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Sites that would be on interest to Social Studies teachers (including sites in French).
Updated on Feb 25, 10
Created on Nov 13, 09
Category: Schools & Education
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This site shares global statistics using bubble graphs. The idea is that all people, independently of their political agenda, should get free access to already existing statistics about global development to easily improve their understanding about the co
Games for Change seeks to harness the extraordinary power of video games to address the most pressing issues of our day, including poverty, human rights, global conflict and climate change. We are a voice for the transformative power of games. Games can b
Games - possibilites for Science, Health, and Social Studies.
Social Studies online inquiry projects Gr 1 - 12 based on Alberta curriculum.
Canadian History inquiry project - final task was to design five historical Cigar Box panels.
Science school blog that shares their various inquiry projects (SS, SC, math discussions) and practices.
Primary, Middle School and Senior High Project in Humanities and Science. These projects are based on Alberta curriculum.
Goal: students see themselves as designers and engage in work that is meaningful and personally important.
This teacher friendly site has a number of programs that might be helpful - access.ca (a search portal for resources), Benchmarks projects for lesson plans, History by the Minute videos and numerous other resources intended to support the study of Canadian History. Disponible en français aussi.
A museum in Washington, DC has created a feature page that assembles 757 front pages of newspapers every day from 74 countries. You can sort papers by region, put them on a map, and even see the top ten list of best front pages. I can only imagine the possibilities for current events, multiple perspectives, worldviews, etc.
This interactive atlas allows you to change how many details are shown on a map. You can zoom in, measure distances, get more information, play games and quizzes, and more. Disponible en français aussi.
10 items | 2 visits
Sites that would be on interest to Social Studies teachers (including sites in French).
Updated on Feb 25, 10
Created on Nov 13, 09
Category: Schools & Education
URL: