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Environment Canada: Clean Water: Life Depends on It! [Pdf]
An extensive lesson unit on water quantity and quality and why it is important in relation to human life. Provides lessons that incorporate language, social studies, geography, and health. Tests are also provided. This is one chapter of...
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Electromagnetic Spectrum: Colour and Waves
This resource provides information on the different wavelengths that make up the electromagnetic spectrum. Also contains information on waves and color.
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B J Mst: Behaviour of Light
This resource explores light reflection and refraction by providing colorful illustrations and examples.
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Mirrors, Lenses and Your Eyes
This resource explores the science behind light and how mirrors reflect it. Also contains information on lenses both convex and concave.
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Density Demonstration: Coke vs. Diet Coke [Pdf]
Help students brainstorm and find a solution as to why Diet Coke floats and Coke sinks. Student will learn to define what density is as they engage in this creative lab. This resource is in PDF form; requires Adobe Reader.
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Beneath the Sea: Blowing Ballast [Pdf]
Students dive down deep as they experience a hands-on activity and build a model of a submersible. Lesson plan includes a web connection, a teaching guide, extensions to learning as well as curriculum links and national science...
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Water Works! One Resource Many Users [Pdf]
This resource takes a closer look at water withdrawal and instream use in Canada and compares it to other countries. Incorporates subject areas such as science, social studies, language arts, history, geography, math and environmental...
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Groundwater: Nature's Hidden Treasure [Pdf]
This resource provides an extensive unit on "The extent and importance of groundwater in Canada." Incorporates other subject areas other than science such as math, history, art and local research. A test is provided at the end and...
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Water Vulnerable to Climate Change [Pdf]
A very extensive unit on climate changes and how they are caused as well as how they can be prevented. Incorporates science, geography, language arts, current events, environmental and social studies. Tests and games included. PDF...
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Middle School Science: Shoe Classification Lab [Pdf]
This concise worksheet site will enable students to learn how to create a classification system and to understand the reasons for classification in science. Requires Adobe Reader.
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Life Systems: Cells, Tissues, Organs
Extensive site for teachers provides some helpful resources that pertain to plant and animal cells. Includes a microscope diagram as well as plant, animal and pond labs. Also contains links to structures and mechanisms, matter and...
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Optics: Energy and Control [Pdf]
A very comprehensive unit including topics such as light and its source, visible sources of light, transparency of objects and much more. Also offers a resource list, blackline masters, and expectation list, expectation summary and a...
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Light and Optics
This resource provides information on light as well as links to additional sites on light and optics.
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Optical Illusions
This resource contains some optical illusions that will boggle your mind as you try to figure them out.
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Pond Water Plants and Animals [Pdf]
This resource depicts some pond water plants and animals one might happen to spot while peering through their microscope lense. This resource is in PDF form; requires Adobe Reader.
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Science Sites: Volume of Irregular Objects [Pdf]
A cooperative learning activity for any science teacher to use to help their students gain an understanding of how to use a graduated cylinder, define a Meniscus, as well as learning to find the volume of irregular objects using water...
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Forces and Motion [Pdf]
This resource provides reproducibles that aide in student learning of force and motion. Also offers hands-on and cooperative learning activity ideas as well as an ESL/ELD activity. This resource is in PDF form; requires Adobe Reader.
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Experiments With Levers [Pdf]
This resource details a cooperative learning activity on experimenting with levers. Offers eight different tests students can engage in. A student data sheet is also provided for students to record their findings. This resource is in PDF...
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Bj's Science: Take a Walk! [Pdf]
In this activity students literally walk through this activity calculating acceleration. Also, students calculate speed, graph acceleration, as well as do statistical data analysis. This resource is in PDF form; requires Adobe Reader.
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Thinking Fountain: Liquid Layers [Pdf]
Students contrast the densities of oil and water in this lab activity. Can be done in groups or individually. This resource is in PDF form; requires Adobe Reader.
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Middle School Science: Matter Puzzle [Pdf]
This resource presents a math game. A great way for students to reinforce their knowledge and understanding of the topic of matter. This resource is in PDF form; requires Adobe Reader.
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My Science Site: World of Colours [Pdf]
This resource presents a cooperative learning activity where students can enhance their knowledge of light diffraction. This resource is in PDF form; requires Adobe Reader.
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Plant Cells & Tissues, Part 1: Plant, Three Tissue Systems, Ground Tissue [Pdf]
This resource shows the dissection of a plant cell and labels the parts. Also provided is an in-depth discussion of the ground tissue system. This resource is in PDF form; requires Adobe Reader.
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My Science Site: The Light for Sight [Pdf]
This resource offers a hands-on activity for science teachers to teach about the eye and it's ability to see images. Also discusses refraction and reflection. This resource is in PDF form; requires Adobe Reader.