Teacher Resources and Lesson Plans
In 2020 the Saskatchewan Geological Society (the Society) launched GeoExplore, an interactive website based on the original paper Geological Highway Map of Saskatchewan that was published in 2002. The society has created lesson plans to help teachers use this new resource as a teaching tool in their classrooms. Links to the lesson plans and a variety of other educational resources are provided in the table below, grouped based on GeoExplore Tab. Links to PDFs of the original paper map are included, and paper copies can be ordered using the SGS publication order form.
The Society contributed to the production of two Geoscape Saskatchewan Posters: one each for northern Saskatchewan and southern Saskatchewan. Hardcopies of the posters can be ordered through our website; they are available in English and French. The posters can be broken down into thematic panels, PDFs of which can also be downloaded from the table below.
Lesson plans originally created for the Geoscape posters have been updated with current curriculum links and reformatted. They are distinguished by the Geoscape rather than GeoExplore logo in the top right corner. We would like to thank the many geoscientists and educators that contributed to the original Geoscpae lesson plans.
Geo Explore Saskatchewan
Lessons and Resources related to GeoExplore Tabs | Related Geoscape Poster Panels |
Map
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Geo 101…
Sask Geology
Rock Cycle
Plate Tectonics
Meteorite Impacts
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South Panel - What if we just Kept Digging?
North Panel – Rock Cycle
North Panel – Meteorite Impact
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Our Resources
Resource Map
Minerals & Mines
Oil, Gas & Coal
Critical Minerals
Soils
Others
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North Panel – How We Use Our Land Hidden Treasures Jobs in Mining Athabasca
South Panel – Riches from the Earth Food from the Land Heaves and Cracks
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Canadian Shield
| North Panel – How We Use Our Land Hidden Treasures Athabasca
South Panel – Riches from the Earth
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Sedimentary Basins | North Panel – Athabasca
South Panel – What if we just kept Digging? The Badlands
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Fossils (Note – there are other lessons related to this topic such as stratigraphy, meteorite impacts, sedimentary basins, landforms, etc.)
Vertebrates
Invertebrates Plants Mass Extinctions
| South Panel – The Badlands
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Ice Age
| North Panel – Ice Age
South Panel – Our Diverse Prairie Landscape Our Big Valleys
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Landforms
| North Panel – Ice Age
South Panel – The Badlands Our Big Valleys Landslides Our Diverse Prairie Landscapes
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Water & Drainage
| North Panel – Waterways
South Panel – Water Groundwater Our Diverse Prairie Landscape
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Lesson plans were funded, in part, by the Canadian Geological Foundation:
