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Build a Passive Solar Home

In this activity, students will assemble, locate, and landscape a model of a passive solar home.

Every home collects solar energy. Sunlight falls on the house, some passing through windows and skylights where it is absorbed by roof and walls. Sunlight can help to heat a house in cold weather, but it can overheat the house in warm weather.

In Building a Passive Solar Home students design a home to take advantage of its natural surroundings and to manage or lessen the disadvantages of its environment. In this largely student-paced activity, students “build” a passive solar home using paper, markers, tape, and pipe cleaners.
*French Resources Included as Attachments

• Grade 10

Energy Magic Show

In this hands-on and inquiry-based learning opportunity, primary students will discover 5 different types of energy for themselves – light, sound, growth, thermal, and motion through whole class “magic” demonstrations and rotating student stations. This experience will allow young learners to recognize that energy’s “magic” is all around them!
*French resource included as attachment

• Grade 1
• Grade 2
• Kindergarten

Pump It Up: Water and Energy

Water is a vital component to all living things! In this 1-hour, hands-on learning opportunity, students will discover the connection between water and energy. They will create, explore, and discuss hydroelectric energy, a large source of renewable energy found in our province of New Brunswick. Prepare to get a little wet!

• Grade 3
• Grade 4
• Grade 5

Earth Day Action Ideas

Want to DO something to impact the world around you? Choose from a variety of activities this Earth Day, and every day, to truly make a difference in your classroom and in your community!

• Grade 1
• Grade 2
• Grade 3
• Grade 4
• Grade 5
• Kindergarten

STEM Careers

This multi-use STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) Career bundle supports Math, Science, Information Technology, and Career content areas. The 4 lessons are flexible, and teachers are encouraged to adapt them to their specific topic of study within their curriculum. The goal of this bundle is to seamlessly incorporate the New Brunswick Career Education Framework to assist learners in exploring the variety of traditional and non-traditional STEM-related career options that complement the corresponding curricular area.

• Grade 10

Barriers

Students will explore how bias, stereotypes and privilege impact career pathways and how marginalized populations can face barriers. Through these lessons, students will investigate actions and supports to help create a fairer working world.

• Grade 10

Autonomy and Governance

This lesson explores treaty relationships in Canada, covering historical and contemporary issues. It highlights Western perspectives versus Indigenous perspectives, encouraging critical analysis. Through reading and analyzing relevant documents, discussing resource materials, and answering guiding questions, students gain insight into Indigenous experiences. Topics include Peace and Friendship Treaties and Numbered Treaties.

• Grade 9

Math Improvement SharePoint site

The Math Improvement initiative contains legacy documents/tools that have supported educators with mathematics curricula prior to 2023. Located now, in grade level folders, are grade level “Achievement Indicator Formative Assessment Suggested Tasks” that are aligned to the Holistic Curriculum.

• Grade 1
• Grade 2
• Grade 3
• Grade 4
• Grade 5
• Grade 6
• Grade 7
• Grade 8
• Kindergarten

Communicative Practices

This resource package provides opportunities for learners to explore multiple languages, while fostering curiosity and engagement in their local communities.

• Grade 1
• Grade 2
• Kindergarten

Role of Landscape and Physical Environment

This lesson focuses on key issues involving treaty relationships in Canada by discussing historical and contemporary issues. Western perspectives over Indigenous perspectives are highlighted, fostering critical analysis. Reading and analyzing relevant documents, discussing resource documents and answering guiding questions promotes understanding of Indigenous experiences. By utilizing an old map alongside a contemporary political map, students will demonstrate the ability to identify and locate the provinces and territories encompassed by different Indigenous treaties, fostering an understanding of the historical and geographical context of these agreements.

• Grade 9

Policy of Assimilation: Indian Residential and Day Schools

First Nations Perspectives Modules are primarily designed to support teachers in implementing the Canadian Identity Grade 9 Social Studies Curriculum. Specifically, these modules provide an opportunity both to expand understandings of First Nations peoples’ experiences within the Atlantic Maritime region and to highlight First Nations’ rich history, culture, language, and knowledge. Students will have an opportunity to demonstrate understanding of First Nations history, culture, and the enduring impact of colonization and genocide in Canada.

• Grade 9

Canadian Indigenous Veterans: Crisis and Conflict

First Nations Perspectives Modules are primarily designed to support teachers in implementing the Canadian Identity Grade 9 Social Studies Curriculum. Specifically, these modules are an opportunity to both expand understandings of First Nations peoples’ experiences within the Atlantic Maritime region and to highlight First Nations’ rich history, culture, language, and knowledge. As a result, in utilizing these modules to enhance classroom practice, students will have an opportunity to demonstrate understanding of First Nations history, culture, and the enduring impact of colonization in Canada.

• Grade 9