Month: <span>September 2020</span>

Water Baloon in a Bottle Science Demonstration for Grade 3

Title: Water Balloon in a Bottle Topic: Matter/particles/pressure Grade: 3 Environment: Classroom, over a sink Materials:  Balloons 3 plastic pop bottles (two with a small hole) Water Lighter Paper clip Sticky tack or tape Curricular connections: Big Idea: All matter is made of particles Content: matter is anything that has …

Demo: Mixtures & Density (grade 6)

Demonstration: Mixtures & Density (Denée Nickel & Tessa Webb) This demonstration is intended for grade 6, focusing on the following aspects of the curriculum: Big Idea: Everyday materials are often mixtures. Competencies: Make predictions about findings of their inquiry, make observations in familiar or unfamiliar contexts, identify environmental implications of …

Science Demo: Digestion – Gr.3/4

Activity Outline Kelly and I chose to explore the human digestive system for our Learning Situation. We modeled the path of a snack of bananas and crackers from the stomach through the small intestine, large intestine, and out through the colon as feces.  Materials ½ banana 2 crackers ¼ cup …

Learning Centres on Human Nervous System for grade 6

Human Body Nervous System- Grade 6 5 stations Passport, fill out part for each activity Activities: Think Piece & Breathing Exercises: Intergenerational trauma** impact on the brain and breathing exercises Fact Brain: big brain with students’ facts or drawings in it. Collaborative brain to further understanding of the brain and …

Fitness Unit Plan- Grade 7 EPHE

Found Fitness: Grade 7 PHE  Download Lesson Plan Here (Contains images and tables properly formatted): EPHE 312 Unit Plan Rationale/Context: The goal of our unit plan is to focus on fitness for students within their home and community. We wanted to highlight making regular fitness accessible to everyone, regardless of …

Watershed Warriors! – Grade 6 Learning Plan

Hi didilyho cohortinos! Here is a PDF link to the Watershed Warriors Grade 6 learning plan: Learning Plan_Jamie Andrews This learning plan is designed to connect students with their local watersheds and get them thinking about ways in which they can restore the health of these watersheds / protect them …

Grade 2 – Connecting Energy to Physical & Chemical Processes

Grade 2 – Connecting Energy to Physical and Chemical Processes Created by Jessica Smith Image by Norah Smith, 11 years old Download lesson here: Grade 2 – Connecting Energy to Physical and Chemical Processes Connections to the Curriculum for Grade 2: Science Grade 2 Big Idea Materials can be changed …

Grade 3 – Exploring Movement in Nature & Connecting with our Surroundings

Grade 3 – Exploring Movement in Nature & Connecting with our Surroundings By Denee Nickel & Jessica Smith Download PDF for lesson here: Grade 3 Exploring Movement in Nature & Connecting with our Surroundings Big Idea: Movement skills and strategies help us learn how to participate in different types of …

Greenspace: Nature Exploration and Orienteering Gr. 2

Photo by Lukasz Szmigiel on Unsplash Nature Exploration and Orienteering Gr. 2 By: Jess P., Fran, and Hailey PHE Greenspace Assignment_Grade2 Made up of a nature walk, Animals for the Forest Tag, Senses Map, and a gratitude circle. Also covers curricular competencies in science for grade 2.

Kindergarten Science Learning Centre: Mixed Up Truck

THE MIXED UP TRUCK Connecting Kindergarten students to familiar objects through science inquiry INTRODUCTION Explore mysterious white powders with a read-along, using Nature of Science thinking and hands-on experimentation at the Kindergarten level, with optional art connections.  RATIONALE This centre is designed as a read-aloud, followed by exploratory science. The …