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Taxonomy
Teacher Wild Rice Resource Package
Thinking Physics: Practical Lessons in Critical Thinking. 2nd ed.
Third Row Elements of the Periodic Table
This Marsh Is Ours
Today's Pollution Dilemma: Industry and Environment. E.D.I.T. File 6
Together We Learn
Together We Learn: A Handbook on Cooperative Small Group Learning
Trashing the Planet: How Science Can Help Us
Turning the World Inside Out and 174 Other Simple Physics Demonstrations
Two Minutes a Day for a Greener Planet
Taxonomy (Microslides). (BORE), Order No. 66110-08 ($5.94)
Topics covered in this set of 8 photomicrographs include:
1. Bacteria in pairs (1200X)
2. Spore producer - st(1000X)
3. Bacteria in chains - st(1000X)
4. Rod shaped bacteria - st(200X)
5. Anaerobic spore producer -st(1000X)
6. Boils and abscess bacteria - st(1000X)
7. Syphilis bacterium - em(30,000X)
8. Sauerkraut bacteria - st(2000X)
Microslides require use of microslide viewer (contact BORE)
Suggested Use: BIO 20 - Diversity of Life
Teacher Wild Rice Resource Package (Print-Non-Fiction). Saskatchewan Wild Rice Council (NDSE), 1989. (Free of charge)
A photocopied set of information sheets provide facts about the history, growth, harvest, nutrition and versatility of wild rice. Student activities and diagrams showing the wild rice growth cycle are provided.
Suggested Use: BIO 20 - Agricultural Botany
Thinking Physics: Practical Lessons in Critical Thinking. 2nd ed.
(Print-Non-Fiction). Epstein, Lewis Carroll. Insight (INP), 1988. 262 p. ISBN 0-935218-06-8 ($23.95 U.S. pbk.)
Hundreds of physics problems and answers which provide practical lessons in critical thinking are presented. This book may be useful in providing questions for group discussion and review. The material supports the Nature of Science, Key Science Concepts, Processes of Science and Scientific and Technical Skills. Imperial measurements are used. Included are a table of contents and an index.
Suggested Use: PHYS 20 - Teacher Reference|PHYS 30 - Teacher Reference
Third Row Elements of the Periodic Table (Videotape). Classroom Video (CV), 1988. 30 min. ($69.00)
This video illustrates reactions with oxygen, bromine, sodium, cesium and fluorine. Also demonstrated is conductivity testing and pH testing of the reactions with chlorine.
Suggested Use: CHEM 20 - Atoms & Elements, Molecules & Compounds
Other Uses: Science 10
This Marsh Is Ours (16 mm). SaskMedia (MHP), 1978. 20 min. Order No. MP 7413
Marshes play a vital role in the delicately balanced ecological system. They are also fascinating places to explore and to study the food web, from microscopic food producers to the highest order consumers, back to microscopic decomposers. During recent decades, thousands of acres of marshland have been lost due to draining. This Marsh Is Ours examines the consequences and alternatives to draining, weighing the value of marshes to the environment, against the monetary value of the land for farming.
Suggested Use: BIO 20 - Ecological Organization, Agricultural Botany
Today's Pollution Dilemma: Industry and Environment. E.D.I.T. File 6 (Print-Non-Fiction). Tooke, Moyra, ed. (Environment and Development Issues and Trends Series). Teachers' Press (TCH), 1985. ($25.00 + 1.50 handling, loose leaf)
This package comes with a reader's guide and various discussions on the topics of the pesticide dilemma, chemicals and waste disposal, the spread of acid rain, the effects on climate and special problems in developing nations. The E.D.I.T. file system organizes information on global environment and development issues for Canadian classrooms. The files are edited by teachers for classroom use. The readings can be freely duplicated to allow for class, group or independent study. Terms which are specific to development issues are identified and will be found in the E.D.I.T. Glossary of Development Terms that is supplied free of charge to each new purchaser of the E.D.I.T. files.
Suggested Use: CHEM 20 - Independent Research|CHEM 30 - Independent Research
Other Uses: Science 10
Together We Learn (Videotape). Outlook Communications (MHP), 1989. 23 min Dup. Order No. V02705
Conversations with teachers regarding cooperative learning in primary through senior grades are featured. Teachers discuss why they are interested in using cooperative learning approaches and
explain some of the practical ways in which they use them in their classrooms.
Suggested Use: BIO 20 - Teacher Reference|BIO 30 - Teacher Reference|CHEM 20 - Teacher Reference|CHEM 30 - Teacher Reference|PHYS 20 - Teacher Reference|
PHYS 30 - Teacher Reference
Other Uses: All Subject Areas
Together We Learn: A Handbook on Cooperative Small Group Learning (Print-Non-Fiction). Clarke, Judy, et al. Prentice-Hall (BB), 1990. 216 p. BB 6119 ($30.60 pbk.)
A comprehensive teacher's handbook information is provided on the dynamics of groups, how to create and sustain group work, reasons for using groups, and ways and means of evaluating both
the process and product of group work. Includes a table of contents and an index to evaluation forms.
Suggested Use: BIO 20 - Teacher Reference|BIO 30 - Teacher Reference|CHEM 20 - Teacher Reference|CHEM 30 - Teacher Reference|PHYS 20 - Teacher Reference|
PHYS 30 - Teacher Reference
Other Uses: All Subject Areas
Trashing the Planet: How Science Can Help Us (Print-Non-Fiction). Ray, Dixy Lee. Regnery Gateway (BCN), 1990. 206 p. ISBN 0-89526-544-3 ($26.50 hdc.)
The information in this book gives an overview of the many problems facing our environment and global status. Topics such as acid rain, depletion of the ozone, radiation, nuclear and solar power plus environmentalism and the future are covered. Included are a table of contents and an index.
Suggested Use: CHEM 20 - Independent Research|CHEM 30 - Acids-Base Equilibria|
PHYS 30 - Atomic Physics
Other Uses: Science 10
Turning the World Inside Out and 174 Other Simple Physics Demonstrations (Print-Non-Fiction). Ehrlich, Robert. Princeton University (BCN), 1990. 216 p. ISBN 0-691-08534-X ($52.50 hdc.) ISBN 0-691-02395-6 ($19.95 pbk.)
Ehrlich provides a collection of simple experiments and demonstrations in basic physics. The information could be used to stimulate students' interest or as a sourcebook for students' projects. The demonstrations deal with most of the core areas of Physics 20 and 30.
Suggested Use: PHYS 20 - Science Challenge|PHYS 30 - Science Challenge
Two Minutes a Day for a Greener Planet (Print-Non-Fiction). Lamb, Marjorie. HarperCollins (HCP), 1990. 271 p. ISBN 0-00-637691-6 ($4.95 pbk.)
In response to environmental concerns, Lamb gives suggestions for individual action on a small scale. The premise of the book is that if each of us would spend just two minutes a day using some of these tips, we could make a difference. This is a book which would be useful for all science classes.
Suggested Use: CHEM 20 - Consumer Chemistry