- Your students are part of a generation of kids who have grown
up pounding away at computer keyboards. But does that put them
at risk for Repetitive Strain Injury, Carpal Tunnel disease and
other injuries related to using computers? Are young computer
users less likely to get hurt than adults? Encourage your students
to talk to some of the regulars in the computer lab. Are they
feeling any pain? What about a local physiotherapist or doctor
who specializes in RSI?
- Weird and wild life: Is your part of the country home to
some weird wild life -- a plant, animal, bird, or fish that just
doesn't appear anywhere else? Who discovered it? What makes it
unusual? Is it a rare species or an officially endangered one?
Encourage your students to get out a video camera or regular
camera and shoot some pictures of the animal or plant in its
regular habitat. Suggest that they talk to local experts about
the history and unique qualities of the subject.
- Across Canada, archeologists have unearthed the secrets to
our country's history -- and pre-history. In Newfoundland, scientists
have discovered fossils in a riverbed in Manuels, just outside
St. John's, and they've found a historic settlement that dates
back to the 1700's in nearby Ferryland. In Alberta and Saskatchewan,
archeologists have discovered the trail of dinosaurs that stomped
over the Prairies millions of years before. What has been dug
up in your part of Canada? Your students could visit a site and
bring back their own eye-witness account of the site, complete
with interviews with the people who made these discoveries.
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