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Hello colleagues!
It’s the first full week of summer break and Monday morning has never looked so lovely.
Apropos of the season, some highlights this week include outcomes from several science curricula to learn how to minimize mosquitoes, as well as a fascinating textile and design story about what it takes to design and test World Cup jerseys.
Bringing together Indigenous education, building and trades, and a healthy heaping of social studies, we profile how a First Nation is innovating to ensure their power grid is resilient in the face of seasonal surges and extreme weather.
And, with love for the math teachers in the back, we present the statistics, patterns and effects of youth vaping in Manitoba. This one is easy pickin’s to structure a class around.
You might ask students to read the article and then apply the statistics and patterns to their own class and school. Structure questions like: According to the stats in the article, how many students in our building vape? How many in each grade? How will this change in one year if the patterns and trends from the article continue?
Students will get the math lesson, but they’ll also get some important info that impacts their health. This story also intersects with the Phys Ed curriculum as well as Grade 12 Biology.
And don’t worry, we don’t think you’ll look at these ideas until September (nor should you!) but we want to make sure you know we’re quietly filling the filing cabinet with learning ideas while you’re away, so that when you need classroom coverage come fall, you know where to find it.
—Rebecca Chambers
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For the youngest learners
One Winnipeg dad and his two sons just moved into their first home in Canada. What are some essential things that make a building a “home?” What are some things that are “nice to have” and what are some that are “must have” in a home? How did you decide the difference?
Where do mosquitoes come from? How can we take action to have fewer of them?
Zoe Pierce:
Mosquito surge expected after heavy rainfall
Winnipeggers may want to keep the bug spray close at hand.
Intense rainfall in recent weeks has created ideal conditions for mosquitoes to breed across Winnipeg, including in backyards where standi… Read More
Map by Andrew Burton and Eric Bailey:
Mosquito Watch
An interactive map showing current mosquito counts in Winnipeg Read More
See our full collection of news for young children here.
News for debate and discussion
Should Winnipeg Transit find a way to cover year-round youth passes, or limit them to seven months of the year to adhere to budget constraints?
Should the Canadian government do more to repatriate Indigenous artifacts from a Swiss museum?
See our full collection of topics for debate and discussion here.
News by school subject
A round-up of the latest Free Press news articles, with suggestions for use in the classroom. Click on any subject name below to access our full online archive of stories related to that subject.
There are rules around which service fees are allowable, especially in the telecom industry:
The innovative and still-evolving world of earthquake notification apps:
Rebecca Boone And Olga R. Rodriguez, The Associated Press:
What to know about earthquake early warning systems
As earthquakes struck from California to Venezuela to Japan, millions of people received warnings on their mobile phones, providing critical seconds to seek protection.
Venezuela was struck with a … Read More
One violinist entertains multiple possible career paths and audiences for his skills and talents:
Untrained actors, Indigenous languages, and one filmmaker’s process of making a vision into reality:
Careers and payscales in civil service:
The real ramifications of using social media and AI to harass and bully:
Narrative, description, character study and more in this beautiful piece about Bruce Oake Recovery Centre
Melissa Martin:
Recovering, together
Respect, unconditional care drive Bruce Oake Recovery Centre staff as they lead participants from the darkness, despair of addiction Read More
Required reading lists in schools are compiled by different people. After reading the article, what questions do you have about how reading lists are decided in Manitoba?
The opportunities and challenges of success in water polo in Manitoba:
Jaider Cabarcas:
Le pari water-polo de Jayden Del Campo
Le water-polo est arrivé naturellement dans la vie de Jayden Del Campo. Issu d’une famille de sportifs, son père et son grand-père pratiquaient aussi ce sport, une passion qui s’est transmise dans la … Read More
The heat wave gripping France right now, and its effect on Paris Fashion Week:
The cultural research and textile science behind World Cup jersey design:
Considerations and cautions regarding caring for aging parents:
Empowering language-keepers and telling unheard stories:
Waywayseecappo is partnering with an energy company to invest in battery backup for the hydro grid:
Algorithms are pushing real violence and gore in teen’s social media feeds: the trends, effects and statistics:
How does one additional police car change the ratios of police-to-civilians in Winnipeg, and is that useful data that’s reflective of effectiveness or need?
Effects and importance of some hard-won guidelines for safety in sport:
Mac Horsburgh:
Safe sport policies make a difference
Times have changed for the better. It is now expected that sports organizations will incorporate impartiality and objectivity into investigations of allegations of misconduct and maltreatment of their… Read More
The prevalence and effects of vaping among youth, including statistics and health effects:
Zoe Pierce:
Clouds of concern
A growing number of Manitoba youths is becoming nicotine-addicted vape users; the enticing flavoured ‘juice’ heated to produce inhaled vapour are laden with dangerous compounds that have health experts on high alert Read More
Heritable traits in dog breeds: this article is a jumping-off point to selective breeding, genetics and more (and it’s a lovely story of one breed’s history):
Backpack-size satellites working together in space to provide the earliest possible notifications of wildfires in Greece:
Diversity at the World Cup as reflected through an historical global migration lens:
The ongoing uncertainty around renewing CUSMA:
Winnipeg schoolchildren react to the possibility of AI-assisted schooling in the future:
The impact of Habitat for Humanity homes on the people who live in them:
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