Category Archives: Featured activity kit

The 2011 Census Teacher’s Kit (call #CR 317.1 C396 2011), published by Statistics Canada, contains activities appropriate for use in elementary, intermediate, and secondary level classrooms.    The kit includes 8 activities plus a guide that provides: an explanation of why Canada conducts … Continue reading →

News in Review  (September 2010), call number CR 070.195 N558 2010 (no.5), presents some of the top stories from last spring and summer in greater depth and detail including the long-form census debate, the G20 summit, the oil spill in the … Continue reading →

The Deluxe Calculator Class Set (call # CR 510.78 D366) includes 30 solar-powered calculators and a “Getting Started with Calculators” teacher’s guide in an easy to carry case.  The teacher’s guide offers everything from suggestions about how to respond to … Continue reading →

Can you name two of Canada’s five Prime Ministers who attended the University of Toronto? The Prime Ministers of Canada activity kit  (call #C.R. 971.0071271 P953) contains 22 bilingual biography sheets for each of the prime ministers along with a Teacher’s … Continue reading →

GeoSafari Sea Search (call # CR551.46 G352  2002): “Discover the secret worlds beneath the seas!” With this interactive Sea Search map and using a point-and-touch pen, student “navigators” will follow in the footsteps of famous explorers and discover the world’s … Continue reading →