Category Archives: Featured activity kit

Featured Activity Kit: Animal Cell Model

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Caleb Domsy

Anton van Leewenhoek first stumbled upon animal cells swimming around in pond water over 300 years ago. Use this model to introduce the idea of the animal cell to students still in the intermediate grades, or present it as a … Continue reading →

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Featured Activity Kit: Scrabble

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Robyn Lewis

The OISE Library has recently acquired a new twist on the classic game of Scrabble. The timeless board game has been redesigned for easier game playing with a rotating board, plastic curved letter trays, and wooden letters. All of these … Continue reading →

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Featured Activity Kit: Body Poetry: Yoga Cards

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Navroop Gill

The aim of the activity kit Body Poetry: Yoga Cards is to provide opportunities for children to incorporate exercise into class that can be done in twenty minutes or less. The kit contains 16 ( 8 1/2 by 11 inch.) … Continue reading →

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Featured Activity Kit: Zoomy Digital Microscope

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Robyn Lewis

Zoomy: digital microscope is one of many new activity kits in the OISE library Curriculum Resources collection! This amazing kit comes with a digital microscope, digital camera with USB connection, an application CD, instruction manual, and adaptors to display images … Continue reading →

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Featured Activity Kit: Animal Journey: Learning Shapes!

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Luisa Fisher

The Animal Journey: Learning Shapes! kit provides a visually rich way for young children (ages 1+) to explore and manipulate basic 3D shapes. Designed by artist Ben Houstie of the Heiltsuk First Nation, each wood-carved character is rendered in the … Continue reading →

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