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Living Things

Iris

Flowers: Irregular Shape

Picture Collections

3 images of some asymmetrical flowerheads such as an iris and an Orchis Sima or Monkey Orchid

Sunflower

Flowers: Radial Shape

Picture Collections

7 images of some symmetrical flowerheads such as asters and sunflowers whose petals radiate from the centre of the flower

Petunias

Flowers: Trumpet Shape

Picture Collections

5 images of some flowerheads such as petunias and lilies that start as a narrow base and widen to an open shape

How big were dinosaurs?

How big were dinosaurs?

Hands-on Activities

Some dinosaurs were very big! Compare the sizes of different dinosaurs to the sizes of familiar objects you see in your community.

Bee exiting a bee house

Design & Build a Bee House

Lessons

Students will learn about the human impacts on bee populations as they design, test, build and observe a structure for solitary bees.

Hand holding oak tree seeds

Design & Build a Seed Saver

Lessons

Students will work collaboratively to design and build a structure that will protect a seed from the elements.

Assortment of seeds

Design & Build a Seed Sorter

Lessons

Students will work collaboratively to design and build a device that is able to sort seeds by size.

Dandelion seeds floating in the wind

Design & Build a Travelling Seed

Lessons

Students will work collaboratively to design and build models of seeds that can travel as far as possible.

Water falling on plants

Design & Build an Irrigation System

Lessons

Students will work collaboratively to design and build a simple irrigation system that transports water to at least two plants from one source without leaking.

Mother bird feeding a baby bird an insect

Exploring Food Chains

Lessons

Students develop and apply the skills of questioning, sorting & classifying and making connections as they explore food chains in different habitats.

Toad camouflage matches stone it is on

Animal Adaptations

Lessons

Students develop and apply collaboration & communication and computational thinking skills to learn the ways in which animals adapt to their environments.

Butterfly on a flower

Animal Life Cycles

Lessons

Students develop sorting & classifying and comparing & contrasting skills as they investigate the life cycles of animals.

Kitten

Animals: Babies and Adults

Picture Collections

20 images of animal pairs such as polar bears, turtle, dogs and birds in their juvenile and adult stages of life

Linda Jewell | Chercheuse scientifique en phytopathologie

Linda Jewell

Career Profiles

Research Scientist in Plant Pathology

Linda Jewell is a Research Scientist in Plant Pathology at St. John’s Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
Lauren Saville | Présidente et créatrice chez Primate Tales

Lauren Saville

Career Profiles

Owner & creator

Lauren Saville is the Owner & creator of Primate Tales.