Lego Man in Space

Is this really a true story?  Do some investigating!!

Mathew and Asad's website:
http://www.legomaninspace.com/

Teaching Kids News report:
http://teachingkidsnews.com/2012/01/29/toronto-teens-send-legonaut-into-near-space/

CBC news report:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/lego-man-sent-to-space-by-toronto-teens-1.1195556

Toronto Star news report:  http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2012/01/25/toronto_teens_send_lego_man_on_a_balloon_odyssey_24_kilometres_high.html

People Living and Working in Ontario

Read through the following pages about the different communities in Ontario.  Decide which one you'd like to focus on for your research project.

Forestry Communities

Farming Communities

Mining Communities






Ontario Cities:
Sault Ste. Marie
Parry Sound
Belleville
Peterborough
Hamilton
Sudbury
London

Environmental Issues Research Websites - Ms. Rogers's and Mr. White's classes

Mining

http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/science/video/3571

http://www.mining.ca/site/images/MapofCanada.pdf

Oil and Natural Gas Pipelines

http://www.cepa.com/map/

http://actionplan.gc.ca/en/backgrounder/r2d-dr2/pipeline-safety-canada 
(just read the first paragraph)

http://www.gatewayfacts.ca

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/faqs-keystone-xl-oil-pipeline-project-1.985186

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/17/geography-in-the-news-keystone-pipeline-and-canadian-tar-sands/

Wind Turbines

http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/renewable_energy/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wind-farm-opponents-cheer-federal-study-of-health-effects-1.1161838

Forestry

http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/forests/threats.cfm

http://www.livescience.com/27692-deforestation.html

Tourism

http://www.unep.org/resourceefficiency/Business/SectoralActivities/Tourism/FactsandFiguresaboutTourism/ImpactsofTourism/EnvironmentalImpacts/tabid/78775/Default.aspx

http://kewbeachlibrary.blogspot.ca/p/the-positiveand-negative-effects-of.html

http://www.gdrc.org/uem/eco-tour/envi/

Rights of Children - Mr. Jacobs's class

http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/resources/plainchild.asp

Read about the rights:

#1     #2     #3     #4     #5     #6     #7     #8     #9     #10

Oil and Plastics Research websites - James's class

Use the following websites for your research:

http://www.kids.esdb.bg/oil.html

http://www.eia.gov/KIDS/energy.cfm?page=oil_home-basics-k.cfm

http://www.funkidslive.com/events/crude-oil-energy-source-fact-file/

http://dwb4.unl.edu/Chem/CHEM869E/CHEM869ELinks/www.plasticsresource.com/plastics_101/uses/uses.html

And watch this!
http://ww3.tvo.org/video/195595/plastic-ocean

Plastics - James's class

Read the following interactive presentation about how plastic is made:
http://www.plasticseurope.org/what-is-plastic/how-plastic-is-made.aspx

Now watch this video for even more information:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eCt0VDg-Kc

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Your assignment:

Create an explanatory poster telling how plastic is made.

You must have:

   1.  The steps of the process, numbered (i.e. #1 get oil #2 boil oil)
   2.  Pictures to illustrate the process.
   3.  Text to explain how plastic is made.
   4.  The following words and phrases have to be worked into your poster, somehow!
            solid      liquid     gas     chemical change    properties    

Here's an example of an explanatory poster:

Your poster must be done by Friday, November 1st when you come back to the library.

Celebrations Research Websites - Mr. Shadrach's class

All kinds of celebrations:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/category/topics/celebrations

http://www.kidsgen.com/events/

http://www.pebblego.com/content/socialstudies/pgo_player.php

Hannukkah & Christmas:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/holidays/

New Year's celebrations
http://www.almanac.com/content/new-year-traditions-around-world

Tooth Traditions Around the World - Mr. Shadrach's class

Biodiversity and the Web of Life

http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/biodiversity/biodiversity_and_you/

Tobacco Research websites

http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/smoking/article2.html

http://www.lung.ca/protect-protegez/tobacco-tabagisme/facts-faits/index_e.php

http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/body/smoking.html#cat118