Glaciers fascinate children, almost as much as dinosaurs! This unit contains multidisciplinary materials in the core subject areas, including an accompanying Power Point show, Glaciers of the Canadian Rockies, which will generate a lot of enthusiasm and interest in glaciers and the national parks. The PowerPoint itself concludes with a web quest activity on glacier terminology that you and your students will enjoy. Based around the included original short story, the multidisciplinary unit is intended for grades 4 rough 7, depending upon student ability. The following lessons and activities are included, along with a complete teacher guide and answer sheet:
• An original short story about a girl who explores a glacier, only to discover the ancient remains of early man
• Vocabulary/context lesson with a writing activity
• Reading comprehension lesson with a writing extension
• Journalism lesson on the 5 W’s with a writing extension
• Map study of Canada
• Math word problems related to the movement of glaciers: multiplication, division, addition, subtraction
• Creating a timeline of the 5 ice ages
It is my hope that you and your students will enjoy this unit of study. Your feedback is important to me, as I plan to generate more multidisciplinary units for your use. Look for them in the coming weeks.
Glaciers of The Rockies - multidisciplinary teaching materials with activities for science, math, geography, reading, vocab, writing is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
Glaciers of the Canadian Rockies PowerPoint is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
This is a very thorough study of glaciers. I loved the Powerpoint with all the pictures. The product includes weblinks for more information.
September 2, 2011
Caroline,
I just discovered this section of the website. I am so glad you liked that activity. I hope you liked the reading component as well as the various math, newspaper writing, science, etc actitivities that I included with the powerpoint. Did you find that you were able to use them, too? Let me know if you did because I have more multi-disciplinary projects to share if there is an interest!
February 12, 2012
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I recently retired after 42 years as an educator. During my career, I taught all levels and many disciplines in public school, private school, and community college. For the last 15 years, I worked as a public high school coordinator of Gifted Education. My teaching certification is English Secondary Education.
