Débat sur le contrôle des armes à feu aux États Unis |
Les élèves participent à une simulation de débat de l’ONU sur le contrôle des armes à feu aux États Unis en tenant compte du point de vue de divers États. |
Pensée critique et réflexive, L'interaction |
Aménagement d’habitats pour les animaux |
Les élèves utilisent le matériel de classe pour concevoir des habitats qui procurent aux animaux ce dont ils ont besoin pour survivre. |
La collaboration, L'interaction, Pensée critique et réflexive |
Organisation d’une Journée du chandail orange |
Une élève, inspirée par un roman sur l’expérience d’une jeune fille dans un pensionnat indien, rassemble de plus amples renseignements et, quatre ans plus tard, organise une Journée du chandail orange dans son école.
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La collaboration, Pensée critique et réflexive, Conscience et responsabilité sociales |
Exploration de futures carrières |
Un élève explore des possibilités de carrières. |
Pensée critique et réflexive, L'interaction |
Comment les artistes expriment-ils le mieux leurs pensées ou leurs sentiments? |
Une élève a enquêté sur la façon dont les artistes s’expriment et a créé une œuvre authentique.
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Pensée critique et réflexive, Pensée créatrice, L'interaction |
Examen final sous forme de réflexion sur vidéo |
Un élève fait une réflexion approfondie sur ses expériences d’apprentissage comme examen final d’un programme STIM (sciences, technologie, ingénierie, mathématiques).
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Pensée critique et réflexive, Communication, Conscience de soi et responsabilité personnelle |
Bénévolat à une mission urbaine |
Un élève est amené à réfléchir spontanément à son point de vue sur l’itinérance et la pauvreté après avoir fait du bénévolat à une mission urbaine. |
Pensée critique et réflexive |
Entrevues avec des personnes d’âge mûr |
On a demandé aux élèves d’interviewer des « personnes d’âge mûr de la collectivité », et l’élève a choisi d’interviewer un voisin de longue date. |
Pensée critique et réflexive, Conscience de soi et responsabilité personnelle, Conscience et responsabilité sociales |
Phobie ou peur? |
Les élèves font des recherches sur les phobies pour les distinguer de la peur, puis réfléchissent et discutent des réactions aux questions d’orientation sexuelle et d’identité de genre. |
Pensée critique et réflexive, Conscience et responsabilité sociales, L'interaction |
Qu’est-ce qu’une famille? |
Les élèves ont étudié la question de ce qu’est une famille et ont réfléchi à leur propre famille. |
L'interaction, Pensée critique et réflexive, Identité personnelle et culturelle positive |
Conception d’un logo pour des toilettes d’accès universel |
Des élèves conçoivent un logo pour des toilettes d’accès universel. |
Pensée critique et réflexive, Pensée créatrice, Conscience et responsabilité sociales, L'interaction |
Discussions mathématiques |
Une élève participe à une discussion mathématique et réfléchit ensuite sur sa capacité à communiquer sa pensée pendant cette discussion. |
Pensée critique et réflexive, L'interaction |
Des poissons heureux et en bonne santé |
Un élève construit une maquette d’aquarium qui garderait les poissons heureux et en santé.
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Pensée critique et réflexive, Pensée créatrice |
Porter bien haut le flambeau |
Après avoir rencontré d’anciens combattants lors d’un événement du jour du Souvenir, un élève forme un groupe consacré aux liens intergénérationnels entre élèves et anciens combattants.
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La collaboration, Pensée critique et réflexive, Conscience et responsabilité sociales |
Explorations artistiques de l’identité |
Au fil du temps, l’élève réalise un ensemble d’œuvres créatives sur le thème de l’identité.
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Pensée créatrice, Pensée critique et réflexive, L'interaction, Identité personnelle et culturelle positive |
Enregistrer des observations à l’aide de « pièces détachées » (du matériel de toute sorte) |
A student uses “loose parts” to record his observations of seasonal changes in the local environment.
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Pensée critique et réflexive, L'interaction |
Magnetic Wand |
A student explores magnetic properties using a magnetic wand.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Reflection on School Experience and Goals for the Future |
A student creates a presentation reflecting on their school experience and goals for the future.
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Positive Personal and Cultural Identity, Communicating, Critical and Reflective Thinking, Personal Awareness and Responsibility |
Persistence |
A student explains how he learned to be persistent and why that trait is important to him.
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Positive Personal and Cultural Identity, Communicating, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Narrative Essay |
A student writes an essay in response to the prompt “How We Know Who We Are”.
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Positive Personal and Cultural Identity, Communicating, Critical and Reflective Thinking, Personal Awareness and Responsibility |
Mars Mission |
Students present their application for the Mars One project, explaining how they would be suited to the project and how they would deal with issues they would likely face.
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Positive Personal and Cultural Identity, Communicating, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Interview |
A student reflects on the personal experiences that have changed his goals and aspirations.
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Positive Personal and Cultural Identity, Communicating, Critical and Reflective Thinking, Personal Awareness and Responsibility |
Portfolio Review and Reflection |
During a portfolio review, students reflect on their writing, set goals, and create a plan for moving forward.
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Personal Awareness and Responsibility, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Asking for Math Help |
A student approaches a teacher with her concerns about her progress in math.
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Personal Awareness and Responsibility, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
"Just" Jeans |
Students explore issues related to the manufacturing of jeans in sweatshops.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Making Submersibles |
After creating submersibles, students reflected on their creation process and the challenges they encountered.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking, Communicating |
Mind Map |
Students create a mind map to assess and reflect on their learning.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking, Communicating |
Dinosaur Battle |
A student shares his reasoning about which group of dinosaurs would win a battle.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking |
The Lost Thing |
A student creates a one-page representation of the story “The Lost Thing”.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking, Communicating |
Stacking and Building |
Students generate and develop a variety of ideas when challenged to see how high they can stack provided materials.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Sharing Cookies |
Students work together to solve an open-ended problem about sharing cookies.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Roller Coaster |
As part of an engineering study, students work collaboratively to build, test, and adapt roller coasters.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Osmosis Experiment with Gummy Bears |
Students work in small groups to design an experiment that explores the effects of different salt solutions on gummy bears.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Martin Luther on Trial |
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Critical and Reflective Thinking, Communicating |
Essay on the Movie "Gattaca" |
A student applies what he knows about genetics to critique the movie "Gattaca".
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Critical and Reflective Thinking, Communicating |
Finding the Area Under a Curve |
A student develops, evaluates, and revises a process for calculating the area under a curve.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Exploring Objects |
A student uses her senses to explore a toy bear and rocks.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Clean Energy - Site C |
Students create documentaries that explore the pros and cons of the Site C dam while considering the various stakeholders.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking, Communicating |
Pinhole Camera Critique |
Students reflect on the process they used to make pinhole cameras and the variables that affected its effectiveness. |
Critical and Reflective Thinking, Communicating |
Artistic Representation of Hotels |
During an architecture project, a student uses found materials to represent that hotels simultaneously act as public space and private refuge.
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Creative Thinking, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Pull-Tab Snake |
A student designs a snake made of pull-tabs in response to a class challenge.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking |
"Not a Stick" Sticks |
A student extends a classroom assignment by designing a fire starter for campers.
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Creative Thinking, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Santa Vending Machine |
A student works with classmates to build a cardboard vending machine to deliver secret Santa presents.
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Creative Thinking, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Political Cartoon |
A student creates a political cartoon to encourage community members to support a ban of shark fin products.
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Creative Thinking, Communicating, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Designing Your Own Robot |
After doing a report on robots and assembling a robot from a kit, a student designs his own robot.
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Creative Thinking, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Duct Tape Wallets |
A student makes duct tape wallets as a hobby.
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Creative Thinking, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Constructing a Working Crane |
A group of students engage in a multi-stage design process to make a working model of a construction crane.
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Creative Thinking, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Mousetrap Car |
Students build mousetrap cars made from household materials and participated in a Mousetrap Car Competition.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Retelling the Three Billy Goats Gruff |
A student retells the story of the “Three Billy Goats Gruff” from the perspective of the troll while adding in a few twists.
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Creative Thinking, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Save Fred: Collaborative Problem-solving |
Students work in groups on a problem-solving challenge called “Save Fred”.
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Collaborating, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Making a Hockey Rink |
Students make a hockey rink with whiteboards.
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Collaborating, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Reflecting on a Musical Performance |
A student reflects on her performance singing a duet.
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Collaborating, Communicating, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Artistic Explorations of Identity |
Over time, a student develops a body of creative work exploring the theme of identity.
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Creative Thinking, Critical and Reflective Thinking, Communicating, Positive Personal and Cultural Identity |
Inquiry: How Do Artists Best Express How They Think or Feel? |
A student inquired into how artists express themselves, and produced an authentic piece of her own.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking, Creative Thinking, Communicating |
What is a Family? |
Students investigated the question, “What is a family”, and reflected on their own families.
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Communicating, Critical and Reflective Thinking, Positive Personal and Cultural Identity |
Interviewing an Older Adult |
Students were asked to interview an “older adult from the community” and this student chose to interview a long-time neighbour.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking, Personal Awareness and Responsibility, Social Awareness and Responsibility |
Phobia versus Fear |
Students research phobias to distinguish between phobias as fear and then discuss and reflect on reactions to SOGI.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking, Social Awareness and Responsibility, Communicating |
Designing a Logo for Universal Washrooms |
Students design a logo for a universal washroom.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking, Creative Thinking, Social Awareness and Responsibility, Communicating |
Debate on Gun Control in United States |
Students participate in a Model UN debate on gun control in the United States by taking the perspectives of various states.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking, Communicating |
Exploration of Future Careers |
A student explores possible future careers.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking, Communicating |
Exploring Factors that Effect Motion |
Students collaboratively create ramps to explore the forces that effect motion.
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Collaborating, Communicating, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Designing Animal Habitats |
Students use classroom materials to design models of animal habitats that provide animals with what they need to survive.
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Collaborating, Communicating, Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Final Exam Video Reflection |
A student completes a comprehensive reflection of their learning experiences as a final exam in a STEM program.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking, Communication, Personal Awareness and Responsibility |
Volunteering at an Urban Mission |
A student is moved to spontaneously reflect on his views on homelessness and poverty after volunteering at an urban mission.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking |
Number Talk |
A student participates in a number talk and then reflects on her ability to communicate her thinking during these talks.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking, Communicating |
Recording Observations with Loose Parts |
A student uses “loose parts” to record his observations of seasonal changes in the local environment.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking, Communicating |
Happy, Healthy Fish |
A student builds a model of an aquarium that would keep fish happy and healthy.
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Critical and Reflective Thinking, Creative Thinking |
Organizing an Orange Shirt Day |
A student, inspired by a novel about a girl’s residential school experience, gathers further information and, four years later, organizes an Orange Shirt Day at her school.
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Collaborating, Critical and Reflective Thinking, Social Awareness and Responsibility |
Hold High the Torch |
After meeting veterans at a Remembrance Day event, a student forms a group dedicated to intergenerational connections between students and veterans.
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Collaborating, Critical and Reflective Thinking, Social Awareness and Responsibility |