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Garbage Trucks Videos For Children / Sneak Peek One Of A Kind Lego Side Loader l Garbage Trucks Rule

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This is an image of the Alberta Foothills

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Zooming into the Regions of Alberta
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draft of NEW Grade 4 Social Studies Curriculum

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draft of NEW Grade 4 Social Studies Curriculum

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Link to Curriculum

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AEIOU Student Copy

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In what ways can individuals and groups take action to promote the vitality of their diverse communities, past and present?

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Students analyze how individuals and groups can contribute to the vitality of their diverse communities, past and present.

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Students analyze how addressing needs, past and present, influence the quality of life?

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The Alberta Grasslands are located in yellow on this Alberta map to the left. It is in the south of Alberta and it takes up about 14% of Alberta.

Landforms are a natural feature of the earth's surface. Landforms include valleys, plateaus, mountains, plains, loess, and glaciers. One type of land form found in the Alberta Grasslands are called the badlands. The badlands are not bad, they just don't have any rain or vegetation. There are famous hoodoos in the Badlands. If you ever see a hoodoo you should not touch the thin middle or it will fall down because they are fragile because of erosion. Erosion is when the wind and rain pushes the dust and dirt away. Its also a world Heritage site.

The Gentle Rolling Hills are one of the best hills in the Grasslands.They're also only in the Grasslands that's why they are so special. They are not big like the hills in the Foothills. The gentle rolling hills are smaller than the Foothills. The gentle rolling hills are flat with some bumps.

The Alberta Grasslands also has valleys and coulees. Valleys are formed by glaciers that slowly melt down gigantic mountains, pushing the dirt . Valleys are usually close to mountains because thats where glaciers come from. The world was once covered in ice so you can find valleys in other places too. Coulees are small area's close to rivers. Coulees is where water drains from bigger rivers. Valleys are sometimes used for irrigation. Irrigation is when farmers put a pipe through a valley to a farm so they can water the plants.

There are four seasons; summer, winter, spring, and autumn. Winter is the coldest season and the coldest month is January. We have to dress very warm. In autumn the leaves change colour and begin to fall. Snow begins to fall,too. Summer is when the sun shines brightly and you can do lots of activities like bike riding and karate. When it rains in spring it helps crops and wild plants to grow.

Chinooks

Chinooks are warm winds that come from the mountains. Chinooks happen mostly in winter which, makes warm wind and covers the sky with clouds. A Chinook looks like one side that is covered in clouds and the other side is blue sky. A Chinook is warm winds and the weather's supposed to be cold but instead is warm. Chinooks are very warm in the cold months and its windy too.

A drought is when it's very hot and dries up all the rivers, lakes and oceans. Droughts can happen mostly in hot months and it's hard without water. Sometimes the ground cracks in drought. It's important to have a back-up bucket of water on warm months.

Some types of plants found in the Grasslands are the following, water birch, choke cherry ,and parry oat grass. Wolf Willow, Blue G ramas , prickly pear, D ry Land Sedge and needle grass are the different types of grass found here. The Lodge pole pine tree is natural and the tree symbol of Alberta. Most of the plants in Alberta's Grasslands were natural plants until the land was used for farms. Plants like trees give air to the earth, and while other plants like Canola make food and oil. Plants are also make medicine. Summer and spring are the regular seasons plants are grown. Canola, wheat, and barley are not natural to the area.

There are many amazing animals in the Alberta Grasslands. There are wild bison,swift fox,whooping crane,moose,coyote,Hed lark,Ord's Kangaroo Rat,Waterfowl,Rattlesnake,Sharp Tailed Grouse,Mourning Dove,Black Bear,Elk,Mink,Striped Skunk,Jack Rabbit,Falcon Ground Squirrel,Mule Deer,Rabble snake,Antelope,B urrowing Owl,wolves,White Tail Deer ,pronghorn Antelope, and White Footed Mouse.

Many of these animals give people food to eat so we don't starve. These animals include moose, Elk, Mule Deer, and White Tail Deer. The Alberta Grasslands have endangered animals too. They are the Swift Fox, Whooping Crane, and the Black Bear. Grasslands also have many farm animals. We get milk from cows!

Most of the animals in the Grassland eat meat from small animals, like the Swift Fox it eats rabbit meat but some eat grass. The Black Bear eats huge meat from big animals. Humans are taking away the animals homes because they want to grow crops on farm land. That is why the Burrowing Owl,the Swift Fox,Whooping Crane are endangered. These animals need the Grassland for food.

Oil and Gas

Oil and Gas are both natural resources in mostly all of the Alberta regions including the Grasslands. Both oil and gas is used for cars,heaters, cooking, Propane Fuel and Asphalt. Alberta sells its oil and gas (Exports) for money. Alberta uses wind, water and solar power to use less oil and gas. Oil and gas are important human life and Alberta's Wealth.Alberta has to be careful with how they use there oil and gas as oil and gas are both non-renewable natural resources meaning once we finish all our oil and gas by wasting it we will not get any more and oil and gas will be GONE!

Soils

Alberta has the best soil! Alberta exports its oil a lot,too! Farms in Alberta need good soil. Farms, natural resources, and exporting things are very important! Farms in Alberta really need soil, too!Farms need soil because if there's no soil the crops won't grow!Without soil the crops can't live!Animals step on grass which kind of makes the soil on farms go down. Soil is very important on farms! Soil helps grow wheat, Barley, and Canola which is exported. this exporting makes Alberta Rich. S oil can be hard or soft. Soil is a natural resource, a very important natural resource! Soil is very important in Alberta!

Protecting The Grasslands

You can help the Grasslands by protecting our water. We need water and so to the plants and animals. Let the grass grow. Do not stomp on the grass, stay on the trails. .NO! cutting down trees or else there won't be any air/oxygen for you, your family and friends, and nature.

People like to be beside rivers so they can drink, fishing ,boating ,swimming easily. W ater makes is also good for the grassland crops as they will grow faster. Rivers provide people in the city with clean drinking water. If you look at a map of Alberta you will see most cities are beside the rivers such as Calgary, Lethbridge, Fort Macleod, Medicine Hat, Brooks,Taber, and Drumheller.

There are three main cities in the Grasslands. Calgary, Edmonton and Lethbridge. Calgary has the Bow River. It is not really big, they are normal size. We have lots of flatlands here so people use flatlands for farming and the rivers for irrigation.

Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump was open in 1928. The head smashed in buffalo Jump is named after a story. People call it head smashed in buffalo because a boy wanted to see the buffaloes fall and die, when the First Nations scared them off a cliff, so he went down the hole and saw them fall down.

Seventy five million years ago many dinosaurs roamed Alberta. Drumheller is a city where people go search for fossils. Half a million people visit Drumheller every year. People come to Drumheller, to visit a museum too. The museum called Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology .

Check out these cool links to have an interactive experiences with the Alberta Grasslands!

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Alberta's Grasslands - Alberta: Our Community

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The Alberta Grasslands are located in yellow on this Alberta map to the left. It is in the south of Alberta and it takes up about 14% of Alberta. Landforms are a natural feature of the earth's surface. Landforms include valleys, plateaus, mountains, plains, loess, and glaciers.

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This video talks about how the Grasslands are the best region for raising cattle.

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Why Alberta's grasslands are the perfect place to raise cattle | We Are The Best

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In what ways do where, when, and how people live contribute to their quality of life?