Instant math storymats : with hands-on activities for building essential primary math skills
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Instrument for the measurement of angles
View item in the U of T Libraries catalogue This material is used with the Fraction Circles to demonstrate how angles are measured in degrees. The Instrument For The Measurement Of Angles is a thick metal plate calibrated in 360 degrees with a recessed circle for positioning a fraction piece to be measured.
Intelliglobe 12 inch diameter globe (30 cm)
View item in the U of T Libraries catalogue This resource uses an infrared scanner to "read" microscopic symbols on the globe and World Discovery Book. This resource works by touching the wireless Intellipen to the globe or book to play games, explore, and discover educational facts about the world. The Intelliglobe features thousands of facts in 4 different languages: English, Spanish, French & German. Information for the Intelliglobe can be updated through the Replogle Globes website (http://www.replogleglobes.com/intelliglobe) Users can borrow the Intellipen at the ground floor service desk. Borrowing restricted to OISE students, faculty and staff
Into the forest : nature's food chain game
View item in the U of T Libraries catalogue Into the Forest: Nature’s Food Chain Game will help children to learn about the food web in a temperate forest and teach them about predator-prey relationships. Cards are dealt among the players, each one showing a plant or animal in the forest and listing what the organism eats and is eaten by. Players take turns challenging each other, winning cards from others that fall lower on the food chain. The cards can also be used to play versions of Solitaire, Concentration, and Rummy. The kit includes 41 cards, a score pad, and detailed instructions. Also included is the Nature’s forest food web, an illustrated chart that shows how all animals depend on plants, which are at the beginning of the food chain. Recommended for 2-6 players, age 7 and up.
View item in the U of T Libraries catalogue Learning about genetics can be as easy as rolling a dice with the Introduction to Mendelian Genetics activity kit available at OISE Library! Introduce biology students to the concepts of inheritance, homozygous, heterozygous, genotype, and phenotype with this uniquely designed kit. Working in groups or alone, students will use the kit to determine the likeliness of genetic expression. After flipping chips to simulate monohybrid crosses, or rolling double dice for dihybrid crosses, students will record their experimental data and make the necessary calculations for determining genotype and phenotype probabilities. Along the way students will learn about Punnett squares and practice their skills in calculating probability. The Introduction to Mendelian Genetics kit also includes a teacher’s manual, with an introduction to Gregor Mendel and his early experiments with pea plants, a discussion of genetic terms and concepts, and sample lab sheets for students to use in their data collection.
View item in the U of T Libraries catalogue A device for recording meteorological data, which can be used with students to teach about weather systems.
View item in the U of T Libraries catalogue Demonstrate the principles of magnetic force with iron filings. The Iron Filings activity kit can be a useful addition to physical science instruction that introduces primary-level students to magnetic behaviors such as attraction and repulsion. The extremely fine and smooth iron filings form intricate patterns in response to magnets. The iron filings are encased in five clear plastic blocks so that students can explore magnetism hands-on, without making a mess. Each block is 3” long x 2” wide. The kit does not include magnets. However a number of magnets are available in the OISE Library K-12 Manipulatives collection. Magnet Magic includes bar magnets, ring magnets, and marble magnets. The Magnetic Wand Activity Kit comes with magnetic wands and magnetic marbles. Consider supplementing the Iron Filings kit with elementary-level study and teaching books about magnetism. Magnets includes projects and activities that offer an overview of magnetism. The Science Book of Magnets includes several experiments about magnetism.
Itadakimasu : a game introducing Japanese food
View item in the U of T Libraries catalogue 27 illustrated cards to slot together. "Playstack cards provide hours of creative play for children of all ages." "Stimulates decision making, conversation and manual dexterity."
View item in the U of T Libraries catalogue Made by Native Northwest, this puppet is part of the Storytellers collection. Storytellers puppets are uniquely designed by Native artists and help teach through aboriginal folklore. Each puppet includes a tag with a QR code linking to information about that puppet’s artist, along with a list of topics the puppet can help to teach.
View item in the U of T Libraries catalogue "A classic, these brightly colored 2.5" Jumbo Egg Shakers are enjoyable for children and adults."--Publisher's website.
Jump right in: a complete music curriculum K-8
View item in the U of T Libraries catalogue 11 activity books, 2 tonal register books, 2 rhythm register books, 2 song collection books, 3 soprano recorder books, teacher's guide for soprano recorder book one, book of indexes, booklet on coordinating classroom activities and learning sequence activities, reference handbook, 2 boxes of pattern cards and activity cards, videotape, sound cassette, envelope of transparencies and blank class lists, sheet on use of music aptitude tests, 12 plastic card pouches, tee shirt, teacher's guide ; in container
K'NEX amusement park science & technology
View item in the U of T Libraries catalogue From the introductory guide: "The set enables educators to plan and implement a broad-based curriculum focusing on four K'NEX models: Swing ride, Boom ride, Ferris wheel, and Roller coaster. These models provide students multiple opportunities to engage in learning that encompasses the major classroom disciplines." Includes 4,800+ rod-and-connector pieces, motor packs, and building instructions for 5 models.
K'NEX education simple machines deluxe set
View item in the U of T Libraries catalogue With K’NEX Simple Machines, you and your students can build anything — let your imagination run wild! Towers, levers, pulleys, and more are all possible with this set containing over 1600 parts, 1 electric motor assembly, and 1 adapter. The only limit is your imagination! Ideal for students in grades 3-5 (but fun for all ages), this set provides an opportunity for hands-on STEAM learning and invention. Groups of students can cluster to create different kinds of machines with the materials provided. Six instruction booklets are included in the set, explaining how to build a number of machines using inclined planes, wheels and axles, gears, levers, and pulleys. For teachers, a CD-ROM guide is also provided with activity ideas. Consider pairing this activity kit with books like Inclined Planes, Wheels and Axles, Pulleys, and Levers, by Sally M. Walker and Roseann Feldmann, which provide real-world examples of simple machines in use and explain concepts like work, gravity and friction, and the related usefulness of simple machines with photos and building projects. For an added dose of creative fun, have your class read Lance Dragon Defends his Castle with Simple Machines for further explanations of simple machines. Young learners will enjoy attempting to emulate the machines in the storybook and perhaps invent a few others themselves! The K’NEX Simple Machines Deluxe Set, like the K’NEX Amusement Park that is also available at the OISE Library, can be used for both structured activities and as a creative activity for small groups during free time.
View item in the U of T Libraries catalogue The K’NEX Space Exploration set is a great point of entry for conversations about the history of science, developments in rocketry and space exploration, and the influence of technology on history. This kit allows students to build rockets and other models from space history such as the Apollo Lunar Lander and the Hubble Telescope. The kit contains 1600 pieces and instructions for building 10 different models. Also included is an extensive Educator’s Guide with 10 lesson plans and reproducible student worksheets.
K'NEX transportation set : land, air, sea, space
View item in the U of T Libraries catalogue A hands-on kit for learning about transport vehicles - their history and use - about energy, technology and machines, history, the study of varied cultures, communication, math and more. Includes 800-piece construction set along with a power pack, poster, instruction cards, two motors, and a teacher guide.
Keep it green: a discovery game for environmental consciousness
View item in the U of T Libraries catalogue Keep it green: a discovery game for environmental consciousness’ goal is for all players to reach planet earth while it is still ‘green and living.’ Using their playing rocks and magic screens, each player must journey towards the earth while keeping two possible outcomes in mind. If the Earth is still ‘green and living’ when all the journeys are completed, all the players win. If the Earth has become ‘grey and dead’ before all the journeys are completed, all the players lose. To avoid this loss, players must work together using their green tree cards to remove the grey overlays. Designed as a cooperative game for 2 to 6 players aged 10 and older.
View this item in the UTL catalogue With these wooden planks and puzzle cards, students will turn 2-dimensional diagrams into 3-dimensional structures. 1 puzzle (20 Keva planks, 30 puzzle cards) : wood, paper ; case 14 x 14 x 6 cm