Living and Working in Ontario sites

Ontario Curriculum Expectations: Social Studies Expectations
We are learning about Ontario Landform Regions.  These are the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canadian Shield and the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands.

 

Learn more about Ontario:

Information about Ontario

Ontario tourism site

Historical Ontario tourism video

Learn more about the province of Ontario

Welcome to Ontario video clip

TRCA--The Living City TV

What is a Map? (choose Maps)
http://www.tvokids.com/shows/mycanada

Learn about the province of Ontario:  http://www.tvokids.com/videos/ontario

Solve the Mystery:  http://www.tvokids.com/shows/canadamystery

Tourist attractions in Ontario:

 http://www.tvokids.com/videos/bmxbiking


Maps of Ontario:  http://www.ontario-canada-travel.com/map-of-ontario.html#.Uj-3eCZzbcs

http://geology.com/canada/ontario.shtml

Countryside Investigators

Ontario Watersheds

The Great Lakes (choose lakes): http://www.tvokids.com/shows/mycanada

Canada's Physical Regions:  http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/phillie/InternationalExchange/Canada/Physical%20Regions/Physical_Regions/

Learn about landforms

Ontario's Physical Regions:

Hudson Bay Lowlands:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/nation/sec4.aspx
http://www.ontario.ca/page/forest-regions
http://www.arctic.uoguelph.ca/cpe/environments/inland_water/hudson.htm


Canadian Shield:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/nation/sec3.aspx
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/themes.aspx?id=canadianlandforms&sub=canadianlandforms_land_shield&lang=En
                        
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/nation/nation76.aspx
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/themes.aspx?id=canadianlandforms&sub=canadianlandforms_land_lakes


Canadian Geographic Atlas for Kids

Fun facts about Ontario:  http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/kids/fun-facts/default.asp

Online Kids' Dictionary:  http://kids.wordsmyth.net/we/

List of Towns in Ontario:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_towns_in_Ontario

List of Cities in Ontario:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Ontario

Map of Cities and Towns in Ontario:  http://www.citypopulation.de/Canada-Ontario.html

List of Townships in Ontario:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_townships_in_Ontario

List of Villages in Ontario:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_villages_in_Ontario

Map of Ontario Counties:  http://www.mapsofworld.com/canada/provinces/ontario-county-map.html

Information on Ontario's Municipalities:  http://www.amo.on.ca/YLG

Information about Toronto's government

Poem:  Where Does It Come From?

A relief map of Ontario

Video clip about natural resources

Video about natural resources

Quiz about natural resources

Where did that pencil come from?  Interactive activity

Find a farm in Ontario

Egg Farmers of Ontario

From Farm to Table

Virtual farm tour

A fishing community:  Norfolk County
Map of Norfolk county

​Automotive Industry clip
Manufacturing in Ontario:
http://www.investinontario.com/en/Pages/OS_automotive.aspx

Oshawa GM Plant clip

Living in Oshawa:
http://www.oshawa.ca/eco_dev/bus_serv.asp

List of Automobile Assembly Plants in Southern Ontario

Did you know that Rockets are made in Ontario?

World's Largest Salt Mine
http://www.thestar.com/news/2014/08/11/the_world_s_largest_salt_mine.html

Ontario Forestry IndustryForests Ontario

Ports in Ontario

Ontario Mining Association

Information from Ontario Mining Association

A career in mining

Jobs in mining

Videos in mining

Information about communities in Ontario

Perspectives on Urban Sprawl

A perspective on Urban Sprawl

Information about the Ontario Greenbelt

Ontario Greenbelt Adventure

Where Should I Live in Ontario?

Living in the Niagara Region

A travel brochure from Bruce Peninsula

City Creator Interactive site where students can create their own community

Types of Communities A visual representation of an urban, suburban and rural community.

We will be making Venn Diagrams using this site to compare municipalities.

From Link to Learning:
CanadaInfo: A Tribute to Canada - a collection of information and links about Canada, its land, government,
people, and rich culture.

Capital  Scramble - identify the provinces and their capital cities in  this interactive game

Canada's  Treasure Hunt - from TVO Kids - Search for "hidden treasure"  as you learn about the provinces and
territories of Canada

Interactive Map  of Canada  - information about the provinces, cities and  major attractions appear
as you move your cursor over the map

We are learning about how needs and wants affects where people may live in Ontario.
As part of our We Scare Hunger campaign, we are learning about why we are holding a food drive for our community food banks.
Daily Break Food Bank

Who's Hungry

Food Banks of Canada