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A Just War? In this task, students will determine if the War of 1812 was justified from the perspective of the American's declaring war. This task includes: |
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A Mountain of Trails In this task, students will enter a contest and design a mountain bike trail. This task includes: |
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A Soldier's Diet In this task, students will compare the lives of soldiers in the War of 1812 to modern Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan. This task includes: |
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A Visual Stroll Through Small-Town Canada In this task, students will act as local historians and write about their town's continuity and change. This task includes: |
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ANIA Children's Land Project / Tierra de Niños In the ANIA Children's Land Project / Tierra de Niños task, students will share their home and/or school garden experiences and learn about how the agricultural methods of the Incan people of Peru can guide them in developing their own sustainable gardening practices. This task includes four possible classroom activities. |
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ANIA Children's Land Project/ Tierra de Ninos In this task, students will work together to learn about their environment and begin a sustainable gardening project based off of Incan agriculture. This task includes: |
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Aboriginal Rights and Title in British Columbia In this task, students will explore various perspectives on aboriginal rights and land titles. This task includes: |
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Alternate Reality In this task, students will photoshop each others images into their partner schools in order to put themselves in one another's shoes and identify the difficulties they each face. This task includes: |
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Alternate Reality In the Alternate Reality task, students create "false memories" by Photoshopping student images into each others' schools. |
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Balls and Ramp This task focuses on the Position and Motion of Objects. Students must become familiar with the concept that energy can be tranferred between objects by measuring the distances a cup is pushed by a rolling ball. This task includes: |
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