To enhance their flexibility, the units are available on this CD (in Microsoft Word 97) and on the internet (as PDF files) at the project's web site (http://capes.usask.ca/ccstu).

NOTE: If you open a Microsoft Word file of a unit, remember that your computer/printer combination may likely be different than the computer/printer combination at the College of Education where the file was originally composed. With a different computer/printer combination, font size, line spacing, margins, etc. can all change slightly even though the technical settings appear to be identical from one system to the next. These slight changes can alter the page layout, especially for pages that are completely full in our original version. Expect to do some minor editing so that a unit's table of contents coincides with the page numbers in your computer's file. You can obtain our original version of a unit by downloading its PDF file (see the next paragraph), if you need to.

NOTE: If you download a PDF file (from the PDF folder on the CD, or from the web site), remember that you can not edit the file because it is in a read–only format. But you can print it out. The PDF format reduces the size of the file considerably so it is much faster to download from the web site.

It is anticipated that a teacher will print out a unit of interest and will take it to some people in the community who know the topic well. A teacher would then ask, "How could we modify this unit so it fits our community?" These local people become a principal resource for a teacher in modifying the unit (or developing a new one), and perhaps they may interact with students in the school or on a field trip. To be successful, curriculum materials must speak to the unique culture of the individual community.

The units focus mainly on integrating Aboriginal science and technology with the provincial science curriculum (the seven dimensions of scientific literacy), but the units also integrate school science with other subjects to some extent.