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Category: Elementary/Primary School (Age 5-11)

Town Planner

March 5, 2021 Nicole Candian

In this activity, students will have the opportunity to imagine what their city on Mars would look like if seen from a satellite.

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Posted in: Elementary/Primary School (Age 5-11), STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths), Teaching Resources

Infrared Selfie

Nicole Candian

Students are invited to draw selfies based on a color temperature scale.

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Posted in: Elementary/Primary School (Age 5-11), STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths), Teaching Resources

WordShop: Teacher Resource

February 26, 2021 Nicole Candian

This resource will allow you to lead your students through a close looking exercise.

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Posted in: Arts, Elementary/Primary School (Age 5-11), Teaching Resources

Space and Time Activity for Primary-Aged Children

February 18, 2021 The Curved House Editor

Learn how to tell the time with a make-your-own comic strip!

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Posted in: Elementary/Primary School (Age 5-11), STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths), Teaching Resources Filed under: Literacy, numeracy, space, stem, telling time, Tim peake, Vinita Marwaha Madill

Celebrating Diversity with the Glucksman and artist Chris Judge

February 19, 2021 Kit Testing

Children will look closely at an image by Irish artist Chris Judge that presents 195 children, one from each country in the world.

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Posted in: Arts, Education, Elementary/Primary School (Age 5-11), Middle School (Age 11-14), Pre-K / Early Years (Age 0-5), Teaching Resources Filed under: Art, Chris Judge, diversity, Education, Glucksman, illustration, people of the world

Creativity in Education with the Glucksman and Róisín Hahessy

The Curved House Editor

This activity is from the Glucksman’s Creativity at Home series and uses the work of Róisín Hahessy to inspire children of all ages.

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Posted in: Arts, Education, Elementary/Primary School (Age 5-11), Middle School (Age 11-14), Pre-K / Early Years (Age 0-5), Teaching Resources Filed under: creativity, drawing, Education, Glucksman, illustration, Roisin Hahessy, vts

Design Your Own Spacesuit

January 14, 2021 The Curved House Editor

Students will research the types of spacesuits astronauts need, and the features they include, then they will design their own suit.

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Posted in: Arts, Elementary/Primary School (Age 5-11), STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths), Teaching Resources

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