Crash Course on YouTube--Globalization

Crash Course is on YouTube and is a collection of videos on various subjects. They go through things fast, so you'll need to watch it twice (or more) to get all of the notes or to have your student really process it all. However, they are interesting, humourous and what they don't explain for the globalization videos gives a starting point to talk about some of the Social 10 (-1 or -2) vocabulary.

Here are the two about globalization:

Grade 10 Chemistry: Atoms/Elements, Compounds and Mixtures--with Lego

In my attempt to find things other than the text or SNAP to cover Science 10 outcomes, I've turned to YouTube. You can find many, many videos on any of the concepts. The question is whether you--or more importantly, your student--will actually be able to slog through the whole video and get something out of it.

This one, however, I think is worthy of sharing. Short, to the point and using something most students will be quite familiar with: Lego.

Writer's Workshop Resource

Here's one Writer's Workshop resource I've been having a look at today:

https://ttms.box.net/shared/static/18htc7rcb2.pdf

It will ask you to save it. It comes from the main page of the Teaching That Makes Sense page. I highly recommend reading it, even though some of it, or a large part of it, is aimed at younger grades. The process and a lot of the ideas are still the same. I know reading it today has helped me feel more confident about going forward with the Writer's Workshop approach to the grade 10 English writing my son has to do this year!

A Social Studies 10-2 Resource

I found this today:

http://mediasmarts.ca/curricularoutcomechart/outcome-chart-alberta-social-studies-grade-10-2

It provides links to lessons that can be done to help support the learning involved for Social Studies 10-2.