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This dynamic, media-rich lesson empowers students to think like scientists while navigating the digital world. With over 30 engaging slides, students will analyze real and fake science using video prompts, images, and interactive discussion. They'll explore how online creators present information and learn to spot red flags in viral content. From viral myths to scientific reasoning, students will:Compare & contrast real vs. pseudoscience in online mediaEngage with provocative discussion prompts

This read-aloud activity will help guide your students in an active listening exercise to go along with the book “ Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer.  Students will reflect on themes of reciprocity, ecological stewardship, companion planting, traditional botany and agriculture, the Honourable Harvest, soil nutrients, fertilizer, monoculture, germination, biological control, symbiosis, monocot, dicot, seeds, Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being and more.  These Google Slides include inf

This read-aloud activity will help guide your students in an active listening exercise to go along with the book “ Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer.  Students will reflect on themes of reciprocity, ecological stewardship, pollution, land reclamation, traditional botany, Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being and so much more. This is an excellent resource for weaving both literacy and traditional ecological knowledge into your science lessons making it an authentic STEAM or STEM lesson!

This slideshow has images, videos and resources to accompany the book, "Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults" by Robin Wall Kimmerer. It describes a variety of active listening exercises and lists relevant themes, focusing on Science topics like environmental sciences, botany, and ecology, while also including concepts from English Language Arts and Social Studies. Display the slides while listening to the audiobook or reading from the original and let students doodle, draw, colour, or make Met