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Teaching Science to Little Ones
Pet Pals
Fall Activities for Primary Grades
School as a Community
Life on Earth
The games of the XXIX Olympiad - Beijing, China - 2008
Discovering Your World 
Light
3 R's Social Studies
3 R's Science
The Revolutionary War
Geography for all Seasons 
Celebrating Winter Holidays
A Technological Future
Habitats
Let's Create An Island
Activity Cards for Ancient Civilizations
Ancient Civilizations - Ancient Egypt
                              Feudal Japan 
                              Ancient Rome 

The Native Peoples of  Newfoundland and Labrador 
 

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Teaching Science to Little Ones Book 1  by Frances and David Stanford

Teaching Science to Little Ones Book 2  


This resource for
grade 1 takes the objectives of a typical Grade 1 curriculum and presents teacher-friendly lesson plans and worksheets that any teacher can use in the classroom.  
The unit is divided into three sections:  physical science, life science and earth and space science each incorporating many "hands-on" activities that promote language and thinking skills.

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Pet Pals   by Gloria Kirkland Holmes

Pet Pals is a unit written for grades K - 2 , that will familiarize students with differences between pets and animals, while learning that certain kinds of animals make better pets.
Learning proper care techniques for various pets will also be emphasized.  A major focus of the unit will be to encourage children to share ideas about their pets or "pretend" pets.
The unit includes activities, mathematics, social studies, science, music and art.  It contains suggestions for teaching the unit, and a list of resources. Also included are pictures of pets, that can be photocopied and colored, and blank activity cards that can be used for flash cards, assignment cards. (60 pages)   

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Fall Activities for Primary Grades   by Jane Allison

This book for grades 1 - 3 contains integrated activities for returning to school, signs of Fall, Thanksgiving in Canada and the USA and Halloween.  (72 pages)

 

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School  As a Community by Sandra Wood Preston

This integrated unit is intended for grades 2 - 3, as this is when the "concept of community" is generally presented in social studies.  Students learn about rules, transportation, history and geography, rights and responsibilities and civic involvement.
The unit was written to be taught in eight segments of three hours, but could be easily adapted for an extended time period.  The unit consists of a series of detailed lesson plans with clearly defined goals and objectives, using the novel Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary as its core novel.  
The lesson plans are organized in steps that are easy to follow and include objectives, rationale, motivation, reading activities and suggestions for evaluating the work.  The unit also contains a list of novels, activity sheets, peer and self evaluation sheets and student record sheets. (57 Pages)
  

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Life On Earth   by Luke Donegan

Life on Earth is an integrated unit incorporating elements of both science and social studies for grades 4-6.
It provides activity sheets that are are designed to stimulate critical thinking and analysis as the students engage in a series of closed and open- ended student centered tasks  
Activities can be done independently, with a partner or in a small group.  The activities will enable the students to improve their research and presentation skills.
This unit would provide a useful resource to complement any curriculum at this grade level.
 

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The Games of the XXIX Olympiad - Beijing, China - 2008 by Philip Richards

This unit consists of activities to use when studying the Summer Olympics to be held in Beijing, China in 2008.
It consists of activities for the whole class. Group and independent work for language, creative writing, mathematics, art and research. Also includes tracking sheets and suggestions for evaluation.


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Discovering Your World  by Anita Yeoman  
 
This integrated unit will introduce students to various countries as they plan a trip around the world.  The unit is very flexible and can be adapted for any grade level and time period.
It consists of detailed suggestions for planning a  "journey" that best suits the needs of your class.
Worksheets for planning an itinerary, making passports and calculating distances are included, together with peer and self evaluation sheets and tracking sheets.
Students will utilize research skills as they learn about language, history, geography and culture of the countries they "visit" on their world trip.  (44 Pages)
  

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Light by Francis & David Stanford

This science unit for grades 4 - 6 consists of a series of experiments conducted by the teacher and the students to demonstrate various concepts about light, including reflection, refraction and shadows.      (45 pages)     

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3 R's Social Studies by Terry L. George
For grades 4-6.  A series of books designed to encourage independent research.
Book 3 - Social Studies includes:

The Exploration of the Western Hemisphere,
Colonial America: From Roanoke to Revolution,
The American Civil War and the Role of Prejudice in the Settlement of the United States.
Each unit consists of a series of activity cards, with suggestions for resources: books , encyclopedias, film strips, videos and multimedia resources. Tracking sheets for students and teachers, plus answer keys are provided.

In addition, an extensive list of resources for The Civil War and Colonial America units are given.
The units are designed to provide additional independent individual or group work to extend and enrich the regular classroom program. 73 Pages  

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3 R's Science  by Terry L. George
For grades 4-6, is a series of books designed to encourage students to research various topics.
Book 1 - Science includes: The Development of Space Travel.   The Circulatory System. Oceans and their Environment.  Natural Disasters.   Weather and the Water Cycle. Inventions and Tools.
The units are arranged as a series of activity cards with suggestions for resources: books, encyclopedias, film strips, videos and the computer.   It can be easily adapted to utilize the resources available in any library or classroom..  Tracking sheets for students and the classroom teacher and  an answer key is provided.  The unit is designed to support topics studied in class and is intended to extend and enrich the science program.   It can be used for independent study or group work. One group project on the study of oceans is included.  

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The Revolutionary War

This unit for grades 4 - 6, contains nine historical novels that give background knowledge of life during the Revolutionary War.  The novels range in reading and interest levels.  (99 pages)      
Novels are:  Changes for Felicity, Give me Liberty, George Washington's Sock, Hope's Crossing, Thomas, Toliver's Secret, The Secret Soldier, The Riddle of Pencroft Farm 

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Geography for all Seasons  by  Brenda Holt McGee

A research based activity book for Grades 3 - 7 which can be used to practice, review and reinforce lessons about world geography. Students use atlases, encyclopedia, dictionaries and the Internet to find solutions to innovative puzzles which increase their knowledge of world geography.  The activities can be done independently or with a partner or in a group. 

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Celebrating Winter Holidays  by Margaret Brewer  
 
A thematic unit for grades 4-6, which can be adapted for use with older and younger students.
This unit consists of information cards, work sheets and activity cards about four winter holidays: Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and New Year.  The activity cards consist of creative writing, research, social studies, art and drama activities.
Suggestions for using the unit, tracking sheets, record sheets, peer and self evaluation sheets and a list of resources are also included.   (100 pages)   

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A Technological Future  by Luke Donegan

A Technological Future is a thematic learning module for grades 4-6 that incorporates elements of science, society and environment and technology learning areas.
It has been designed to supplement existing learning programs by providing relevant work sheets, limited content and engaging student-centered activities, that encourage independent thinking and learning, and provide students with opportunities to demonstrate understanding and outcomes.
These can be assigned as individual or group activities. 

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Habitats  by Frances Stanford

Students will study organisms within a habitat,  learning how they have adapted to survive, what happens if  organisms disappear and the effect humans have on habitats.
The unit includes lesson plans, information and activity sheets and an answer key.  
Grades 4 - 6  

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Let's Create An Island  by Philip Richards

In this unit students will create an island, following a set of suggestions, deciding on such things as its location, topography, climate, population, employment, form of government, leisure activities, education etc.
It enables students to learn important geographic, scientific and civic concepts in a manner that is enjoyable and imaginative.
For each activity a concept is taught as a class activity, followed by independent exercises to reinforce what has been taught.  The students then use this knowledge when creating their own island.
Includes tracking sheets, suggestions for teaching the unit, a rubric for evaluation and an answer key. (68 pages)  Grades 6 - 9

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Activity Cards for Ancient Civilizations  by Charles M. Thompson

A series of activity cards based on Maslow's Needs Theory for physical, psychological and social needs.  Included are activities to research food, shelter, transportation, religion and education.  The cards are designed on two levels, one for general use and one for more advanced work.  The cards are illustrated with scenes from Ancient Greece but can be used for the study of any ancient civilization. (73 Pages)  

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Ancient Civilizations - Ancient Egypt     by Philip Richard 

Ancient Egypt is a thematic unit created for students in grades 4-7.
This unit gives details about the social structure, government, homes, food, clothing and religious practices of the Ancient Egyptians.
The unit consists of information cards with appropriate activity sheets and a collection of activity cards with activities in vocabulary, grammar, creative writing, research, art and drama.
Some activities are designed for independent work, others are meant for work with a partner or small group.
Also included are suggestions for teaching and evaluating the unit, tracking sheets, record sheets and a list of resources.
       

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Feudal Japan   by Marcee Chapman 
 

This unit allows for grades 5 - 8 students to examine and analyze different aspects of the culture of Feudal Japan. 
Students work individually and in small groups as they study the development of Japan, the religion, social structure and artistic culture of the time.  Students will present oral, dramatic and written projects.
The unit contains suggestions for teaching the unity, detailed lesson plans and a wide variety of information sheets, activity sheets and an answer keys. (70  pages)  

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Ancient Civilizations - Ancient Rome     by Philip Richard

Ancient Rome is a thematic unit created for students in grades 4-7.
This unit gives details about the social structure, government, homes, food, clothing and religious practices of the Ancient Romans.
The unit consists of information cards with appropriate activity sheets and a collection of activity cards with activities in vocabulary, grammar, creative writing, research, art and drama.
Some activities are designed for independent work, others are meant for work with a partner or small group.
Also included are suggestions for teaching and evaluating the unit, tracking sheets, record sheets and a list of resources.  

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The Native Peoples of Newfoundland and Labrador   
by Frances Stanford

A study of the Boathook, Mik"Maq, Innu, Innuit and Metis people and the effect of the European colonists on their way of life. 
Grades 5 - 8.

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