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Suitable for grades K - 6.  Meet Dash and Dot! Robust, durable and cooperative teaching assistants helping students learn about coding, sequencing, and robotics. Seamless Bluetooth connectivity. Designed to be active in the classroom out of the box. Works with Apple and Android devices.

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Recommended for Kindergarten. This kit provides students an opportunity to explore and compare ways in which light and shadows interact with different materials. Students can investigate the interrelationships of light from various sources using opaque, translucent objects and shapes made from various materials.

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Recommended for grades K to 3. Students use inquiry skills to explore nature both inside and outside the classroom. This kit contains tools and materials for observing, exploring, and collecting in the outdoor environment. The materials and equipment will support a variety of strands and grades from the Science & Technology curriculum, as well as support learning in the Kindergarten program.

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Recommended for Grade K This is a collection of materials to support the Sand Centre in the Kindergarten Program. The materials will provide opportunities for children to explore, investigate and problem solve around the common properties of sand eg. using a sieve to watch the flow of sand and forms of technology, eg. a sand wheel. As teachers observe and interact with the children they will discover many uses and activities for the materials in this box. For suggestions please refer to the document, Sand in the Kindergarten Program, (Toronto District School Board, 2001) included in this kit.

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Recommended for Grade K This collection of materials will support the Water Centre in the Kindergarten Program. It will involve children in exploring, investigating and problem solving around the common properties of water e.g. using tubes to direct the flow of water and forms of technology, e.g. using a water pump. As teachers observe and interact with the children, they will discover many uses and activities for the materials in this box. For suggestions please refer to the document, Water in the Kindergarten Program, (Toronto District School Board, 2001) included in this kit.

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Suitable for grades K - 6.  Meet Dash and Dot! Robust, durable and cooperative teaching assistants helping students learn about coding, sequencing, and robotics. Seamless Bluetooth connectivity. Designed to be active in the classroom out of the box. Works with Apple and Android devices.

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1-6 The outdoor learning kits are designed with a variety of materials and tools for you to engage in learning through the outdoors with your students. The materials are user-friendly and can easily be used to extend the learning of the curriculum expectations, start an inquiry or build on learning that is already occurring in your classroom.

Included: 15 Stand Up Magnifying Glasses, 23 Bug/Minnow Nets, 8 Magnifying Bug Viewing Jars, 10 Specimen Jars, 12 Kidnoculars, 5 Moisture Metres, 4 Laser Temperature Readers,  6 Thermometers, 10 Trowels, 10 Clipboards 

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Earth & Space

Recommended for Grade 1. This kit focuses on changes as they occur daily, weekly, monthly and throughout the seasons. Throughout the unit, students will be actively involved in investigations to do with changes over time. They will identify regular events, sequence events, and observe the characteristics of living things over time.

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Recommended for Grade 1 This kit contains small pieces of jinx wood, popsicle sticks dowels and teachers' resources to promote the building of some simple structures. Selected primary books, straws, connectors and pipe cleaners are provided to support student learning.

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Recommended for Grade 2 These "Hands-On Science and Technology" modules expand on the students' understanding of different forms of energy and on how the different forms of energy can be used, as well as the characteristics of air and the various forms of water in the environment. Students will investigate changes in air and water as they are heated and cooled and learn about their movement through the environment. Students will design and construct their own wind and water propelled devices, and identify wind and moving water as renewable sources of energy.

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Recommended for Grade 2 In this "Hands-On Science and Technology" module students will explore movement as experienced in their everyday lives. Students will describe the position and movement of objects, design and make simple mechanisms that move, and recognize that different mechanisms move in different ways.

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Recommended for Grade 3 (1) Matter and Materials Strand In these "Hands-On Science and Technology" manuals students will focus on materials that are magnetic and those that can hold an electric charge. They will investigate the ways in which different materials affect magnetic strength and electric charge, that every magnet has two poles and that the strength of a magnet depends on the types and combinations of the various materials from which it is made. Students will also describe their observations of static electricity and the conditions that affect it. (2) The Energy & Control Strand This strand introduces students to two types of forces and the effects of these forces. The first type of force involves pushes and pulls, or direct interaction. The second type involves interaction at a distance, such as magnetic or static electric forces. The students will explore the effects of different forces including muscular force, magnetism, static electricity, and gravitational force. Students will investigate ways in which forces create movement in objects and will expand their understanding by designing and making devices that use a form of energy to create controlled movement.

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Recommended for Grade 3 In these Hands-On Science and Technology modules students will focus on the study of plants, specifically the characteristics and requirements of plants and their patterns of growth. Students will also conduct a number of hands-on investigations in the environment. Activities will look at different kinds of plants and animals that live in soil; the importance of soil in providing a base for gardens, forests, fields and farms: the components of various soils, and the effects of moving water on soils. Students will observe and investigate plants in their local environment and learn about the importance of plants and soils for humans and animals.

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Recommended for Grade 3 This kit deals with the applications of stability. The use of levers, changing the shape of materials, and using equipment and tools to cut and join are addressed and will focus on the processes of inquiry and design.

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1-6 The outdoor learning kits are designed with a variety of materials and tools for you to engage in learning through the outdoors with your students. The materials are user-friendly and can easily be used to extend the learning of the curriculum expectations, start an inquiry or build on learning that is already occurring in your classroom.

Included: 15 Stand Up Magnifying Glasses, 23 Bug/Minnow Nets, 8 Magnifying Bug Viewing Jars, 10 Specimen Jars, 12 Kidnoculars, 5 Moisture Metres, 4 Laser Temperature Readers,  6 Thermometers, 10 Trowels, 10 Clipboards 

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Recommended for Grades 1 to 8. This kit scaffolds development of technological problem-solving through designing and building. It contains a class set of tools and materials appropriate for the construction of mechanical devices, structures, prototypes, etc. The materials and equipment provided will support a variety of the Science and Technology programs.

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Recommended for Grade 4 This kit provides an opportunity to explore and compare ways in which plants and animals satisfy their needs in specific habitats. Students will investigate the interrelationships of plants and animals and their dependency when sharing the same habitat.

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Recommended for Grade 4 In these "Hands-On Science and Technology" modules students will examine a wide variety of materials that transmit, reflect and absorb light and sound energy. They will also examine the unique characteristics of light and sound energy. Through hands on investigations, students will learn how light travels, and will use this knowledge to construct simple optical devices. Similarly they will investigate ways that these materials affect or are affected by sound and light, and will expand their knowledge of the properties of materials. Students will learn about how sound is created by vibrations, how it travels, and how a variety of sounds can be produced and controlled. They will have opportunities to discover how the different properties of materials can help in designing products.

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Recommended for Grade 4 This kit provides the students with opportunities to learn the basic concepts of mechanics using simple machines: levers, pulleys and gears. It emphasizes a hands-on approach through a well-defined, logical progression of experiences. A variety of materials such as a gear box, and assorted sizes and types of pulleys and gears are included to enable students to complete the design tasks.

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Recommended for Grade 4 In this Hands-On Science and Technology module, students will be introduced to geology. They will examine different types of rocks and minerals, learn about the properties and characteristics of rocks and minerals, and discover their many uses. Through the investigation of erosion, transportation, and deposition, students will also develop an understanding of the effects of wind, water and ice on the landscape.

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Recommended for Grade 5 In this "Hands-On Science and Technology" module, students will develop an understanding of forces by designing and building mechanical devices and structures. They will identify the forces acting on and within structures and mechanisms, and give simple descriptions of forces.

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Recommended for Grade 5 This kit provides experimental activities to investigate how the major systems in our bodies work (circulatory, respiratory, etc.) Students examine their own uniqueness as well as aspects of heart and lung functions. Other activities explore teeth, memory and the senses.

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Life Systems

This kit supports the implementation of the Grade 6 Biodiversity unit of the Science and Technology Curriculum, and can also support Interactions In The Environment.

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Understanding Matter & Energy.

In this Science and Technology kit, students have the opportunity to investigate electromagnetism and current electricity. Students will construct simple electric circuits, using a variety of components such as solar panels, D-cells, switches, light bulbs, buzzers and small toy motors. The new guide entitled Our Solar Future contains three options for rich performance tasks that put students in the role of solar architect, solar educator, or solar entrepreneur.

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In this engineering design challenge, students design, build and test wind turbine blades by optimizing the voltage obtained when connecting their designs to an easy to use hub-generator, connected to a multimeter. Besides gaining experience working with tools and materials, students will be engaged in an inquiry of their choice to improve their design. This kit comes with a short richly documented teachers guide entitled STEM at Work: Design-Build- Test: Wind Turbine Design Challenge. This kit is a great way to explore how engineering design challenges can engage students and anchor both numeracy and literacy connections.

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A full 5' 6" John Hopkins University fully articulated skeleton with stand. Comes complete with guide and poster.

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This is a full size youth torso with removable organs.

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Earth & Space.

Recommended for Grade 7. This Kit provides students opportunities to learn basic concepts of the role energy plays in our environment, from the urban heat island effect to global warming. Included are temperature probes and infra-red sensors that allow students to collect and analyze data in ways that were impossible in the past. The teachers guide includes significant content to support a field trip to the Exhibition Place, where students can see one of Canada's largest photovoltaic installations, as well as Canada's only urban commercial wind turbine. Field trips to the turbine are run by the Toronto Renewable Energy Cooperative.

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Suitable for Intermediate students. Can be used for most hydraulic and pneumatic projects.

This class pack has 80 pieces in total consisting of:

• Syringes - 5, 10, 20, 30 & 60cc's

• Valves & Connectors - 2 way Male Stopcock, T Connectors, Elbow Connectors, 3 way Male Stopcock & Straight Connectors

• Tubing - 25' length

• Mounting Clips 

• Tube Cutter 

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Structures & Mechanisms.

The Innovation Exercise Kit provides materials and teaching ideas to support the invention process for middle school students.  With this kit, teachers can set up to 8 different learning centres which provide students with multiple opportunities to critically think about the design process.  A Start Here Guide and a Learning Centres and Background Information document can be downloaded from the Hyperlinks section.

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This is a full size youth torso with removable organs.

Recommended for grade 9/10 students. The kit contains 12 empty chemical bottles with supplier labels and material safety data sheets (MSDS). All major hazard classes are represented. In addition, you will find contained in this kit a TDSB chemical safety poster and a teacher resource package.

Recommended for grade 9/10 science. The approach to the module is one of design process: a problem is presented and the learning is derived from trying to work out solutions to the problem and other sub-problems. Students work in groups to explore, investigate, and solve an authentic problem: the designing, building, and testing of a homemade speaker. Students are encouraged to use whatever prior knowledge they may have and to identify and rectify gaps in their knowledge. The many activities in this module allows students to use a variety of "intelligences". Co-operative group work, as well as individual thought, is encouraged.

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Recommended for grade 10. This kit provides an assortment of materials to allow students to explore and investigate the properties of light and how it interacts with various media, including: lenses, prisms, mirrors and colors. The kit also contains simple technological devices that apply the properties of light for the enhancement of society. Several resources that come with the kit include lesson plans, back- ground information, investigations, extension activities, and construction opportunities. This allows the teacher to select the tasks that are most meaningful for the students and meet the appropriate curriculum expectations.

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The ray box is a simple, safe, sturdy source of projected light. It produces parallel, divergent or convergent rays across a plane horizontal surface. The basic lens set consists of the following cylindrical elements: convex lens, concave lens, convex mirror, concave mirror, and plane mirror.