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Created by Alberta Education. This resource will help classroom teachers and staff better serve the needs of their Aboriginal students. This resource offers information about Aboriginal cultures and perspectives, practical ideas, and sample strategies that will help teachers meet the needs and recognize the gifts of Aboriginal students. Many of the sample strategies are good for all students and are relevant for a range of educational settings and contexts.

Games from the Aboriginal People of North America of chance, strategy, and lifestyle, as well as other information.

Aboriginal content is circle geometry in First Nations culture.

"Many cultural designs are based on mathematical principles. This software will help students learn standards-based math and computing as they simulate the original artifacts, and develop their own creations" African, African-American, Youth Sub-culture, Native American/Frist Nation/Aboriginal, Latino

Overview These lessons involve a walk in nature that could take place in any community, or could also be a field trip to an environmental centre. Hints for using the outdoor classroom are included. This activity includes a pre-site lesson, an on-site lesson, and a post-site lesson. The material here is based on experiences at Brightwater Science and Environment Centre with Saskatoon Public Schools, an outdoor education centre located near Saskatoon. In these visits, students are accompanied by an Elder or a traditional knowledge keeper. These lessons incorporate objectives from the unit entitled Life Science: Sustainability of Ecosystems (SE) in the Science 10 Curriculum Guide. Foundational Objectives SE1 Explore cultural perspectives on sustainability. SE2 Examine biodiversity within local ecosystems

Overview This lesson is from the unit in the Science 10 Curriculum Guide entitled Physical Science: Motion in Our World (MW), and can be used as an introduction to the concept of motion. The lesson uses a First Nations' game, snow snakes, to illustrate motion. Because snow is necessary for this game, the unit will need to be used during the winter. Foundational Objectives MW1 Explore motion-related technologies. MW2 Observe and describe the motion of everyday object

Overview This series of lessons incorporates four of the foundational objectives from the unit entitled Earth and Space Science: Weather Dynamics (WD) in the Science 10 Curriculum Guide. These lessons examine cultural perspectives on weather and weather predictions, and are designed to be an introduction to the topic of weather. Foundational Objectives WD1 Explore the causes and impact of severe weather in Canada. WD2 Analyze meteorological data. WD3 Explain the principles of weather. WD4 Forecast local weather conditions.

Short story/article about creating beadwork and the geometric patterns that are formed.

A virtual bead loom that students can use to create patterns. Related to the Cartesian plane - for practice using coordinates, transformation, translation/sliding, and reflection. Can be combined with art.

Multiple lessons supporting science (mainly science 10) with first nations and metis perspectives and content