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Amusement Park Science: Students Study Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Science, Marketing, and Agriculture at Playland
Celebrate the 25th Annual Science and Physics Day at Playland! With help from a group of educators from the UBC Department of Physics and Astronomy, teachers can bring their classes to Playland to have fun and study physics in action. The British Columbia Brightest Minds Competition is part of the Science and Physics Day two-week event, so bring your students to Playland for some educational fun!
Read more and see the video from The Vancouver Sun here.
Program guides and ride specifications:
Amusement Park Biology 12
Amusement Park Chemistry 12
Amusement Park Physics Grades 11-12
Amusement Park Science Grade 10
Amusement Park Science Grade 8
La Science du Plaisir
Science of Fun (Grades 4-7)
Ride Specs
Also, Marketing Day for Business students, and The Science of Agriculture: PNE Kidz Discovery Farm School Tours Grades K-4
This just in! New book at the Education Library
Using Children’s Literature Across the Curriculum: A Handbook of Instructional Strategies
This resource uniquely offers preservice and inservice teachers templates for using quality children’s literature to implement six themes across grades K-8. The themes are based on national curriculum standards and text sets are carefully selected to facilitate discussion, analysis, and problem solving across the grades.
Boston : Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, c2011.
Author biographies here.
~Description and Author bios from Publisher’s website
UBC Library Holdings Information here.
The Report Card Education News from The Vancouver Sun
See the latest news update on the B.C. School Trustees’ Association Annual General Meeting and teacher bargaining in British Columbia.
Full article here: The Report Card by Janet Steffenhagen, April 30, 2012. 9:44 am
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News Update! Education news from The Tyee
See the latest news on education reform, the revision of the school calendar, The School Act, and the response from the BCTF from the Tyee Newspaper The Hook Blog.
Complete The Hook blog article here.
The Art of the Picture Book: Feature Presentations by Brian Deines & Nancy Hundal
Are you interested in the writing and/or illustrating process? If so, you should join our guest author and illustrator to find out how you can become an author or an illustrator yourself!
Brian Deines, acclaimed Canadian children’s book illustrator and Nancy Hundal, a local author and librarian are presenting on the art of the picture book, and the special relationships that exist between reader, story and pictures.
When? Tuesday, 8 May, 2012 from 7:00pm- 8:30 pm
Where? City Centre Library (10350 University Dr, Surrey), Meeting Room 120 (1st floor)
Cost? This incredible event is Free!