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Music is for everyone. Play with simple experiments that let anyone, of any age, explore how music works.

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Use simple code to drive a rover on Mars and collect information about Martian rocks to score points.

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How to Play

Always wanted to cruise around on the surface of another planet? Well, you're in luck! In Explore Mars, you will be driving a rover on Mars and collecting information about Martian rocks.

First, you will choose a rock to investigate. Then, you'll send a sequence of commands telling the rover how to get to that rock. Don't forget to include the command to analyze the rock! This information will then be sent back to scientists on Earth.

You will earn points every time you successfully analyze a new Martian rock. If you want a high score, plan carefully. Some rocks are worth many more points than others!

The Voice of the Game
Charlene Pfeifer, NASA/JPL Systems Engineer
The encouraging voice guiding you in this game is from Charlene Pfeifer, an engineer who works on the real Mars 2020 mission. Learn more about Charlene and her work in this profile!

About the Perseverance Rover

Perseverance is a rover that NASA landed on Mars in February 2021. The rover will cruise around investigating rocks in a region called Jezero Crater. A very long time ago, Jezero Crater contained a lake that was filled with liquid water - and possibly even living organisms.

By studying the rocks in this crater today, scientists can learn what the environment on Mars was like billions of years ago. Certain kinds of rock in the crater could even hold evidence of past microbial life on Mars!

About Mars Helicopter

When you're playing the game, you might notice a little helicopter joining you on your journey. The real Perseverance rover will have a helicopter friend, too! NASA's solar-powered Mars Helicopter will be the first aircraft to fly on another planet.

The Mars helicopter is an experiment for NASA's scientists and engineers. It will be a test to see if small aircraft can be used to do science on future Mars missions.

Related Resources for Educators

Mission to Mars Student Challenge

Make a Moon or Mars Rover Game

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Drive around the Red Planet and gather information in this fun coding game!

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Read Alouds with interactive activities!

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Read Alouds with interactive activities!

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Interactive, live read-aloud show where authors and illustrators read, draw, and connect live with a global listening audience.

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Join award-winning children's authors and illustrators for live read-alouds on the all new Storyvoice app!

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Do you have what it takes to get the puck into the goal? "Positive" you can do it? Not to be "negative" but it's not as easy as it looks!

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What's the deal about the new telescope?

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What's the deal about the new telescope?

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Just what is the James Webb Space Telescope all about? What does this mean for learning more about outer space?

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We have been receiving amazing pictures from NASA's newest telescope. Toggles to see how they compare to Hubble's images and what new details we can now experience!

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Interactive Perodic Table of the Elements

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Interactive Perodic Table of the Elements

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See how these elements exist in our day to day lives by clicking and learning about what they are used for!

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Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures and Words

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Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures and Words

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Wander Mars! Explore this space terrain through the eyes of NASA's Curiosity rover.

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NASA, JPL, and Google bring the real surface of Mars to your browser.

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Immerse yourself in the wonders of Haida Gwaii in this virtual tour of Naikoon Provincial Park.

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Explore this majestic park in Haida Gwaii via a virtual hike. Visit the Tow Hill blowhole, the trailhead, and viewpoints from Rose Spit and Hiellen River. Then, come visit the park IRL.

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There are so many fun ways to play indoors, and one of those is super simple and doesn't involve a screen: dice.

Collect all the dice you have, because it's time to get rolling with these four fun dice games!

Bunco

To play Bunco, you need nine dice. Divide your family into teams and get rolling. Each round has a number: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. If any of the dice match the round number, you score a point.

That means in round one, you get one point for every 1 you roll. In round two, you a point for every 2 you roll. And so on.

Keep rolling until you score no points (for example, there are you don't see a 2 rolled in round two), then pass the dice to the other team. By the end of six rounds, the team with the most points wins!

Beat That

This one is easy and fun to play. You can play with two dice, or up to six.

Each round, players roll their dice and have to create the biggest number from the numbers rolled. That means if you roll a 5 and a 6, your highest number is 65. If you're playing with four dice and you roll a 6, 2, 4, 5 then your highest number would be 6,542.

The player with the highest number each round wins!

Looking for more fun stuff to do at home? Check out the ultimate list of awesome activities!

Going Somewhere?

You can play this with one to three dice.

Ask an adult to help you calculate the distance between where you live and a place you want to go. You can do this with Google Maps or you can just search "distance between [your city] and [place you want to go]" and you should get a good answer!

Write that distance down and that's your goal!

If it's a short distance, play with one die. Otherwise, two or three. Once everyone has their distances and locations decided, everyone takes turns rolling.

If you roll a 3 and a 2, that's 5. Congratulations, you've travelled 5 kilometers toward your end destination!

Or, if you want to travel to far-off locations, try playing a different way: instead of adding the dice together, try forming the largest number with the dice rolled (if you roll a 3 and a 2, that's 32 kilometres).

Subtract (that means take away or minus) your rolls each time until you reach 0. When you reach 0, you've arrived safe and sound!

Run For It

You need six dice for this, and a pen and paper to record points.

Each roll, look for any formed (like: 1, 2, 3). Every sequence gets five points.

They must be ordered sequentially (that means in order). If you rolled 1, 6, 2, 4, 2, 2 you would not get any points. But if you rolled 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 3 you'd score twice: once for 1-2-3 (5 points) and again for 5-6 (5 more points).

First player to 100 points is victorious!

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It's been 100 years! Learn about the tradition of the poppy and why we wear it.

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The poppy tradition began 100 years ago

Every Monday, CBC Kids News takes a deep dive into a topic that everyone's talking about. Click the video above or below for this week's KN Explains.

Every year in Canada around Nov. 11, the little red flower known as the poppy starts popping up.

Nov. 11 is Remembrance Day, a memorial to Canadians who have served and continue to serve during times of war, conflict and peace.

And the poppy is the official symbol of remembrance.

This year is particularly special because it is the 100th anniversary of the poppy.

But that's just the tip of the iceberg!

The poppy has a long history, and there are lots of people who disagree about its use, its colour and even how to wear it.

There's a lot to unbox here. But don't worry, we've got you. KN Explains:

Have more questions? ﻿We'll look into it for you. Email us at cbckidsnews@cbc.ca.

With files from CBC
TOP IMAGE CREDIT: Paul Ellis/Getty Images with graphic design by Philip Street/CBC

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Isabelle MacNeil is a creative and ambitious grade 10 student from Dartmouth N.S. with a love for soccer, volleyball, acting and business. Isabelle has been having so much fun working as a contributor for CBC Kids News since September 2018. Isabelle loves reporting stories and hopes to inspire others as a positive role model and believes that giving kids a voice is more important than ever.

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Try a one-hour tutorial designed for all ages in over 45 languages. Join millions of students and teachers in over 180 countries starting with an Hour of Code.

Want to keep learning? Go beyond an hour

Teachers: Host an hour or read the How-To Guide

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Use computer science to explore, play, and create!

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ALL LEVELS - Show your skills as a brave pilot of robotic machine in the world of Crash Arena Turbo Stars (C.A.T.S.) and test it's devastating power!

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Codewards is a game-based platform that teaches students the universal skills and concepts applicable to any programming language. It is not just an online course where you move the blocks. It provides a full stack of online and offline activities for students and comprehensive methodological materials, that turn any teacher into a computer science specialist, without any knowledge in coding.

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Hour of Code by Codewards is designed to introduce you and your students to the basics of programming. More than 10 coding challenges are here to engage, motivate, and reward your kids while they're learning to code and having fun! For this one we teamed

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Travel across the country and learn about all the amazing parks, historical sites and projects happening at Parks Canada.

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Travel across the country and learn about all the amazing parks, historical sites and projects happening at Parks Canada!

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A couple of classes at Leigh will be taking care of worm bins this spring. The healthy soil will be added to our school garden boxes. See the amazing work of these creatures!

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3-chamber Carbon-only WORM BIN 100-Day TIME-LAPSE - FAST - vermicomposting

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The Louvre Museum in Paris has put their collection online! Now you can explore the amazing works displayed there from home.

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The Collections database consists of entries for more than 480,000 works in the Musée du Louvre and Musée National Eugène-Delacroix.

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See how the Earth has changed! From 750 million years ago to today. How did it look? Did Coquitlam even exist where it is now? Explore with this neat ancient globe.

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Earth looked very different long ago. Search for addresses across 750 million years of Earth's history.

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Slide through aerial shots of Coquitlam and see how the city has changed in the past 50 years.

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This story map was created with the Esri Story Map Swipe and Spyglass application in ArcGIS Online.

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Time-lapse video comparing three different species of earthworms. So neat to see the important work they do for our environment.

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These time-lapse movies show the behaviour of three different earthworm species.

We intended to show the difference in feeding- and burrowing behaviour of the three species, all of which are common in Western Europe as well as many other parts of the world. With respect to feeding, we were really able to show the differences: it is clear that A. caliginosa, a so-called “endogeic” earthworm, feeds on soil organic matter and hardly touches the leaves, whereas both other species feed mostly on the leaves, leaving almost nothing at the end of the experiment. In addition, it seems like L. rubellus also forages on fungi growing on the decomposing leaves - note that especially during the first half of the timelapse, the L. rubellus leaves look “cleaner”, largely lacking the bluish fuzziness of fungi growing on them.

With respect to burrowing behaviour, A. caliginosa also shows the natural inclination of an endogeic earthworm: it digs many non-permanent borrows, and seems so content in its surroundings that it even starts mating. The footage of an adult worm carefully “tucking in” its freshly laid egg cocoon to ensure it is in good contact with the soil (and thereby preventing it from drying out) is the most exciting part of the whole movie. And, of course, after two months the cocoon hatches and there are baby earthworms!

L. rubellus forages much on the surface, but seems to have only few permanent burrows deeper in the soil. This is perhaps not surprising, because L. rubellus is often not regarded fully “epigeic” (which would require it to stay mostly in the litter layer rather than in the soil) but as having an intermediate strategy (“epi-endogeic”, or even “epi-anecic”.

Finally, L. terrestris is a conventional “anecic” species, feeding on top but dragging its food into a deep, vertical and permanent burrow. As far as this is possible in a shallow mesocosm, L. terrestris indeed seems to display such behaviour. We can only guess how deep the earthworm would have dragged its food if it were able to dig deeper – in the field, depths up to a few meters have been reported for this species.

On behalf of the Soil in Action team,
J.W. van Groenigen, I.M. Lubbers 

This movie can be used in classrooms and for lectures. For other use please contact: egmond(at)tip.nl

visit https://wimvanegmond.com

© Wim van egmond 2021

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Our gr. 3-5 readers share their recommendations of Canadian picture books in celebration of #IReadCanadianDay

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Watch as the rover lands on Mars. LIVE February 18th, 2021 @ 11:15am.

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Watch NASA’s Perseverance Rover Land on Mars!

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A shooting star helps a bright young girl born "the color of midnight" learn to embrace her beauty, inside and out.

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Lupita Nyong'o Reads "Sulwe" | Bookmarks | Netflix Jr

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Watch American National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman, recite her powerful poem "The Hill We Climb".

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Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman recites The Hill We Climb

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Feb. 3 is the special day to celebrate read alouds! Check out these fun activities!

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is almost here, and we can't wait to share what we have in store this year! Mark your calendars for February 7th, 2024, and get ready to join us for a full day of excitement as we celebrate the joy of reading aloud.

Let's make this year's World Read Aloud Day the best one yet!

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Did you know that there is a contest each for year for best illusions? This past year's winner features a mind-boggling staircase.

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Take a ride on the Stanley Park train and see the magical light display!

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Compose your own masterpiece by manipulating these operatic blobs!

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Create your own ML-powered opera song! by David Li with Google Arts & Culture

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Try your own hand at creating a Rube Goldberg Machine! It is an intricate machine with many parts, designed to solve or do a simple task. Here is a truly noteworthy build...

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The National Film Board of Canada has many classic films based on folk songs and stories. This is one features poor Mr. Johnson who just can't get away from from a little yellow cat.

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This hilarious Oscar®-nominated animation is based on the century-old folk song of the same name. Old Mr. Johnson makes increasingly manic attempts to rid himself of a little ...

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Podcast: Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

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Podcast: Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

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A fairy tale audio adventure about extraordinary real-life women throughout history. Based on the bestselling book these podcasts are well-researched and entertaining. Listen and learn more about amazing women who have helped shape our world.

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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls Podcast

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Our audio adventures about extraordinary women have moved to a new home: the Rebel Girls App. Learn more.

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Print out and colour these beautiful holiday designs... one a day until Christmas!

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A FREE advent calendar : Colour a picture a day as we countdown to Christmas!

Download and print as many copies as you like, then grab your pens and pencils and wait for December 1st to arrive.
I thought we could all use a little cheer, so here's an inky gift from me to you.
Enjoy! Much love, Johanna x
DOWNLOAD page 1 DOWNLOAD page 2
P.S. If you are struggling to print the download, don't forget to check-out my top 5 tips for printing downloads.

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A FREE advent calendar : Colour a picture a day as we countdown to Christmas! Download and print as many copies as you like, then grab your pens and pencils and wait for December 1st to arrive. I thought we could all use a little cheer, so here's an inky gift from me to you.

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See the amazing ability for seeds to use their adaptive abilities to spread and propagate.

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How do seeds get around?! (in MACRO!) | Maddie Moate

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Joseph Herscher makes the best RG Machines.... so elaborate! It's even better when it's a puzzle. Guess carefully, which door will it be?

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Which Door Will The Ball Hit?  |  Joseph's Puzzle Machines

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A creepy story that will appeal to those who love a little scary mystery in their life. Read the comic online!

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From Dana Simpson, the creator of "Phoebe and Her Unicorn", explore her past work in adventures with these two furry fox pals.

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Today on Ozy and Millie - Comics by Dana Simpson - GoComics

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Video: Incredible Animation Showing How Bridges Were Built in 14th-Century Prague

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Video: Incredible Animation Showing How Bridges Were Built in 14th-Century Prague

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Ever wonder how bridges were built centuries ago? Watch this animation of Prague's Charles Bridge being constructed to get an eye-opening idea.

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Karlův most - Stavba pilíře a klenebního pole ve 14. století

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Many hero stories have a similar trend to them - the Hero's Journey! Watch this video to learn what makes a hero so that your next story can be the best one you ever write.

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17 year-old Isamu Yamamoto, skateboard wunderkind shows off his mad skills.

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Another ver. of World Freestyle Round-Up 2020 Online Showdown : Isamu Yamamoto

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The amazing comet as seen from the International Space Station. It makes its appearance just after the 3:00 mark. Simply breathtaking!

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Juan Pablo Culasso is a blind birdwatcher in Uruguay. Born without sight, he listens to the birds and has developed a keen ability to identify their distinct calls and melodies. He is on a quest to record their sounds to help conserve his country’s natural heritage in an audio archive.

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Bet you've never heard it read quite like this! To see more of Wes Tank's Seuss raps head over to his playlist.

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FOX IN SOX | Dr. Seuss Raps over Dr. Dre Beats

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VideoLink lets you share videos on YouTube easily, without distracting third-party content or advertisements.

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Test out your skills at mixing and making the world from scratch. What combinations will yield ultimate results? If you want, try the original.

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Challenge your visual perceptual skills in this deceptively simple game.

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:-)My name is Andrey Shevchuk, and this isn't my face on the left.

Thanks for playing my game, I hope you liked it! Because I hate it already...

You may write me an e-mail, if you want:

You may as well press the yellow button!

Thanks to all my friends who helped me test the game. I know it was their pleasure, but anyway ;)

External libraries used here are jQuery and GSAP. The icons are Typicons. Background patterns are GPlay and four of the elemis freebies (which seem to be no longer available). The fonts are Roboto and Fredoka One.

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A little HTML5 puzzle game that takes a few seconds to take off and a few hours to beat. Playable right in the browser, including mobile

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Please comment below with any questions or suggestions. Remember to sign with your FIRST name only. I will get back to you in this column as soon as I can.
Happy Reading, Ms. Percevault

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A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory

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A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory

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What is racism and how to know when you see it.

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A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory

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Look what hard work, planning and precision can do! Amazing chain reactions and toppling of 250,000 dominoes. 19 builders from 5 countries built over 7 days. How many games can you identify?

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250,000 Dominoes - The Incredible Science Machine: GAME ON!

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The power of marbles and computers together! Watch more from this amazing band and see their newest Marble Machine X.

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Wintergatan - Marble Machine (music instrument using 2000 marbles)

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Do you have the savvy to find the clues and solve the puzzles to escape?

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Zone into structured patterns of your creation and draw to calm your mind.

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City of Port Coquitlam - Zentangle Meditative Drawing

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Some of our students attended an amazing presentation with author, Lee Fodi. They were challenged to imagine/create a suitcase for a character (its shape and size, interesting content) and then from there, ideas can go towards the writing of a story. Take a spin on these wheels and see what title is generated and start a tale of your own.

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Lee Edward Födi - Author - Illustrator - Educator

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Fantasy Title Generator - Lee Edward Födi

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Create the BEST fantasy book ever Spin the three wheels below to get the three words for your fantasy title, then add "The" to the beginning. Next, write the back cover text that would go with this imagined book. Hey, you never know: you might be inspired to write more .

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Graphic novels are my jam! I have always enjoyed them from B&W comics in the newspaper as a child to the full-colour artworks we have now. Try this digital GN for some fun!

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The Wormworld Saga - A Digital Graphic Novel by Daniel Lieske

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Follow Jonas Berg on his fantastic adventures inside the Wormworld in this next generation digital graphic novel. Reading the Wormworld Saga online is free and many translations are available.

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There are wonders in your own backyard - have some fun and learn about your neighbourhood birds. Take a look at these beginner birding tips and use this photo identification guide to help you identify the birds in your area.

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Welcome to our flock! A growing number of Canadians of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds are curious about getting into birding. Here's how you can unleash your inner birder and connect with the natural world!

Find Birds: Look for movement and listen for sounds whenever you are outside. Once you see a bird, lock your eyes onto it and raise your binoculars to align them with your view.

Use Binoculars: Adjust the barrels so they line up with your eyes. If you wear glasses, twist or fold the eyecups down to get a larger field of view. Find something to focus on and reduce blur using the central focus wheel. If purchasing, buy the best pair you can afford. Look for magnification or field of view combinations of 8×40 or 7×30.

Identify Birds: This takes practice. Note the bird's size, shape, colour, behaviour, sounds, and habitat. Pay attention to field marks such as bill size and shape and patterns of stripes on the body and wings. Consult a field guide, app, or an experienced birder to complete the identification.

Choose a Field Guide. Try field guides from your local library before deciding which one to purchase-start with one focused on your region. We also recommend using the Merlin Bird ID App or eBird Canada.

Flock Together: Birding can be more fun with others. Connect with your local naturalist or birding club. Consider joining us for fun events near you. Contribute to eBird Canada online at ebird.ca or on the free eBird App.

Where to Bird: You're likely to discover birds in any natural space, but you can find the best birding spots for your particular region, and see what species to expect throughout the year, at ebird.ca/explore. You might also want to check out our Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas!

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Welcome to our flock! A growing number of Canadians of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds are curious about getting into birding. Here's how you can unleash your inner birder and connect with the natural world! Find Birds: Look for movement and listen for sounds whenever you are outside.

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Where are my Books? by Debbie Ridpath Ohi

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Where are my Books? by Debbie Ridpath Ohi

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Spencer loves his books but every night his collection is growing smaller. Who's the thief stealing his beloved books? Find out here and do a fun draw along too!

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WHERE ARE MY BOOKS? picture book readaloud 📚and art demo 🎨 plus song!

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VideoLink lets you share videos on YouTube easily, without distracting third-party content or advertisements.

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We use them everyday for writing or colouring, learn how they are made - it's a work of art in itself.

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IKEA Russia has some great plans to get you started! Can you design a fort of your own?

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It has been 40 years since Mount St. Helens erupted in nearby Washington state - its effects could be seen here in BC. Learn more about the people who study these awesome landforms... Once upon a time, a girl dreamed of sailing down a river of lava. Her name was Katia. Katia became fascinated with volcanoes when she first saw them on-screen at a small French movie theater as a teenager. So, she set out to study them, capturing their magnificent beauty and power through the lens of her camera.

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Some of you may have seen these amazing gravity-defying structures in the last little while. There is a simple tutorial here as well as some great examples.

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I'm sure that you've encountered at least one post on social media about these amazing structures that appear to defy gravity.

Tensegrity refers to the integrity of the structure that is derived from the balance of tension members. Essentially, opposing forces keep the structure from collapsing. (Disclaimer: I could be explaining it wrong)

Tensegrity actually got its first LEGO incarnation through cheng gang in November 2019 who built his own Tensegrity structure out of LEGO Technic parts and some string.

Jason Alleman ( JK Brickworks) came up with his own take on it with LEGO elements and swapped out the string for LEGO chains which worked just as well.

It is pretty amazing some of the different versions that AFOLs have produced over the course of a few days and I've compiled some of the notable ones below!

Tower of Tensegrity by Full Plate

Castle in the Sky by Unknown

Duel of Tensegrity by Yak Yih Cheng

Temple of Tensegrity by u/Oiggamed

Antigravitron by Stu Pace

There are definitely a lot more interesting Tensegrity structures that I haven't had the fortune to come across so if you do see anything interesting, do drop a comment below or on Facebook!

Oh and if you do want to build one on your own, Jason Alleman has the instructions to his build uploaded here.

I'll leave you with this "Tensegrity" conundrum below. Can you figure out how it was done? *wink*

Defying Gravity by James Fryer

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LEGO Tensegrity Is Taking The AFOL World By Storm!

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Online Crosswords, Wordsearch, Sodoku and Quadra puzzles to get your brain thinking. New puzzles weekly!

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Lovatts Crossword Puzzles Games & Trivia

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Online Puzzles for Children - Lovatts Crosswords & Puzzles

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Have fun and learn with our online puzzles for children including the Spellbound Crossword, Kids Wordsearch, Kids Sudoku and Quadra puzzles.

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A silly tale for kids who think they are bored + an art demo.

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I'M BORED read-aloud by Michael Ian Black, art demo by Debbie Ridpath Ohi

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Print out these templates to build your own city, courtesy of architecture firm Foster+Partners.

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If students have contributions or want to share something, they can send it to me for consideration. At this time, students are not able to post on this page. You can email me: epercevault@sd43.bc.ca or contact me on Teams.

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Can you figure out the titles of these children's books?

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Can you figure out the titles of these children's books?

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I have been hearing about lots of students making amazing LEGO creations at home. Take a look at how the pieces are made before they get to you. What surprised you the most about how they are made?

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Multilingual stories to read, watch and listen to.

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Multilingual stories to read, watch and listen to.

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Fairytales available in English, French, Italian, Spanish and German.

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The Fable Cottage: Bilingual stories for language learners

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Fairy tales and fables in Spanish, French, Italian, German and English. Lovingly crafted stories especially for children and adults learning a second language. Great for classroom and home study.

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Celebrated actors share read-alouds.

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The SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Daytime Emmy-nominated, Storyline Online, features celebrated actors reading children's books to inspire a love of reading in millions of children worldwide.

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A Greyhound, a Groundhog by Emily Jenkins

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A Greyhound, a Groundhog by Emily Jenkins

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Enjoy this tongue-challenging read-aloud!

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Read Out Loud | A GREYHOUND, A GROUNDHOG

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Print out these beautiful pictures by Johanna Basford and enjoy some  peaceful colouring.