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Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Surface Area, Volume, and Nets

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Investigate the concepts of area, volume, 3D shapes, and nets using this interactive Learn Alberta math. The solid shapes focused on this exploration include rectangular and triangular prisms, rectangular and triangular pyramids,...
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Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Surface Area and Volume

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This multimedia Learn Alberta math resource looks at surface area and volume and how math involved in the design of large inflatable shapes. The accompanying interactive component lets students investigate a variety of cylinders to get a...
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Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Composite Figures

For Students 6th - 8th
Investigate how a variety of shapes can be used to form composite figures using this interactive Learn Alberta math resource. Students will also work on using relevant operations and formulas to figure out the total area of composite...
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Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Area and Perimeter

For Students 6th - 8th
This multimedia Learn Alberta math resource looks at area and perimeter and how math is involved in the operations of a ranch. The accompanying interactive component lets students investigate a variety of rectangles to get a target...
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Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Trig Ratios

For Students 6th - 8th
Investigate the cosine, sine, and tangent ratios of trigonometry using this interactive Learn Alberta math resource. Students will use these ratios to determine a right triangle's unknown side or angle. Be sure to follow the link to the...
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Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Trigonometry (Video Interactive)

For Students 6th - 9th
This multimedia Learn Alberta math resource looks at how trigonometry is used in making sure that airplanes land safely at airports. The accompanying interactive component gives students practice in using trigonometric ratios, namely...
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Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Similarity and Congruence

For Students 6th - 8th
This multimedia Learn Alberta math resource looks at how the math concepts of similarity and congruence are utilized in the making of road signs. The accompanying interactive component asks students to manipulate triangles by dragging,...
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Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Tessellations and Transformations

For Students 6th - 8th
Investigate tessellations using this interactive Learn Alberta math resource. Students will explore transformations, namely line symmetry, rotation symmetry, and translation occurring within a tessellated pattern. Be sure to follow the...
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Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Transformations

For Students 6th - 8th
This multimedia Learn Alberta math resource looks at real world examples of transformations found throughout West Edmonton Mall. The accompanying interactive component asks students to predict transformations through looking at...
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Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Shape Classification

For Students 6th - 8th
Investigate the properties of triangles, quadrilaterals, and regular polygons using this interactive Learn Alberta math resource. Students are able to practice classifying shapes based on their different properties. Be sure to follow the...
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Scott Alexander

Alberta Hunter

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains an article on the singer and composer Alberta Hunter. It also includes audio clips of some of her most famous songs. Excellent resource.
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Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Circle Geometry Properties

For Students 6th - 8th
Investigate circles, namely their angles, chords, and tangents using this highly interactive Learn Alberta math. Explore a number of circle geometry properties that can be used to determine unknowns. Be sure to follow the link to the...
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Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Parabolas and Polynomial Equations

For Students 7th - 9th
This multimedia Learn Alberta math resource looks at how parabolas and polynomial equations are used to study an object's flight path. The accompanying interactive component lets students explore and make comparisons of the flight paths...
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Ghost Towns of Alberta

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Alberta's ghost towns! Johnnie Bachusky, a writer/photographer living in Red Deer, Alberta, and Susan Foster, a photographer in Toronto, Ontario tell the stories of over 20 ghost towns in the province through both narrative and...
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Heritage: How the West Was Young

For Students 6th - 8th
A look inside the history of the province of Alberta. The resource delves into the following topics: Alberta's pre-contact history, its native origins, its political history, and contemporary issues, such as Alberta's vast resources in oil.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Digging Up History: An Overview of Archaeology in Alberta

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn in detail the archaeology of Alberta from earliest times to pre-contact. Almost 1000 images are included.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: How the West Was Young: First Nations and Metis

For Students 9th - 10th
'How the West was Young", provides a historical overview of the First Nations and Metis Cultures in Alberta. Included is information on the treaties and an extensive image gallery.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: The Fur Trade & Mission Sites

For Students 9th - 10th
This Alberta Online Encyclopedia offers a website devoted to fur trading and mission sites in Rupert's Land, the area that would become part of Alberta. Listing nine separate sites, there are pictures, and an audio link to the "Heritage...
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Peter Pond

For Students 9th - 10th
Peter Pond (1739-1807) was a great explorer and map maker during the expansion of the fur trade. He was an American and military officer before becoming a partner in the North West Company. Alberta Encyclopedia Online is an excellent...
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: How the West Was Young

For Students 9th - 10th
Alberta's early history is presented for students in this website covering pre-contact native people's history and fur trade exploration. Teachers looking to incorporate audio in organized lesson plans will like this website prepared by...
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Government of Alberta

Alberta Environment: Focus on Acid Decomposition [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains what acid depositions are and the serious effects they have on the environment, as well as what the Alberta government is doing to combat the problem.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Fur Trade Rivalries (1795 1821)

For Students 9th - 10th
"Fur Trade Rivalries" from the Alberta Encyclopedia Online explains why the merger in 1821 between the Hudson's Bay Company and North West Company took place. It discusses the fur trade before the merger and expansion of new posts, the...
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Government of Alberta

Alberta Environment: Focus on Waste Reduction [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains how waste is managed in Alberta and the systems in place to practise the four R's (reduce, reuse, recycle, recover) of waste management.
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Government of Alberta

Alberta Environment: Focus on Wildlife Management [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes what wildlife management is, how information is gathered in order to make wildlife decisions, and some of the history of wildlife management in Alberta.

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