
Responsible consumption & production
Climate action
Life below water
Life on land
Peace, justice, strong institutions
Partnerships
This is a fantastic resource!
Glashka uses her innate connection and intuition with nature to help bring together the community in hopes of trying to save the lives of the trapped Beluga whales, who have swam into the freezing channel
This comprehensive resource offers many lesson plans/teacher guides for:
- AFRICAN CANADIAN HISTORY
- ENSLAVEMENT IN CANADA
- CANADA AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
- AFRICAN CANADIAN WOMEN
- AFRICAN CANADIAN LABOUR HISTORY
- TEACHING BLACK HISTORY
You will find downloadable lessons plan/Teacher Guide ideas for Emancipation Day, Richard Pierpoint Heritage Minute and “…and still I rise:” A History of Black Workers in Ontario, 1900 to Present.
The purpose of this guide is to support facilitators to assist and teach learners with intellectual disabilities about various dimensions of health and wellness. Tell It Like It Is is comprised of ten modules, however, you may elect to pick and choose which modules to facilitate with your own group.
Created by the Saskatchewan Association of Community Living
"he Trans-Canadian Research & Environmental Education (TREE) program helps students explore the environmental history of their communities by analyzing trembling aspen tree cores and soil samples. TREE engages in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) topics as well as social studies with Indigenous perspectives. The program was originally written to connect with Grade 8 curriculum but is easily adaptable and connects to concepts in grades 6-12."
Benny is nervous about the upcoming talent show. After a talk with her parents, Beany realizes that the most important thing is doing what makes her feel happy and not letting herself get pressured by her friend.
This lesson provides teachers with support for using text-dependent questions and Common Core literacy strategies to help students derive big ideas and key understandings while developing vocabulary using the text, "Tanya's Reunion." Tanya is initially thrilled to be heading early to Grandmaĺĺs Virginia family farm for a reunion, but it's not as much fun as she had imagined. When Grandma shares her memories and Tanya discovers an important artifact, Tanya embraces the farm for what was in the past and what is in the present.
Investigate taxes paid by individuals in Saskatchewan.
Teacher Guide included.
5-8 hours
Examine the relationship between taxation and First Nations people in Saskatchewan and Canada.
Teacher Guide included.
2-3 hours
These free STEM lessons, projects, and activities can be used to teach about simple machines with hands-on science experiments to investigate how levers, pulleys, ramps, screws, and wheel and axle systems offer mechanical advantages that make it easier to perform tasks.
This kit includes 4 lessons and activities for teaching about climate sensitive infectious diseases in Canada.
One of the most difficult aspects of writing is keeping audience in mind throughout the writing process. Developing lessons that support this strategy for writing is essential in the elementary classroom. This lesson supports first-grade students in learning about audience. Through interactive writing, students work together to create a genuine invitation letter for a group of their peers. In addition to the interactive writing experience, students work independently to create invitation letters for their families. Extension activities include conducting additional interactive writing experiences, reading books with samples of letters, and creating invitations at a learning center.
Developed with the support of the Government of Canada, this toolkit of lesson plans and activities explores Sustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land.
This toolkit:
- Showcases the work AKFC supports in the developing world.
- Encourages students to make personal and community connections to life on land.
- Connects historical artefacts from the Aga Khan Museum to contemporary issues related to life on land.
- Explores Canada’s ambitions, targets, and progress on life on land.
Developed with the support of the Government of Canada, this toolkit of lesson plans and activities explores Sustainable Development Goal #6: Clean Water and Sanitation.
This toolkit:
- Showcases the work AKFC supports in the developing world.
- Encourages students to make personal and community connections to clean water and sanitation.
- Connects historical artefacts from the Aga Khan Museum to contemporary issues related to clean water and sanitation.
- Explores Canada’s ambitions, targets, and progress on clean water and sanitation.