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THE CANADIAN ATLAS ONLINE NUNAVUT– GRADE 7

www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas

Driving to Baffin Island? Not so fast...

Lesson Overview:

In this lesson, students will trace the route of a car being shipped from Valleyfield, Quebec to Iqaluit, Nunavut. An emphasis will be placed on the St. Lawrence Seaway.

Grade Level:

Grade 7

Time Required:

One fifty minute class

Curriculum Connection (Province/Territory and course):

Nunavut currently follows the NWT Social Studies Curriculum for Grades 7-9. For Grade 7 they are also piloting a module called The Impact of Contact.

Link to Canadian Atlas Online (CAOL):

www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas

Additional Resources, Materials and Equipment Required:

Handouts of Canadian maps on which students can mark, preferably with major highways shown

www.greatlakes-seaway.com

www.neas.com

www.marine-atlantic.ca

Multi-coloured markers

Computer with Internet access

Main Objective:

Students will recognize the relevance of the St. Lawrence Seaway to Nunavut and be able to trace a typical route of goods being shipped north.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

· Locate the St. Lawrence Seaway on a map of Canada and be able to discuss shipping as a means of transporting goods to Nunavut.

The Lesson:

Development / Teacher Activity / Student Activity

Introduction

How will the lesson open? / Teacher will have the students brainstorm goods that have to be brought to Nunavut. / As a class, students will suggest goods that are imported into Nunavut (food, housing materials, cars, etc).

Lesson Development

Detail point by point how the lesson will develop by student and teacher activity. / Teacher asks how those goods get to Nunavut and leads a discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of each. Have students list some items that are more likely to be shipped by sea. Using the internet, have students map a route for a car that needs to be shipped from Valleyfield, Quebec to Iqaluit, Nunavut using different coloured markers for road and sea routes. / In groups of two, students are to use the websites www.greatlakes-seaway.com, www.neas.com and www.marine-atlantic.ca to trace a route for a car being moved to the North via Valleyfield, Quebec.

Conclusion

How will the lesson conclude? What final product or culminating activity is expected? / After students hand in their maps, discuss why the car may have had to go through Valleyfield and why most shipping routes to the North originate in the interior of the country (discuss other goods that have to be shipped, where most originate from, and so forth). / Students will hand in maps with routes for a car being shipped from Valleyfield, Quebec to Iqaluit, Nunavut (using the St. Lawrence Seaway).

Lesson Extension:

1. Using the shipping schedules and sailing times given on the suggested websites, students can also estimate the shortest possible time it would take to get the car to its final destination.

2. Teleconference call with a Nunavut Eastern Arctic Shipping (NEAS) employee to discuss the complexities of sailing in the St. Lawrence Seaway and in the North.

Assessment of Student Learning:

Completed map