Primary Junior Science & Technology Teacher Resources

• membership to the Science Teachers' Association of Ontario (STAO) and the First Nations, Métis & Inuit Education Association of Ontario

• information & activity books for K-6 in the Children's Book collection

• picture books & novels to introduce and enrich your science topics

• TumbleBooks!  Online picture books & junior fiction & non-fiction.

• science lessons written for the Ontario curriculum

• science textbooks used in Ontario K-6 classrooms with their teacher guides

• hands-on kits to support your classroom activities

• access to the top professional journals for K-6 Science teachers

• online video to enhance the visualization of K-6 science concepts & topics

The Pleistocene: Using Ice Age Mammals to Explore Climate, Habitat, & Extinction

This spectacular palaeontology teaching kit contains fossil casts of ice age mammals such as the mammoth and saber-toothed cat, a teacher resource book written by Lindsey Carmichael, and more. A focus on habitat, climate change, and biodiversity make this Junior version of the kit appropriate for Grades 4 to 6 in Ontario.

Physical kits are available to borrow from the Education Library.
Location: Teacher Resource Room, QE 741.2.P54 2022
Check out the availability in Omni.
Check out the digital version.

The access information you need is available from your Education Password Page. If you need a reminder of the password for the guide, just use your Queen's email address to email Brenda, your PJ teacher librarian. STAO includes content for French as a Second Language learners.

• Akinoomaage Aki: The Land is Teaching Us
  by Isaac Murdoch

• Decolonizing Teaching and Learning Curriculum Bundle:  Water Walkers
  University of British Columbia. Content prepared by Shelby Henry.

This guide provides suggestions for integrating Joanne Robertson's The Water Walker into several subject, including Science.  Check out the other Curriculum Bundles in this series for more recommendations on how to integrate Indigenous knowledge into the curriculum. The context is the BC K-12 Curriculum but you will find ideas that align with the Ontario K-12 currculum too.

• Grade 3  Unit Plan: Strong and Stable Structures
  Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Queen's University

Produced by Aboriginal Access to Engineering, this lesson plan aligns with the Grade 3 Science and Technology learning outcomes. Uses stories about Nanabush (Anishinaabe) and Glooscap (Mi'kmaq) as entry points.

• Grade 4 Rocks and Minerals Unit Plan
  Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science, Queen's University

Produced by Aboriginal Access to Engineering, this unit covers the Understanding Earth and Space Systems strand of the Grade 4 Ontario Science and Technology Curriculum, Rocks and Minerals.

• Indigenous Peoples' Curriculum Resources, Grades 1 to 12 (Science)
  The Science Teachers' Association of Ontario (STAO)

Here you will find lesson plans and ideas developed by First Nations, Métis & Inuit Education Association of Ontario (FNMIEAO) and STAO.

• Lessons from the Earth and Beyond: Bringing Indigenous Knowledge Systems into the Classroom
  Authors are noted on the individual resources. Art by Christi Belcourt

Includes lessons for Primary, Junior and Intermediate grades on topics related to earth, water, and space.

• Science First Peoples Teacher Resource Guide, Grade 5-9

Produced by the First Nations Education Steering Committee in BC, this resource is meant to support integration of Indigenous perspectives in science. Lesson ideas are included.

• Truth and Reconciliation in the Classroom Student Resource (Elementary)
  by First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Education Association of Ontario (FNMIEAO)

Unit 4 focuses on Connections to the Land.

• Turtle Island Conservation Resources, Grades 4 to 6+
  Toronto Zoo

"This Educational Bundle is a comprehensive First Nation teaching kit that will assist in providing easy to follow Ontario curriculum-based activities, web links, student worksheets and culturally relevant traditional knowledge of the Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples surrounding the Great Lakes in Ontario, Canada." Links to multidisciplinary curriculum outcomes particularly in the Arts, Literacy, and Science.