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Families and Neighborhoods

For Teachers K
Students build their own neighborhood. In this instructional activity on community, students are introduced to books about families and neighborhoods. As a class, the students create their own neighborhood, elect a leader for their...
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Math Hunt: Extreme Weather

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate integrals. For this math lesson, students relate real world situation to investing. They may visit a local business to do this assignment.
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Urban and Rural Communities

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss similarities and differences of urban and rural communities.  For this urban and rural communities lesson, students compare urban and rural communities using a Venn Diagram.  Students examine maps of each type of...
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Cuban Missile Crisis in Thirteen Days

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore the Cuban Missile Crisis. In this Cuban Missile Crisis lesson plan, 11th graders take notes from a PowerPoint presentation regarding the topic and then watch the film "Thirteen Days". Students participate in...
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Geotagging in school

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a digital photo map of the world. In this digital photo map lesson plan, students pick topics such as the Olympics, natural disasters, or trip planning and create a photo map on the computer.
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Building Trust

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students complete activities about trust. In this trust lesson, students discuss trust and working together. Students work in groups to build a LEGO creation using trust and cooperation. Students discuss the overall process and the role...
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Monitoring Negativity

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discuss how negative thoughts can influence their lives in a bad way. in this negativity lesson plan, students also discuss the concept of self control when having negative thoughts and how to make those thoughts go away.
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Mobility: A Green City, Past, Present, and Future

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore transportation systems through history. In this transportation instructional activity, students determine how modes of transportation affect quality of life and design transportation plans for cities.
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Materials: Hidden Costs, Mapping the Source and Cost of Raw Materials.

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students map connections among raw materials. In this environmental stewardship instructional activity, students design strategies to minimize the use of raw materials and discuss how to use more sustainable materials.
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Forest Ecology or Who Lives Here?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils explore a hardwood forest. In this forest ecology lesson, students examine the diversity and animals and plants as they explore their habitats at Poricy Park Conservatory. Pupils determine how biodiversity and abiotic elements...
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Don't Forget the Three R's

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students encourage one another in recycling. In this environment and art lesson, students create a new recycling bin that would help people in remembering to recycle.
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Effects of chemical use in Agriculture

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students research environmental data to create a bar graph. In this agricultural ecology lesson, students research the pros and cons of chemical use in farming. Students debate on passing a law to reduce chemical use.
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Analysis of Colonial History: Shipbuilding in Nova Scotia, 1861

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use a web-site to examine the economic factors involving colonial ship- building.  In this shipbuilding lesson, 8th graders will build a set of tables that demonstrate how they have chosen to analyze cost, processing and...
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Canada's Immigration patterns: 1950 to Present

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students examine the changing immigration pattern of Canada. In this immigration lesson, students use statistical data from a web-site to complete a worksheet and graph their findings.
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The First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples of Canada

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners explore demographic shifts. In this Canadian Census lesson, students interpret data from the 2006 Census to determine the needs of the Aboriginal population in the country.
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Introduction to Population Statistics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine population statistics. In this population lesson, students navigate the Internet to locate Canadian statistics regarding population.
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Solid Waste in Canada

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students develop an understanding of waste and its effects.  In this managing waste lesson students participate in one of a few activities including creating a poster, summarizing an article or writing a research paper. 
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Youth vs. Adult Employment

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students investigate the unemployment rate in Canada. In this statistics lesson, students collect data on youth finding jobs, graph and analyze the data. This assignment raises awareness of the employment problems in Canada.
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Civil War Trading Cards

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research important figures in the American Civil War. In this research skills lesson, students create trading cards about selected key figures in the war that list details about the figures and their accomplishments.
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Treasures of Ancient Egypt

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore Ancient Egypt by learning about the after life, observing and discussing pictures of mummies, making jewelry, and more. In this Ancient Egypt lesson plan, students complete these activities in class and at a museum.
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Cultures Around the World

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore the concept of culture. In this culture lesson, students discuss how clothing, food, celebrations, holidays, and travel contribute to the formation and perpetuation of culture.
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Schools Around the World

For Teachers K - 5th
Students discover how schools around the world are the same and different. In this international school lesson, students learn about different types of schools from all around the world and the items and activities within these schools....
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Watershed Model

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students view a presentation of water and land and how we need to protect our water resources. In this water lesson plan, students discuss how we rely on water, and complete activities in all subjects related to water.
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Family History

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine immigration patterns. In this family history lesson, 8th graders investigate their own family histories and then compare and contrast immigration patterns of their class to national immigration patterns between...

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