Important Dates, Reminders, and Links:

Updated October 15th, 2010 

 

Food and Nutrition:  

 

Flow Questions -

(i) name three reasons for not drinking water bottle

(ii) name three dangers to our water supply

(iii) name two things we can do to save our water

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Reading Blogs:

 

A Light on Reading

 

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Resources

 

 

Reference Resources: 

CBC 

Toronto District School Board Library Site 

Toronto Star

Globe and Mail

The History of the World in 100 Objects 

 

Canadian and World Politics Resources:

Canadian and World Politics website

...Of a Political Nature  (course blog)

Reminder:  To access the Canadian and World Politics blog, your gmail account is politics7538@gmail.com and your password is sickkids.

 

Careers Resources: 

Career Cruising 

 

Economics Resources: 

Cybereconomics

  

English Resources:

Great Gatsby resource

The Great Gatsby etext

Gatsby Cover

Superman Images

Teen Reporter Handbook

Radio Diaries

Audio Diaries

Mediastorm

BBC Radio Drama 

Audio Fiction 1

Audio Fiction 2

Audio Excerpts

 

Geography Resources:

Gapminder 

Economy of Ontario and Canada

 

History Resources: 

Am Docs (American Historical Documents) 

American History Resource

American Politics

Carrie (Historical Document Site) 

Euro Docs (Online European Historical Documents)

Digital History (American History) 

 

Law Resources:

Canada's Court System

Criminal Code of Canada (database)

Dimensions of Law website

Judgments of the Supreme Court of Canada

Judgments of the Ontario Court of Justice

Police Powers in Canada 

R v. Brown Case 2003 (racial profiling) 

 

Media and Film Resources: 

Canadian Comics at the National Archives of Canada

Camera Shots

Cinema in America

National Film Board of Canada

Film Close Up

 

Science Resources: 

Building Electric Circuits

Carbon Emissions

Eyes of Nye

National Snow and Ice Centre 

Earth's Radiation Budget and the Greenhouse Effect

The Human Footprint

The Science of Climate Change 

 

 

Social Science Resources:

Pyschology Resources 

Howard Kuntsler website 

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ICT and Innovative Learning Resources: 

The 21st Century Learning Initiative 

The Committed Sardine

The Dewey Decimal System

 

ICT and Innovative Learning Readings: 

"Mind/Brain Learning Principles" by Renate Nummela and Geoffrey Caine

 

ICT and Innovative Learning Blog 

Reminder:  To access the ICT blog, your gmail account is 7538ict2@gmail.com and your password is sickkids.

 

ICT and Innovative Learning Wiki

 

Quizzes