STEM, Health and Careers in the Arctic
Language: English
We partnered with high schools in Nunavut to send tablets full of STEM, health and career training information to students in grades 9 and 10 so they can access great, free interactive resources without worrying about internet speed. Working with principals and teachers in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, we came up with a list of topics that are most needed. We are going beyond traditional education and including information on healthcare and career planning because they are such important topics and there is so much material on them available online. We don't want the youth in the Arctic to lose out on these resources just because their internet is slow!
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Nutrition
Contribute resources in English, such as videos, PDFs and free Android apps, that teach nutrition concepts to students or give them a way to practice these concepts. These resources will be used by secondary school students living in the Arctic.Physical Education and Fitness
.Contribute resources in English, such as videos, PDFs and free Android apps, that teach physical education and fitness concepts to students or give them a way to practice these concepts. These resources will be used by secondary school students living in the Arctic.Mental Health
Contribute resources in English, such as videos, PDFs and free Android apps, that teach mental health concepts to students or give them a way to practice these concepts. These resources will be used by secondary school students living in the Arctic.
Smoking's Impact on your Health
Collect resources to teach students the negative effects of smoking on personal health.
Powers with Integral Bases
Contribute resources in English, such as videos, PDFs and free Android apps, that teach rules for powers with integral bases to students or and teachers them how to solve problems that involve powers. These resources will be used by secondary school students living in the Arctic. Includes multiplication/division with exponents, order of operations, power rules, negative exponents, and exponents with decimal and fractional bases.Order of Operations
Contribute resources in English, such as videos, PDFs and free Android apps, that teach how to use the order of operations to solve math problems. Resources should include instructional materials as well as practice questions, and cover addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, exponents, and brackets.Square Roots
Contribute resources in English, such as videos, PDFs and free Android apps, that teach students about square roots and lets them solve problems involving them. This should include calculating the square roots of perfect squares, calculating the square roots of fractions and decimals, estimating the square roots of numbers that are non-perfect squares, and understanding square root notation as an exponent.Model and Solve Linear Equations
Contribute resources in English, such as videos, PDFs and free Android apps, that teach the algebraic formulas for linear equations: ax = b; x/a = b; ax + b = c; demonstrate how to graph these formulas, and show students how to solve them.Math Support - Scientific Notation
Contribute resources in English, such as videos, PDFs and free Android apps, that teach what scientific notation is and show students how to convert between standard and scientific notation. These resources will be used by secondary school students living in the Arctic.Biological Diversity
Contribute resources in English, such as videos, PDFs and free Android apps, that teach biological diversity concepts to students or give them a way to practice these concepts. These resources will be used by secondary school students living in the Arctic.Air and Water Quality
Contribute resources in English, such as videos, PDFs and free Android apps, that teach air and water quality concepts to students or give them a way to practice these concepts. These resources will be used by secondary school students living in the Arctic.
Elements, Compounds, and Atomic Theory
Contribute resources in English, such as videos, PDFs and free Android apps, that teach elements, compounds, and atomic theory concepts to students or give them a way to practice these concepts. These resources will be used by secondary school students living in the Arctic.Organic and Inorganic Material
Contribute resources in English, such as videos, PDFs and free Android apps, that teach organic and inorganic material concepts to students or give them a way to practice these concepts. These resources will be used by secondary school students living in the Arctic.Acids and Bases
Contribute resources in English, such as videos, PDFs and free Android apps, that teach acids and bases concepts to students or give them a way to practice these concepts. These resources will be used by secondary school students living in the Arctic.
WHMIS and Safety
Contribute resources in English, such as videos, PDFs and free Android apps, that teach workplace hazardous materials information system (WHMIS) and safety concepts to students or give them a way to practice these concepts. These resources will be used by secondary school students living in the Arctic.Conflict Resolution
Contribute resources in English, such as videos, PDFs and free Android apps, that teach conflict resolution concepts to students or give them a way to practice these concepts. These resources will be used by secondary school students living in the Arctic.Communication Skills
Contribute resources in English, such as videos, PDFs and free Android apps, that teach communication skills to students or give them a way to practice these concepts. These resources will be used by secondary school students living in the Arctic.
Public Speaking
Contribute resources in English, such as videos, PDFs and free Android apps, that teach public speaking skills to students or give them a way to practice these concepts. These resources will be used by secondary school students living in the Arctic.Resume Writing
Contribute resources in English, such as videos, PDFs and free Android apps, that teach resume writing skills to students or give them a way to practice these concepts. These resources will be used by secondary school students living in the Arctic.
About the Project
Communities in the Arctic are some of the most isolated places on earth. Most towns are located on islands and have to fly the majority of their supplies in on small planes. Books are lower on the priority scale than food, building materials, and medical supplies, and the low supply and high shipping cost make them expensive. And while there is Internet access in most towns, it is usually intermittent and the bandwidth extremely low, making it very difficult for people to watch videos on Youtube, browse the internet, load websites and download materials – things you need to do in order to access the many great learning and reading materials available online.In early 2016, Rumie had the opportunity to visit a number of Canada's Arctic communities, meet school principals, community members, students, and teachers, and share some Rumie Tablets with them (read more about this trip on our blog).
Learning about the difficulties and inconveniences that come with trying to connect to the Internet (even loading one page was described as a time-consuming hassle), and seeing the positive responses towards our tablets and the content on them inspired us to launch a project in Arctic high schools.
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