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Elements of a Story is an interactive Web site where students can learn about different literary "ingredients" that make up a story. After watching and listening to an interactive version of "Cinderella," students will learn about various elements that are common to all stories: setting, characters, plot, exposition, conflict, climax, and resolution. (Primary, Junior)
Spelling Bee Contestants -- that's you! -- in grades 1-8 will listen to three stories, one at a time, and then spell words from each story. (Primary)
Free-reading - an open resource center and community for early literacy teachers (Primary)
Geometry 3-D Shapes - an interactive Web site where you can learn about three-dimensional shapes, calculate surface area and volume, and discover some of the mathematical properties of shapes. (Junior/Intermediate)
Seasons of New France explore a variety of themes related to the appropriation of the territory, the rhythm of life, the transmission of knowledge, and daily acts. Each theme features a variety of paintings, sketches, manuscripts, and other materials that create an image of what life was like at this time. The Web site also features a narrated slideshow. (English & French)
Build a Tipi! In this Science Alberta Foundation resource, a young First Nations girl explains the steps involved in erecting a Cree tipi. With the girl’s coaching, students select materials, place poles, and insert stakes leading to the completion of the tipi.
Energy
Street Help design a street that conserves as much energy as
possible, yet still keeps the citizens of Electric Avenue happy.
Save the World Visit different parts of the world to
determine which method of energy production is most efficient in varying
environments.
Forces of Wonder Watch Stronginski, the resident
strong man, demonstrate his uncanny ability to crush and deform a variety of
materials and structures.
Airborne Experiment Explore Bernoulli's principle and learn how air moves across a surface to create lift.
Dynamic
Earth an interactive Web site where you can learn about the
structure of the earth, the movements of its tectonic plates, as well as the
forces that create mountains, valleys, volcanoes, and earthquakes.
