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June 1, 2018
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Connection: Information for Teachers is Alberta Education’s online newsletter for teachers. Connection features a wide range of information to support Alberta’s Kindergarten to Grade 12 teachers. Included are updates regarding curriculum and resources, assessment, technology integration,...
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June 1, 2018
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Bulletin de nouvelles en ligne d’Alberta Education à l’intention des enseignants. Connection présente une grande gamme de renseignements pour appuyer les enseignants de la maternelle à la 12e année de l’Alberta. Entre autres, on y trouve des mises à jour concernant le curriculum et les...
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January 1, 1995
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Composting projects at home or at school provide excellent opportunities for exploration and investigation. Many science inquiry skills can be learned and practised while students focus their attentions on the variables and problem solving skills necessary to maintain a working compost bin....
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December 31, 2017
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During the Southern Alberta Flood Investigation Program, a total of 72 radiocarbon dates were obtained from 23 archaeological sites. Radiocarbon dates submitted too late to be incorporated into final reports account for 65 per cent of the dates and are presented here. This paper provides a...
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December 31, 2017
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Assessment excavations were completed in the fall of 2016 at the Spitzee Post (EdPl-13) and the Metke Site (EdPl-10). Recognizing the value of historic resources along these drainages, these archaeological studies were conducted to assess erosional impacts of the 2013 flood on these two sites....
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December 31, 2017
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Presents the findings of a study of the the private artifact collection, EdPl-40 (the Ramsfield collection), during the 2014 post-flood impact assessment of the Highwood River. The Ramsfield collection consists of a variety of artifacts including projectile points from the Middle and Late Periods...
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December 31, 2017
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In an effort to share research outcomes with the public and heritage community across Alberta, this 37th volume of the Archaeological Survey of Alberta’s Occasional Paper Series is dedicated to the Southern Alberta Flood Investigation Program. This resource introduces the 18 articles which make...
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December 31, 2017
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In 2013 and 2014, Lifeways of Canada completed an assessment of the impacts of the 2013 flood of the Bow River on palaeontological and archaeological resources. Assessment studies focused on visually assessing erosional exposures observed along this stretch of the river and documenting historic...
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December 31, 2017
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The 2013 flood has presented an unparalleled opportunity to document historic resources sites exposed by the flood event. In a 2015 flood assessment survey along Tongue Creek, 20 new archaeological sites and 12 palaeontological and palaeoenvironmental sites were documented. This survey has shed...
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December 31, 2017
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Macrofossils such as seeds and shells are excellent resources for reconstructing past environments. This paper reviews diagnostic characteristics and presents microphotographs of fossil and modern specimens of taxa commonly encountered in near-stream sediment samples from a southern Alberta flood...