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Some programs may also be available on the Curriculum Resource Bank, TVOntario's media-on-demand resource. The CRB includes more than 100 hours of the best of TVO's award-winning K-12 videos — indexed into 20,000 discrete learning objects — plus interactive Flash exercises for science and math, teacher guides, scripts, and more. Now find answer keys for Viewing Questions (BLM 1) from the TVO for TEACHERS E-News. More information
Geography Skills continues to be a bestseller at TVOntario. Clearly and engagingly, the series introduces students to several methods of map creation and interpretation, gathering data, and solving geography problems. It's skill-based approach to training students in the representation of the real world makes it an ideal classroom teaching aid.
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