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Healthy kids quest: Vegetables and fruits

  1. Grade 1 – Grade 3
  2. Elementary cycle 1 – Elementary cycle 2

Vegetables and fruits form one of three categories of foods that Canada’s Food Guide recommends we consume regularly. In this module of the Healthy kids quest, kids will learn about a wide variety of vegetables and how they help our bodies function so we can grow, learn, and play.

Healthy kids quest: Lunchtime fun!

  1. Grade 1 – Grade 3
  2. Elementary cycle 1 – Elementary cycle 2

The Lunchtime fun! module teaches students the importance of eating a variety of foods in order to grow, learn and play. The Canada Food Guide is introduced in the module.

Healthy kids quest: Be active!

  1. Grade 1 – Grade 3
  2. Elementary cycle 1 – Elementary cycle 2

In the Be active! module, children will learn that physical activity plays an important role in our lives: it contributes to our mental well-being and quality of life.

Healthy kids quest: Living well

  1. Grade 1 – Grade 3
  2. Elementary cycle 1 – Elementary cycle 2

The Healthy Kids Quest: Living Well and Healthy Pets module includes fun activities that help the students make the connection between what they need to do to take care of themselves and feeling good.

Wooden sticks are stacked, two on each layer and alternating direction in each layer to form a square based tower with a hollow centre. A brick sits atop the tower.

Stable structures

  1. Grade 3
  2. Elementary cycle 2

Through hands-on activities, students will become junior engineers as they explore the characteristics of strong and stable structures.

Busy bees

  1. Kindergarten – Grade 3
  2. Preschool – Elementary cycle 2

Discover the vital role of bees in food production with this engaging lesson plan! Through play-based and inquiry-based learning, students will discover the bee life cycle, how nectar becomes honey, and why bees are essential for plant growth.

Buddy rabbit

  1. Kindergarten – Grade 1
  2. Preschool – Elementary cycle 1

Learn about rabbits in your classroom or at home with these fun educational activities! This kit supports science and technology, language, mathematics, arts, and health and physical activity curriculum requirements.

Air flow

  1. Grade 2 – Grade 8
  2. Elementary cycle 2 – Elementary cycle 3

Food colouring flows through water and around a toy airplane, mimicking how air would flow around a real aircraft.

Soil superheroes

  1. Grade 3 – Grade 4
  2. Elementary cycle 2

Uncover the hidden world of soil with this engaging lesson plan! Students will explore the composition, characteristics, and ecosystem of soil while learning about the “soil superheroes” that make the Earth thrive. Through hands-on activities and experiments, they’ll discover how their actions impact the soil and its vital role in supporting life on land.

Simple machines

  1. Grade 1 – Grade 3
  2. Elementary cycle 1 – Elementary cycle 2

Discover a fun, hands-on lesson plan that teaches students about motion and forces! Engage your class with interactive activities exploring how objects move, the effects of push and pull, and the role of force and mass in motion.

A 3D model of a human torso on a dark blue background. The model shows the 3D-printed components of the lungs, diaphragm, heart, stomach, liver and intestines.

Anatomical model

  1. Grade 5 – Grade 9
  2. Elementary cycle 3 – Secondary cycle 2

Learn about the amazing human body and how complex organs perform all sorts of functions that work together to keep us alive in a series of fun, educational mini-activities and demonstrations from Ingenium.

Agriculture and the environment

  1. Grade 7 – Grade 12
  2. Secondary cycle 1 – Secondary cycle 2

Explore the vital connection between agriculture and the environment with this engaging lesson plan. Students will investigate how farming impacts ecosystems, how scientists and farmers collaborate to reduce negative effects, and how climate change is shaping Canadian agriculture.

Exploring Canada’s energy future

  1. Grade 9 – Grade 11
  2. Secondary cycle 2

A teacher’s guide, activities, and infographics designed to help students navigate the importance of energy in Canada. Learn how to use real-life Canadian energy data to explore Canada’s energy future. Engage in fun activities like “Energy entrepreneurs” where students use data sets to secure investment in imagined energy projects.

Telegraph key

  1. Grade 4 – Grade 8
  2. Elementary cycle 2 – Secondary cycle 2

Learn about the telegraph key, how it works and its importance in history using a 3D printed model and a series of fun, educational classroom activities. Put the telegraph key to work using Morse code and discover the importance of this revolutionary technology.

The Legacy Series

  1. Grade 10 – Grade 12
  2. Secondary cycle 2

This original documentary film series showcases powerful, personal accounts of the Second World War through the lens of aviation.

Clinometers

  1. Grade 5 – Grade 11
  2. Elementary cycle 3 – Secondary cycle 2

Find out how you can use a clinometer to determine how tall something is in your everyday life! Students can explore this 19th century tool through this educational resource from Ingenium, including downloadable 3D files and activity sheets.

Light paths

  1. Grade 10
  2. Secondary cycle 2

Explore the science of light with this interactive lesson plan! Students investigate how light behaves, interacts with mirrors and lenses, and applies to real-world optics. Engaging experiments and discussions make learning about reflection, refraction, and vision exciting and hands-on!

Pumpkins

  1. Kindergarten – Grade 1
  2. Preschool – Elementary cycle 1

Discover the fascinating growth, genetics, and farming techniques behind pumpkins, exploring their cultivation, history, and their role in science and agriculture.

Two teachers conduct a hands-on experiment

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