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Everything you need to put together an engaging and hands on explorations of flight, includes full colour information posters for each center (pdf only), a complete student activity book (pdf and editable word file), a rubric (pdf and editable word file) and a list of resources you will need (ballons, string, plastic bags, etc.) to have on hand for your students.These supplies should only cost a few dollars and are easy to find, nothing special. We always have a great deal of fun once these cent

This editable word document offers a breakdown of outcomes for the Canadian Grade 6 Curriculum outcomes that you can use to put your students on the task of making an multimedia presentation. Student groups are divided into groups called Astronauts (Space Exploration), Astronomers (Positions of celestial bodies), and Astrologers (Constellations). This questions are open ended to guide them to essential learnings about Space. My students have always liked doing this project! As it makes them

Students learn about how scientist has learned about the ammonite by comparing fossils with organisms that are alive today. Students research to discover how Microraptor is a link between dinosaurs and birds You will get a 2 worksheets for students, and multiple full colour resource booklets with all the information students need to complete the activity. Includes a rubric and on the worksheet is also self-assessment portion in the footer that indicates what is expected and a code for student

Students research to learn how species become at risk and the role humans play in the survival or extinction of species. Students create a Wanted Poster about a species at risk in Canada. You will get a 3 worksheets for students, and multiple full colour resource booklets with all the information students need to complete the activity. Includes a rubric and on the worksheet is also self-assessment portion in the footer that indicates what is expected and a code for students to report on their

Students research to discover three adaptations for similar species found in different environments around the world. Students learn to identify the different kinds of adaptations and the plants and animals that rely on them. You will get a 2 worksheets for students, and 4 full colour information posters with all the information students need to complete the activity. Includes a rubric and on the worksheet is also self-assessment portion in the footer that indicates what is expected and a cod

In this set of activity centers, sStudents read information about how microorganisms are controlled using technology and they use a microscope to view micro-organisms and sketch their findings at 10X and 40X magnification. (You need microscopes and slides) You will get a 3 worksheets for students, and 1 full colour information poster with all the information students need to complete the activity. Includes a rubric and on the worksheet is also self-assessment portion in the footer that indicat

Have students explore how a variety of vertebrates and invertebrates with this lesson bundle. Student try to identify organisms as either vertebrates of invertebrates, and also compare and contrast the characteristics of various vertebrate skeletons. You will get a 2 worksheets for students, 2 sets of full colour printable task cards (+100 images), full colour information poster with all the information students need to complete the activity. Includes a rubric and on the worksheet is also self

Have students explore how life is living organisms are classified with this lesson bundle. Student try to identify 3 unknown trees and also make their own classification key using the cards provided to sort and organise. You will get a 3 worksheets for students, 2 sets of full colour task cards (+15 images), full colour information posters with all the information students need to complete the activity. Includes a rubric and on the worksheet is also self-assessment portion in the footer that

Use this student activity book (and teacher's guide) to explore Diversity of Life! 10 Lessons in all! Activity Book includes instructions for 10 Lessons including: The Six Kingdoms of Life, Chordates (Mammals, Reptiles, Fish, Amphibians), Leaf Classification, Vertebrates and Invertebrates, Micro-organisms, Animal Adaptations, and Endangered Species. A large number of sorting activities to classify organisms by examining and comparing their characteristics. Everything to complete this unit of

Have students explore how a variety of arthropods with this lesson bundle. Student learn about arthropods and try to classify up to 38 different arthopods including arachnids, myriapods, insects, and crustaceans. Students can play a game of memory to match pairs of arthropods from the same group! Warming: They do get a little squimish with all these bugs in the room! You will get 2 worksheets for students, 2 sets of full colour printable task cards (+40 images), full colour information poster

Develop students ability to create poems using the formats provided and their own creativity. Classroom tested and student approved! Student will write laughable limericks, narrative poems, concrete poems, acrostics, bio-poems, haiku, couplets. Unique activity centers also include a PoeTree Workshop where students discover poetic devices in the form of leaves hanging on a tree (see directions below), write phoetry using photographs and images, and shadow write to model the writings of a poem o

A great package designed to integrate Math, Social Studies, and Language Arts instruction to supplement reading the children's book If the World Were a Village. Each class, we read 1-2 pages from the book If the World Were A Village which narrows the world population down to a village of 100 people and examines nationalities, languages, religions, ages, wealth, food and water, electricity and much more. I soon decided to use the reading to teach students about data management, interpretation and