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General resources
General resources
Bringing the Ocean to Alberta
Vancouver Aquarium Live Webcams
Vancouver Aquarium Educational Resources
Bamfield Marine Station - Resources and Virtual Visits
Skype in the classroom - science virtual field trips (seat turtles and aquariums! - FREE!)
Field Trips
CURRICULUM - Activities and ideas
CURRICULUM - Activities and ideas
First Nations Metis Inuit Perspectives
It is important to honour traditional knowledge and ways of teaching. Science naturally lends itself to this and can be woven in organically. Take a moment throughout to think of a FNMI point of view of any topic, especially in regards to water quality and the environment
Resources:
CREATE H2O - Water quality initiatives on FNMI reserves
Water - The Sacred Relationship (videos and resources on FNMI perspectives)
Talking Together - Connected to the Land
Talking Together - Traditional Environmental Knowledge
Videos
Students will: Describe the distribution and characteristics of water in local and global environments and identity the significance of water supply and quality to the needs of humans and other living things
Describe, in general terms, the distribution of water in Alberta, Canada and the world and interpret information about its characteristics
Make a prezi, poster, google slide, video, etc about bodies of water using the following
Recognize that fresh and salt water contain varying amounts of dissolved materials, particulates and biological components; and interpret information on these component materials
Identify major factors used in determining if water is potable, and describe and demonstrate tests of water quality
Virtual lessons
Alberta Water Quality Awareness (AWQA) -
My outline and resources
See about our AWQA day comparing the local pond, tap water, and our fish tank here!
And what happened with my grade 4s when we had a fishpocalypse.
Describe in general terms methods for generating fresh water from salt water based on evaporation, distillation, and reverse osmosis
We covered osmosis in cells and systems. See about it here and our osmosis gummy bear lab with CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen
We cover distillation in Matter & Chemical Change
Water Cycle
Students will: Investigate and interpret linkages between landforms, water and climate
Describe processes of erosion and deposition resulting from wave action and water flow.
Identify dissolved solids and sediment loads, and identify sources and endpoints for these materials.
Identify evidence of glacial action, and analyze factors affecting the growth and attrition of glaciers and polar icecaps
Glacial formation and erosion labs
Landforms
Earth from Space - look at photos from the ISS and guess why or how they formed
Describe how waves and tides are generated, and how they interact with shorelines
Show seasons with a light bulb, basket ball and pingpong ball. Then draw the tides
Great video
Investigate and describe stream characteristics
Demo with sand and water flowing (stream table and video)
Which way does the river flow? (Also good for landforms).
Describe processes leading to the development of ocean basins and continental drainage systems
Students will: Analyze factors affecting productivity and species distribution in marine and fresh water environments
Investigate the diversity of life forms found in fresh and salt water, and interpret the adaptive value of some common characteristics.
Analyze factors that contribute to the development of adaptations in species found in salt and fresh water environments
See pond study above
Adopt an aquatic animal - have each student chose one fresh water and one salt-water animal (like lobster and crayfish) and make a poster, prezi, video, etc describing adaptations, environment, etc.
Describe, in general terms, populations found in fresh and saltwater environments and interpret examples of seasonal, short-term and long-term change
Analyze relationships between water quality and living things, and infer the quality of water based on the diversity of life supported within it
Students will: Analyze human impacts on aquatic systems and identify roles of science and technology in addressing related questions, problems and issues
Analyze human water uses and identify the nature and scope of impacts resulting from different uses
Identify current practices and technologies that affect water quality, evaluate environmental costs and benefits, and identify and evaluate alternatives
Illustrate the role of scientific research in monitoring environments and supporting development of appropriate environmental technologies
Provide examples of problems that cannot be solved using scientific and technological knowledge alone
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Clean up initiatives
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