Teaching for Truth and Reconciliation

• 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 Beyon: 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.

• 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.