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The Ie Storm 1998: Maps and facts activity
Learners investigate the St. Lawrence River Valley, ice Storm of 1998. In this middle school mathematics lesson, students interpret ice storm data from tables and maps. Learners write about their own experiences of the ice storm.
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Gender and Income
Students investigate Income and gender preference. For this statistic lesson, students collect data of Income to see if one gender makes more than the other. Students examine the data and draw conclusions.
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Suicides And Suicide Rates
Students investigate suicide using a variety of criteria and create a bar graph before discussing the results as a class.
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Urban and Rural Communities
Students discuss similarities and differences of urban and rural communities. In this urban and rural communities lesson, students compare urban and rural communities using a Venn Diagram. Students examine maps of each type of...
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Effects of chemical use in Agriculture
Students research environmental data to create a bar graph. In this agricultural ecology lesson, students research the pros and cons of chemical use in farming. Students debate on passing a law to reduce chemical use.
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How does Your Province Stack Up?
Young scholars investigate data about age, and sex of a population. In this statistics instructional activity, students are given data on a population to analyze and compare to other provinces. This assignment is part of a geography...
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Introduction to Population Statistics
Learners examine population statistics. In this population lesson, students navigate the Internet to locate Canadian statistics regarding population.
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Role-Playing Jean Talon
Students explore New France. In this New France lesson, students examine census data compiled by Jean Talon in 1665 and 1666. Students take on the role of Talon trying to convince the King of France to increase his investment in New...
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What Did You Learn in School Today
In this songs learning exercise, students listen and read the song What did you learn in school today by Tim Paxton and fill in the blanks to lyrics. Students complete 7 lyrics total.
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Across the Generations: Grandparents and Grandchildren
Students examine the relationships between grandparents and their grandchildren. In this sociology lesson, students analyze and discuss grandparent-grandchild relationships in contemporary times in in recent history.
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Analysis of Colonial History: Shipbuilding in Nova Scotia, 1861
Eighth graders use a web-site to examine the economic factors involving colonial ship- building. In this shipbuilding lesson, 8th graders will build a set of tables that demonstrate how they have chosen to analyze cost, processing and...
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Perceptions of Canadians: A Sense of Belonging, Confidence and Trust
Students explore the concept of social capital. For this sociology lesson, students define social capital and discuss how it is developed in a culture.
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Paying Off Student Loans
Students plan financing postsecondary education and explain how loan repayments work. They build a spreadsheet, listing the categories of expenses in the left hand column.
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One Room Many Minds
Students study the ways in which one room schoolhouses were an integral part of Canadian society. They explore the economic, geographic, and cultural contributions to their establishment and speculate about and compare education...
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FROM STUDENT TO GLOBAL CITIZEN
Learners develop an awareness of citizenship and how it's defined globally. They explore the cultural diversity of different types of communities around the world. In addition, they assess the rights and responsibilities that are...
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Completing University
Learners analyze the pros and cons of completing a 4 year school. In this statistics lesson, students complete surveys and use E-STAT to graph their data. They learn to plot and build diagrams.
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Neighborhood statistics
Students examine statistics relating to neighborhoods. They use the data to explain how a population affects their environment. They discuss how businesses use statistics to find out information about their clientele.
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Analysing 2001 Census Microdata
Eighth graders examine the census data of 2001. In this American History lesson, 8th graders analyze data using one- and two-variable statistical analysis. Students develop a research question that makes use of the microdata.
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The Consumer Price Index: A Measure of Inflation
Students examine inflation over the years and learn to calculate how it changes over time. In this money management lesson, students learn how price changes affect their purchasing power, how to come up with strategies for dealing with...
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Distribution of children living at home
Young scholars examine census data to evaluate the number of students of certain ages living at home. This data is then used to determine the need for day care, or other social programs. They use this information to explore social policies.
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Political Parties and Scandal
Students take part in a group assignment in which each group creates their own party, develops a party platform based on several meaningful issues with which our country is currently faced, and sell their party's message to the rest of...
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Auditing the Energy-Guzzlers in Your Home
Learners identify the energy sources in their community as renewable or non-renewable resources. Using their homes, they identify the types of energy they use to heat and power it. They calculate the amount of electricity used by each...
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Passport To Parliament
Learners examine the Canadian parliamentary system through the investigation of various learning centers that address the issues using a variety of learning preferences.
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Water Pollution Hot-Spots
Students complete internet research in small groups to identify types of water pollution, spotlight water pollution hot-spots, and design a plan for water prevention.