The people in your geographic region have been given a large piece of land to create a new province. This piece of land is in what is now known as ‘Alberta’. You have been voted in ~ by the people ~ as their representatives to help develop the framework within which this province will be created. Created by Theresa Spreen and Darren Maltais, Black Gold Regional Schools, 2017. Translated by Calvin Irwin.
Students put Canada back together with this template.
Provinces and Territories Matching Quizlet
Students will create a map of the regions of Alberta with MyMaps, then add icons and information about resources, geography, flora, and fauna.
Students can then present their map in a screencast.
Students explore Alberta with Google earth, observing the differences in the regions and describing the features of some photo spheres in Alberta.
Google Earth Creation Tools. Try this!
Google Earth Scavenger Hunt. Students use Google Earth and this template to do a screenshot scavenger hunt. Remember ctrl-shift switcher key is a screenshot on Chromebooks!
Look at the new creation tools in Google Earth!
Alberta Regions Travel Journal: Use this travel journal template to summarize your research about the regions, wildlife, sights, and sounds of Alberta as a first-person narrative with pictures.
As an alternative, students could do the regions summarizing videos.
Students create a map of resources tour of the province.
Students create a comic telling the story of one of the important resources. Or a newspaper article about the resource.
Students will summarize their research by creating a magazine about archaeology, paleontology, fossils, and the Tyrrell Museum.
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Regions Postcard and Postcards from Around Alberta: Students create a postcard from a region summarizing landforms, resources, flora, and fauna. As an extension, students could use photo editing to add themselves to a their postcard picture.
Students will research the natural resources found in an assigned region and create a slideshow that outlines essential information about that natural resource and its importance to Albertans.
Provincial Parks Brochure: Students create a brochure about Provincial and National Parks in Alberta with this lovely Slides template. Created by Theresa Spreen and Darren Maltais, Black Gold Regional Schools, 2017.
Students will examine how Alberta's parks and protected areas are important for the sustainability of Alberta's natural environment. The government is getting rid of every park except one. Which one will you save? Defend your park with a video in a March Madness style competition.
In what ways do the physical geography and natural resources of a region determine the establishment of communities? Students add resources to a Google MyMap or a simple map template.
Students will create signs that outline responsible use of a park, which rules and behaviour should be enforced, and who is responsible for care of the park. Template
The Great Oil Sands Debate has students research perspectives and opinions concerning oil sands development. Created by Kandace Lindholm, Pam Chromiak. Adapted by David Froland - Black Gold Regional Schools
Alberta Scattergories: Students create an Alberta Scattergories then use those words to create a word cloud symbol for Alberta using WordArt.
Sample Word Art
Social Studies 4 - Regions of Alberta - These regions pages are intended for whole class or individual use, allowing all readers to read the content with visual supports and live links.
Kahoot: Students click here Kahoot! Badlands game - Try this fun interactive game created by Larry at Willow Park School, then create your own and share it with us!