BC Grade 5 Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources IRP:

• analyse how BC's living and non-living resources are used
• identify methods of extracting or harvesting and processing BC's resources
• analyse how the Aboriginal concept of interconnectedness of the environment is reflected in responsibility for and caretaking of resources
• describe potential environmental impacts of using BC's living and non-living resources

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Energy

Extreme Environments:  Ocean

Resources and Conservation

Salmon

Student Links

Sqworl Page of Student Links Here is a collection of student links chosen from the sites below.

Research

	World Book for Kids WBFK has links for water and many other water-related topics (see additional articles at bottom of water article. The pages include text-to-speech and students can double click on words for their definitions. Many of the pages include photos, videos and activities in the sidebar. The articles can also be translated, emailed, printed or saved.
	World Book for Students SBFS has links for water and many other water-related topics in the sidebar. The water article includes videos, pictures, and diagrams.
	Water Sense Kids This website provides basic information about water usage and conservation using very small blocks of text.  Includes a game to test what students have learned on the website.
	Canadian Geographic Protect Your Watershed In the Protect Your Watershed section of the Canadian Geographic website you can explore the major watersheds of Canada or input your city and province to find your local watershed.  Clicking a watershed on an interactive map takes you to photos and information about that watershed.  Additional pages explore watershed themes such as groundwater, quality, climate change, and urbanization.  The main page is fine for grade 5 but other pages require very good reading skills.

Games and Interactives

Harcourt Science Up Close Interactives:  Water Cycle, Ground Pollution, Clouds In this excellent interactive on the Water Cycle, students click on various parts of a diagram to learn more.  The Harcourt site also includes lessons and interactives on What Happens During the Water Cycle, Evaporation and Condensation, Ground Pollution and Types of Clouds.  Click on each grade level to browse the videos.  These activities contain many options for differentiation including narration, captioning, and keyboard hot-keys.  The activities take time to load but are worth the wait.

Walk Through a Hydroelectric Dam The Federation for Water and Energy Education website features a virual tour of a hydroelectric dam.  Clicking on various parts of the diagram opens pages with photographs and simple explanations.  You can also download .pdfs and watch a video.

Photos and Videos

	Scholastic StudyJams Water Cycle Video You will find a video about the water cycle in the Ecosystems section of the Science StudyJams.  The video, followed by a quiz,  features very engaging characters and covers the concepts evaporation, precipitation, condensation, vapor, and transpiration.
	Changes in Energy: Hydroelectric (1:40) Short but excellent cartoon from Phoenix Learning Group explains hydroelectric energy in very simple terms.
	Energy Conservation for Kids: Water Video (2:20) Hamilton Ontario Horizons Utilities video discusses water conservation in the home with clever animations and kid friendly terms. This is part of a series of conservation for kids videos available on their YouTube channel.
	4-H Videos Upstream (8:43) and Downstream (9:34) The 4-H club has produced two excellent videos Upstream featuring a middle school's girl quest to find out where her water comes from and Downstream to find where it goes after it's used. The girl's interview with the Montana farmer on a local "crick" is particularly interesting as he helps himself to her lunch and tells her how much water it has taken to produce each item in the bag. Your water usage turns out to be much more than just what you consume or use in your own home!

Clicker5, Clicker Paint (requires software)

Water Cycle This Clicker5 gridset was created by Daphne Mercier to address a Grade 4 Weather PLO but is a good fit with the Water topic. In the activity students listen to information about the water cycle and then name the stages.

SMARTBoard

Activity Exchange Lessons There are many lessons on the theme of water so it is best to search for particular topics such as "water cycle" (262 results) or "water pollution" (71 results).  These lessons can be preview online before downloading.