LibGuides: Learning from Home Resources: 5

Math

Big Idea (Concept)	Resource	Resources to Support
General Resources		Waterloo University - Math Problem of the Week (For Grade 3+) Rich Tasks Suggested by SD57 Math Enhancement Team
Number concepts to 1 000 000		To Infinity and Beyond
Fractions		Get In on the Fraction Action
Fractions		Fraction
Algebra		Algebra
multiplication and division to three digits, including division with remainders		Old Math is New Again Lattice Have Fun
relationships between area and perimeter		The Bunnies’ OK Corral Diamonds in the Rough Oops, I Forted!
duration, using measurement of time		Sun Time
duration, using measurement of time		Calendar
classification of prisms and pyramids		Go Fly a Kite Radical Reflections Pyramids Cubes Wedges
single transformations		Weaving Slides, Flips, Turns and Quilts So You Think Uncle Norm Can Dance? Thinking About Linking
Financial Literacy		Where There’s a Wolf, There’s a Way Budgeting

English Language Arts

Big Idea (Concept)

Resource

Resources to Support

forms, functions, and genres of text

Origin of Story Telling

Recognizing and using text features

Important People

Literary Elements and devices

Origin of Story Telling

Reading Strategies

The Orange by Diane Chartrand - NFB

Recognizing Perspective in Writing

Science

Big Idea (Concept)	Resource	Resources to Support
basic structures and functions of body systems: digestive musculo-skeletal respiratory circulatory		Should We Trust Our Gut?
		Digestion: Systems of the Body Digestion Water and Nutrition Everybody Farts Taste and Your Mouth Inhalant Abuse What Are Marijuana’s Effects on Physical Health? Cardiovascular Health How the Heart Works Maintaining a Healthy Heart Why Do Giraffes Have Long Necks?
solutions and solubility		Evaporation and Condensation Artisanal Salt-Making
properties of simple machines and their force effects constructed and in nature.		The Inuit Thought of It: Amazing Arctic Innovations
		The Invent-Off Challenge: Plant Watering Machine Tools Make-Up and Rollercoasters Wedges Traction Glass Blowing and Marine Railway Skateboarding (Thrust and Drag) Ball Catapult Viking Catapult Red-Eyed Tree Frog
Rock Cycle		Rocks Between a Rock and a Hard Place The Canadian Shield The Rock Cycle The Mighty Colorado: Power of Water Lake Superior: Geologic History of the Canadian Shield Zion National Park: Geology of a Canyon The Canadian Shield: Revealing the Treasures Deep Within
local types of earth materials		Deh Cho: The Mackenzie River A River of Silt and Clay The Secrets of Soil Fraser River Sand Dunes of Pacific Rim Park Clay and Clean Water
local types of earth materials		Let’s Talk About Canadian Volcanoes
First Peoples concepts of interconnectedness in the environment		Volume 2: The Haida of Haida Gwaii A Problem and an Opportunity… (page 17)
		Mother Earth First Nations and the Environment Chief Seattle and the Warriors of the Rainbow The Nuu-chah-nulth: Respect for the Land The Earth’s Spirit Medicine Wheel Teachings The Road to Peace
Sustainable practices around BC's living and non-living resources		Vernon, British Columbia Submerged Logging Technology: Lois Lake, BC Eating to Save Energy: A 100 Mile Meal
		Canadian Teen Discovers Method to Turn Waste Water into Electricity Canada’s Falcon Population Back From Brink of Extinction
First Peoples knowledge of sustainable practices		Permaculture at Kanaka Bar Squamish Rice Roots Nk’mip Desert Cultural Centre Huu-ay-aht First Nation: Sustainable Fisheries
First Peoples knowledge of sustainable practices		The Teen Fighting to Protect Canada’s Water: Meet Autumn Peltier

Social Studies

Big Idea (Concept)	Resource	Resources to Support
The development and evolution of Canadian identity over time		Systemic Racism: Does It Exist in Canada? #StandForCanada Youth Challenge: Grade 8 Students at A.J. Smeltzer Junior High
		The Canadian Flag: Celebrating 50 Years I Am Canadian: The Meaning of Hockey National Symbols of Canada Nice Canadians The War of 1812: The Time We Beat the Americans A History of Voting in Canada
The changing nature of Canadian immigration over time		Letters from the Past
The changing nature of Canadian immigration over time		Understanding Refugees in Canada Immigration to Canada Asian Immigration Experiences African American Immigrants Migrant Crisis: Refugee Screening Arrival of the Fittest Thunder Bay: Home to the Hoito Encroachment Chinatown’s ‘Interior Landscape’ Gentlemen Farmers Wide Open Saskatchewan Home for the Holidays: A Syrian Family’s New Life in Canada The Icelandic Immigration Eastern European Immigration Experiences Brooks: The City of 100 Hellos Cold War Tensions Brock’s Troubles
*Past discriminatory government policies and actions, such as the Head Tax, the Komagata* Maru incident, residential schools, and internments**		Heritage Minutes: Viola Desmond Heritage Minutes: Jim Egan Canadian Encyclopedia: Komagata Maru
		Black Lives Matter: Protests in Toronto Calling for Solidarity & Action Government Established Residential Schools Facing Injustice: The Relocation of Japanese Canadians The Forbidden City Women and First Nations The Komagata Maru (Podcast) Torngat: Inuit Relocation Expulsion of the Acadians: Wolfville and Grand-Pre The Pass System Moving Forward After Historic Metis Ruling A Requiem for the Canadian Dream
		Systemic Racism: Does It Exist in Canada? It’s Time! The Secret Path: In the Classroom #StandForCanada Youth Challenge: Grade 9 Students at West Vancouver Secondary School
		Shi-shi-etko short film (audio in Halq’eméylem, English subtitles)
		Fatty Legs (Read-aloud)
Human rights and responses to discrimination in Canadian society		Shi-shi-etko short film (audio in Halq’eméylem, English subtitles)
		First Stories: Two Spirited
		Systemic Racism: Does It Exist in Canada? It’s Time! #StandForCanada Youth Challenge: Grade 8 Students at A.J. Smeltzer Junior High
		Inuvik’s Community Greenhouse Students Helping to Improve First Nations Reserve Shannen’s Dream Homelessness in Canada Gender Parity in the Senate Matter of Personal Choice: Power Play John Diefenbaker: Canadian Bill of Rights Kluane National Park: Healing Broken Connections Malala: The Power of One Voice
Levels of government (First Peoples, federal, provincial, and municipal), their main functions, and sources of funding		Spirit Bear and Children Make History Canada’s Levels of Government Self-Government in the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Reign Maker: The Governor General of Canada Regional Government Territorial Government Local Government Provincial Government Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches The Electoral Process The House of Commons and the Senate Canada’s 23^rd Prime Minister: An Introduction to Justin Trudeau
		The Canadian Parliamentary Video: How Canada’s Government Really Works
Participation and representation in Canada’s system of government		The Electoral Process Political Parties Reasons for an Election What Happens on Election Day How a Government Bill Becomes a Law Federal Election 2015: Importance of the Aboriginal Vote Self-Government in the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council
		It’s Time! The Canadian Parliamentary Video: How Canada’s Government Really Works
Resources and economic development in different regions of Canada		Biosphere Trust, Clayoquot Sound The Dramatic Change of a Man-Made Dam Balancing the Forest Water Resources Engineer Atlas Coal Mine Saskatchewan as Oil Country Uranium Mining Community Forests Environmental Stewardship Vancouver, BC The Road to Peace Canada’s Fossil Fuel Use and Energy Consumption The Canadian Shield: Revealing the Treasures Deep Within Out of Site Our Canada The Arctic The Cordillera The Interior Plains The Canadian Shield The Appalachian The Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands
First Peoples land ownership and use		The Mountain of SGaana
		It’s Time! #StandForCanada Youth Challenge: Grade 9 Students at Holy Trinity Catholic High School
		Treaties in Canada: The Destruction of Culture The Trouble with Land Ownership Historic Metis Land Claim The History of Treaties in Canada The Wisdom of the Innu The Significance of Treaties The Treaty of the Tlingit and Tahltan First Nations Haida Mortuary Poles The Community Freezer