Educational and Instructional Writing
Vivien Bowers has almost 20 years of experience writing lesson
plans, teacher guides and reading material designed for learners
from primary to adult. Topics include science, social studies, health/
guidance/ personal planning, language arts, and multiculturalism.
Her work is used in public schools throughout North America. A former
grade 5 classroom teacher, she now has two children of her own in
the public school system.
Educational / Instructional materials written
by Vivien Bowers include:
- The Perfect Smile. All 4-Children
Publishing Ltd., 2003. A gentle, humourous story for children
about a family's visit to the dentist, incorporating descriptions
of common dental procedures.
- Eight modules for B.C. distance education students in grades
4 and 7 (primarily science and social studies material) for the
B.C. Ministry of Education, Distance Education Branch, 1994-1998.
- British Columbia. Grade 4 book,
Canadian Provinces Series. Lerner Publications Ltd., Minneapolis,
1995.
- Science Probe 8 and Science
Probe 9 (2nd eds.). 30 1-page features on science-related
topics for these Grade 8 and 9 texts originally published by John
Wiley & Sons Canada, 1993; re-published by Nelson Canada.
- Personal Growth: Humanities Resource Book
(Primary & Intermediate). 37 lesson plans for implementing
the B.C. "Learning for Living" (health/guidance) curriculum. Written
for GT Publishing Services Ltd. for the B.C. Ministry of Education.
- Nelson Intermediate Atlas: Teacher Resource
Book. 20 lesson plans for grades 4-7. For GT Publishing
Services Ltd. Published by Nelson Canada, 1990.
- More Than Meets the Eye: multicultural
unit (Grade 5) for Alternatives to Racism Society, published by
Pacific Educational Press, University of British Columbia, 1989.
- Science & Technology 11: Space Technology
Module (Grade 11) for GT Publishing Services Ltd. on contact
to the B.C. Ministry of Education, 1988.
- Our Land: Building the West (Grade
10) for Gage Educational Publishing, 1987 (co-author).
- Canada: Learning from the Past, Looking
to the Future (Explorations Series: Grade 5) for Douglas
& McIntyre (Educational) Ltd., 1985 (co-author).
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