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Office of the Prime Minister: Colouring Book

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Colour six pictures of Canadian Symbols. Download the pictures and colour them with crayons or coloured pencils.
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Perry Castaneda Library: Canada Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Texas at Austin provides an extensive collection of maps relating to Canada. Links are given for maps of Canada on many other web sites.
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Facades of Wingham: Past and Present

For Students 9th - 10th
Wingham, Ontario is writer Alice Munro's home town. This exhibit looks at Josephine Street, Wingham's main street, at places that fed Munro's imagination and thus her stories.
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Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

For Students 9th - 10th
The Permanent Collection comprises some 17,000 artworks. This includes historic and contemporary, paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, decorative arts, video, as well as other materials that may be considered...
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Government of Canada

Canada: Department of Environment and Climate Change Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, better known as the Green Lane, helps Canadians share information and knowledge for environmental decision-making. Be sure to check out the Clean Air, Clean Water and Climate Change links.
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Halifax Regional Municipality

For Students 9th - 10th
Almost everything you'd want to know about Halifax can be found here. There is information for residents, visitors, businesses, and government.
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World Health Organization

World Health Organization: Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about health in Canada via the World Health Organization's profile page on the country, which includes demographic information about core health indicators as well as general information. The 'News and features' tab includes...
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The Royal Tyrrell Muesum

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes exhibits of the museum, school programs, public programs, research and resources, etc.
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Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
At this resource, detailed information is provided on Canada's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. This resource requires Java.
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Teachnology

Teachnology: Canada Teaching Theme

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is a terrific resource for teaching a unit on Canada. Teachnology provides several worksheets, maps, lesson plans and much more to enhance the classroom learning experience.
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Micmac: Spiritual Leaders and Authorities

For Students 9th - 10th
Micmac and Maliseet culture was guided by political and spiritual leaders. Both were held in high regard for their ability to communicate with the "unseen world".
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Canadian Museum of History

Canadian Museum of Civilization: Inuit Voyages of Frobisher

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting site that showcases the meeting of the two worlds: the Inuit and the English. Lots of intriguing pictures!
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Other

This Is Nova Scotia

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the home of Nova Scotia's Official Tourism Website. Find much useful information about this beautiful Canadian province including learning about its history, culture, music, climate, and geography. Capture its charm while viewing...
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Newfoundland Botanical Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents information on the Newfoundland Botanical Garden located in Newfoundland, Canada. It provides in depth information on each section of the garden.
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Knowledge Share

Super Kids: Hangman

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this interactive site to enhance students' spelling and vocabulary while refreshing their memories in history, geography, language, science, and entertainment. It is available to use on line or you can purchase leveled apps for the...
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Other

Mc Gill University: History Trek: A Canadian History Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
You MUST visit this site!! It's kid friendly, with every aspect of Canada visited! Links to main topics include aboriginal people, government, places, wars, science & tech. There's an alphabetical search as well as a timeline. Highly...
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Other

El Castellano: Las Radios en Espanol, Pais Por Pais

For Students 9th - 10th
More than 100 Spanish-speaking radio stations, listed country by country, that can be accessed on the internet. A great way to develop skills in listening comprehension! Some sites may be inactive, but the majority are up and running....
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Hans Lohninger

Photo Globe: Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents many general country facts about Canada in a well organized chart form. Content includes: geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. This site is enriched by links...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: World Atlas: Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed map showing the provinces and territories of Canada. You can enlarge the details by clicking on any area or name on the map.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: At the Un National Monument Along the Canadian Border

For Students 9th - 10th
This poem describes the land and sky along the Canadian border.
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Lizard Point Quizzes

Lizard Point: Canada: Provincial Capitals Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Try this interactive geography quiz which tests your knowledge about the provincial capitals of Canada.
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Lizard Point Quizzes

Lizard Point: Canada: Bodies of Water Quiz Level 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Try this interactive geography quiz which tests your knowledge about the bodies of water in Canada.
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Lizard Point Quizzes

Lizard Point: Canada: Rivers

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your geography knowledge by taking this interactive quiz over the rivers in Canada.
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Lizard Point Quizzes

Lizard Point: Canada: Geophysical Regions Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Try this interactive geography quiz which tests your knowledge about the geophysical regions of Canada.