Zoomy: digital microscope comes with a digital microscope, digital camera with USB connection, an application CD, instruction manual, and adaptors to display images on a computer, projector, or interactive whiteboard.
The all-in-one microscope encourages hands-on investigation and allows students to take videos and images up to 43x magnification. Simply hold the scope over an object, and then click a single button to take an image or video. This incredibly kid-friendly device makes exploring their environment, and recording observations and investigations fantastic fun. The microscope and camera are designed for students of all ages, from pre-Kindergarten to grade 12.
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Zoomy: digital microscope comes with a digital microscope, digital camera with USB connection, an application CD, instruction manual, and adaptors to display images on a computer, projector, or interactive whiteboard.
The all-in-one microscope encourages hands-on investigation and allows students to take videos and images up to 43x magnification. Simply hold the scope over an object, and then click a single button to take an image or video. This incredibly kid-friendly device makes exploring their environment, and recording observations and investigations fantastic fun. The microscope and camera are designed for students of all ages, from pre-Kindergarten to grade 12.
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Made by Folkmanis, this puppet includes a tag with a short story that can be performed by the puppet.
Folkmanis also produces instructional videos on how to use their puppets; for instance, check out this video on the many ways of using the Gray squirrel hand puppet. Folkmanis also has links to a number of useful Puppetry Resources.
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Made by Folkmanis, this puppet includes a tag with a short story that can be performed by the puppet.
Folkmanis also produces instructional videos on how to use their puppets; for instance, check out this video on the many ways of using the Gray squirrel hand puppet. Folkmanis also has links to a number of useful Puppetry Resources.
Your Body for Life is an interactive, multimedia kit that teaches students about how food affects their bodies and the importance of healthy food choices. Your Body for Life uses information about the five senses to address food choices and perception. Nutrition is explored through the relationship between different nutrient groups and the body’s growth and energy levels. Your Body for Life contains two teacher guides. Let’s be Sense-able is a guide for exploring the five senses, and Food Power addresses nutrition and the body. Both come with background information, activity sheets, and discussion questions. Also included are a set of five finger puppets representing the senses, a food group chart with reusable stickers of foods, a sense-based game, and a food and health picture book. The kit also contains multimedia film strips and cassettes, providing introductory information and songs.
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Your Body for Life is an interactive, multimedia kit that teaches students about how food affects their bodies and the importance of healthy food choices. Your Body for Life uses information about the five senses to address food choices and perception. Nutrition is explored through the relationship between different nutrient groups and the body’s growth and energy levels. Your Body for Life contains two teacher guides. Let’s be Sense-able is a guide for exploring the five senses, and Food Power addresses nutrition and the body. Both come with background information, activity sheets, and discussion questions. Also included are a set of five finger puppets representing the senses, a food group chart with reusable stickers of foods, a sense-based game, and a food and health picture book. The kit also contains multimedia film strips and cassettes, providing introductory information and songs.
This sentence-building game can make learning grammar and sentence construction fun and easy for students.
To play, each player receives 10 cards containing variations of funny words, famous names, and familiar places. The objective of the game is to create a grammatically correct sentence using as many cards as possible. If the sentence is not grammatically correct – or if it just doesn’t make sense! – it can be disputed by other players. The defending player and the objecting player get to argue their points for the rest of the players, who form a jury. In the classroom, a teacher can play the role of the judge to make the final verdict. The more ridiculous the sentence, the more fun players will have defending and explaining the sentence’s meaning and structure to other players.
A lesson plan can be found on the You’ve Been Sentenced! website, so that the game can be utilized as a classroom teaching tool. The activity kit also comes with rule variations so that the game can be altered to best suit the classroom context.
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This sentence-building game can make learning grammar and sentence construction fun and easy for students.
To play, each player receives 10 cards containing variations of funny words, famous names, and familiar places. The objective of the game is to create a grammatically correct sentence using as many cards as possible. If the sentence is not grammatically correct – or if it just doesn’t make sense! – it can be disputed by other players. The defending player and the objecting player get to argue their points for the rest of the players, who form a jury. In the classroom, a teacher can play the role of the judge to make the final verdict. The more ridiculous the sentence, the more fun players will have defending and explaining the sentence’s meaning and structure to other players.
A lesson plan can be found on the You’ve Been Sentenced! website, so that the game can be utilized as a classroom teaching tool. The activity kit also comes with rule variations so that the game can be altered to best suit the classroom context.
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A career education game about customer service. Players have fun giving employees advice on how to give excellent customer service, as well as how to deal with difficult and abusive customers.
Made by Folkmanis, this puppet includes a tag with a short story that can be performed by the puppet.
Folkmanis also produces instructional videos on how to use their puppets; for instance, check out this video on the many ways of using the Gray squirrel hand puppet. Folkmanis also has links to a number of useful Puppetry Resources.
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Made by Folkmanis, this puppet includes a tag with a short story that can be performed by the puppet.
Folkmanis also produces instructional videos on how to use their puppets; for instance, check out this video on the many ways of using the Gray squirrel hand puppet. Folkmanis also has links to a number of useful Puppetry Resources.
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Spark brainstorming and imagination with these Writing Prompt Cubes students can use in both creative storytelling and nonfiction writing activities. With different writing prompts on every side (36 prompts total), foam cubes offer a variety of ideas for individual or group writing projects. Cubes are quiet when rolled—perfect for centers. Activity Guide included. Cubes measure 1 5/8”
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Published in 1986 by MacLean's In-Class Program as a kit for teaching students about terrorism.
14 photos. + 1 text (42 p.) + 1 bibliography (16 p.) + 1 wall chart + 3 markers + 27 excerpts reprinted from Maclean's, in folder.
The OISE library’s World of Animals activity kit is guaranteed to fascinate both teachers and children alike! When switched on, this high-tech globe illuminates with dual-image effect that shows marine life swimming.
This kit includes both the illuminated children’s globe, and accompanying Animal Encyclopaedia. Each animal on the illuminated globe numerically corresponds to encyclopaedia entries, so users may easily locate and learn more about their favourite animals- a great way to teach early information literacy skills!
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The OISE library’s World of Animals activity kit is guaranteed to fascinate both teachers and children alike! When switched on, this high-tech globe illuminates with dual-image effect that shows marine life swimming.
This kit includes both the illuminated children’s globe, and accompanying Animal Encyclopaedia. Each animal on the illuminated globe numerically corresponds to encyclopaedia entries, so users may easily locate and learn more about their favourite animals- a great way to teach early information literacy skills!
Getting students interested in spelling and vocabulary lessons can be difficult. Luckily, the OISE Library has a number of different games that help students learn while allowing them to have fun. Word Topper is an excellent resource for those looking for a fun way to encourage vocabulary-building in young learners. This word game is meant for students ages eight and up, and up to eight players can enjoy the game at once. This makes it a good resource for breakout groups or small classrooms.
Each card has a letter with which players can build worlds for points, and there are five different wild cards to keep the game going at an exciting pace. Each letter card clearly indicates the number of points that it is worth. Students can challenge themselves to use their vocabularies in new ways, as building bigger and more complex words means more possible points. This game could also be a helpful resource for practicing spelling in a fun way. Word topper comes in a compact box and contains a total of 137 cards, or 130 letter cards, 4 wild cards and 3 direction cards. The rules are explained in a clear way so that students can begin to play quickly.
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Getting students interested in spelling and vocabulary lessons can be difficult. Luckily, the OISE Library has a number of different games that help students learn while allowing them to have fun. Word Topper is an excellent resource for those looking for a fun way to encourage vocabulary-building in young learners. This word game is meant for students ages eight and up, and up to eight players can enjoy the game at once. This makes it a good resource for breakout groups or small classrooms.
Each card has a letter with which players can build worlds for points, and there are five different wild cards to keep the game going at an exciting pace. Each letter card clearly indicates the number of points that it is worth. Students can challenge themselves to use their vocabularies in new ways, as building bigger and more complex words means more possible points. This game could also be a helpful resource for practicing spelling in a fun way. Word topper comes in a compact box and contains a total of 137 cards, or 130 letter cards, 4 wild cards and 3 direction cards. The rules are explained in a clear way so that students can begin to play quickly.
Each side of the six foam dice in this kit has a different word ending on it, such as -ight, -ick, or -ame, for a total of 36 possibilities in all. To use this kit, just roll the dice! The word endings that the dice land on can then be used to build vocabulary and teach rhyming skills, by coming up with words that have the same word ending as the one shown on the dice. For example if a die lands on -ing, you might come up with ring, sing, spring, thing, and king.
Aimed at children just learning to read, the Word Family Dice are a fun way to build language skills in the following areas: decoding and word recognition, identifying spelling patterns, vocabulary development, and recognizing and producing rhyming sounds. The Word Family Dice kit also includes a booklet with a number of suggestions of creative ways to use the Word Family Dice in your classroom. These include, for example, asking all of the children to come up with words for each roll of the dice or asking them to identify the words on a pre-made list which match the word ending they rolled.
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Each side of the six foam dice in this kit has a different word ending on it, such as -ight, -ick, or -ame, for a total of 36 possibilities in all. To use this kit, just roll the dice! The word endings that the dice land on can then be used to build vocabulary and teach rhyming skills, by coming up with words that have the same word ending as the one shown on the dice. For example if a die lands on -ing, you might come up with ring, sing, spring, thing, and king.
Aimed at children just learning to read, the Word Family Dice are a fun way to build language skills in the following areas: decoding and word recognition, identifying spelling patterns, vocabulary development, and recognizing and producing rhyming sounds. The Word Family Dice kit also includes a booklet with a number of suggestions of creative ways to use the Word Family Dice in your classroom. These include, for example, asking all of the children to come up with words for each roll of the dice or asking them to identify the words on a pre-made list which match the word ending they rolled.
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120 cards + 4 tab dividers + 1 teacher's guide.
Wooden town blocks play set helps teach sorting/classification skills, language development and beginning math skills. Promotes creative expression, fine motor and hand/eye coordination.
Contains 11 town building blocks, 2 tree blocks, 7 vehicle blocks, 7 sign blocks, 8 rooftop blocks. Extension activities listed on bottom of tray.
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Wooden town blocks play set helps teach sorting/classification skills, language development and beginning math skills. Promotes creative expression, fine motor and hand/eye coordination.
Contains 11 town building blocks, 2 tree blocks, 7 vehicle blocks, 7 sign blocks, 8 rooftop blocks. Extension activities listed on bottom of tray.