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Unit 1: Connections
Unit 2: Sports
Unit 3: What .?
Unit 4: Investigations
Unit 5: Empowerment
Unit 6: Tech Talk

Unit 1: Connections

Talk Before They Run

• Teen Advice Online
• Child Find Ontario

Dream Variation

• African Canadian Online: An Online Information Resource presented by the Centre for the Study of Black Culture in Canada

Two Selections on Breaking Down the Barriers

• Canadian Association of the Deaf
• Working Dogs

Coming Out of a Canadian Winter

• Meterological Service of Canada

Unit 2: Sports

Fix That Flat!

• Bicycle User Group Network
• Pedal: Canada's Cycling Magazine

Chew on This

• A Guide to Eating for Sports
• Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating

Foul Shot

• Canada.com: Basketball
• Canada Basketball: the national sporting organization for the sport of basketball in Canada

Two Selections on Overcoming Obstacles

• Canadian Wheelchair Basketball Association
• Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association

Can Girls Really Play with Boys?

• Boys vs. Girls in Sports
• Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity: Girls @ Play

A Fly in a Pail of Milk

• Future Aces: Who is Herb Carnegie?

Unit 3: What .?

Superpoopers

• Antarctic Connection: Penguins of Antarctica

Tiny Bubbles?

• BBC Science & Nature: Talking with Animals
• Fact Monster: Animal Communication

Why Do People Yawn, and Why Are Yawns Contagious?

• Yawning
• The Story Behind Yawning

Two Selections on Bones

• Olympic Weightlifting
• Dem Bones
• The Big Story on Bones

Tallest Man Feels Lowly at the Top

• Guinness World Records
• BBC News: Standing Up for Tall People

mirrors dot com

• Protect Yourself: Ten Tips for Smart and Safe Shopping
• How Safe Is Online Shopping?

Unit 4: Investigations

Fingerprinting the Dead

• Toronto Police Services: Forensic Identification Services
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Information and Identification Services

You Have the Right to Remain . Informed

• E-pals.com: Youth Criminal Justice Act
• Justice for Youth
• Summary of Youth Criminal Justice Act

Unbalanced

• The National Ballet of Canada
• The Canadian Encyclopedia: Ballet

Unit 5: Empowerment

Helping Kids Make Sense of the Media

• Media Issues
• Canadian Media

What Dreams May Come

• Say Magazine: Spirit of Aboriginal Youth
• National Inuit Youth Council

Looking Like a Kid

• Canadian Inventions: A Country of Innovations
• The Inventors Guide

What Are You Waiting For?

• Tips for Savvy Studying
• How to Make Homework Less Work

Two Selections on Our Roots

• Canadian Multiculturalism
• CBC Archives: A Changing Identity
• Aboriginal Youth Network
• Ontario Black History Society
• Multicultural History Society of Toronto

Unit 6: Tech Talk

Two Selections on Text Messaging

• Teens, young adults thrive in a cyber and cell phone social world, but what about the real world? by May Wong, The Associated Press
• Text Speak

Best Advice: Handle with Care

• How CDs Work

The Toynbee Convector

• Time Travel