This reading comprehension activity, ‘America’s Oldest Working Lighthouse’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about the Sandy Hook Lighthouse. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to think about text conventions, form opinions and recall information.
This science article, ‘Antarctic Ocean’ features different aspects of the Antarctic Ocean. It provides factual information about the animals that survive and thrive in the icy Antarctic waters and continent. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and geographical awareness in an engaging manner.
This science article, ‘Arctic Ocean’ features different aspects of the Arctic Ocean. It provides factual information about Arctic ice and animals of the Arctic. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and geographical awareness in an engaging manner.
This science article, ‘Atlantic Ocean’ features different aspects of the Atlantic Ocean. It provides factual information about icebergs, exploration and fishing. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and geographical awareness in an engaging manner.
This learning activity, ‘Fun Run’, includes a scale map of a town and asks students to design a fun run route. Students use the map to estimate distances. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This science article, ‘Indian Ocean’ features different aspects of the Indian Ocean. It provides factual information about busy ports in three different countries that are surrounded by the Indian Ocean. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and geographical awareness in an engaging manner.
This location and transformation worksheet, ‘Map the Location’ allows for practice using coordinates. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This science article, ‘Pacific Ocean’ features different aspects of the Pacific Ocean. It provides factual information about islands in the Pacific, the Pacific’s Ring of Fire and the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and geographical awareness in an engaging manner.
In this learning activity, ‘Pirate Island’, students follow a set of directions and mark a map with the route to Long von Silver’s buried treasure. Students then hide their own treasure and make up instructions for their classmates to follow. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and …More
For this learning activity, ‘Room with a View’, the class conducts a teleconference with a class from another school and asks them to describe their classroom. Students then draw a scale map of the other classroom. The accompanying teaching notes provide suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This geometry and measurement worksheet, ‘Scales and Proportions’ offers an introduction to using a scale to find distances or lengths. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This science article, ‘The Oceans’ introduces the world or global ocean. It provides factual information about ocean water and the five oceans that make up the global ocean. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and geographical awareness in an engaging manner.
This data and probability worksheet, ‘Vertex-Edge Graphs’ allows for practice tracing paths between points. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This data and probability worksheet, ‘Vertex-Edge Graphs’ allows for practice tracing paths between points. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This data and probability worksheet, ‘Vertex-Edge Graphs’ allows for practice using vertex-edge graphs to solve practical problems. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This data and probability worksheet, ‘Vertex-Edge Graphs and Algorithmic Thinking’ allows for practice using vertex-edge graphs and algorithmic thinking to represent and solve practical problems. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This learning activity, ‘Walking Triangles’, introduces Trevor Triangle, who throws a dice to decide which path to take. Students must work out which numbers Trevor threw on particular walks and then make up more walks for him. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
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