Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Aboriginal Math and Science
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation Web site has ten Aboriginal Perspectives and Content instructional units which touch on the following areas: elementary social studies; secondary home economics; elementary language arts; elementary physical education; and middle school miscellaneous units. Each unit consists of a number of lesson plans, some can be used as the basis for science lessons. Some of the units can be viewed in HTML, while others must be downloaded as PDF files.
Seminole Patchwork
For those of you who are working with rigid motions of the plane - reflection, rotation, translation, and glide reflection - here is a Web site which applies the concepts to Seminole patchwork. It is a model that might be translated for some beadwork patterns too.
Rekindling Traditions
Two years ago a group of six teachers across northern Saskatchewan and Dr. Glen S. Aikenhead began a project to involve their communities in bringing First Nations science into the science classroom. They developed six cross-cultural science and technology teaching units (complete with lesson plans), guided by the writings of Greg Cajete and other First Nations educators. They also wrote a teacher guide for the whole project and another document to tell our stories about involving people in the communities (our challenges, successes, and advice).
Kativik School Board
It's still underdevelopment, but they have created a really great virtual space with a lot of potential for use by teachers, students and other community members.
Corn Soup
Contains a traditional Indian corn soup recipe from the Iroquois nation.
Science through Native Eyes
This is from a page on Buffy St. Marie's Web site on Science Through Native Eyes.
A Message from the North: There's no word for Robin
Environmental change caused by global warming will most likely affect delicate ecosystems first. Check out this article about warming in the North.