Safety Questions – PTC Paper

Safety Questions – PTC Paper

The STAO Safety Committee frequently responds to questions that Ontario teachers pose regarding safety in their science facilities.  Here is a sample: Question Recently, the safety of PTC paper, used widely for demonstrating the ability to taste vs the inability to...
SciNews Mar 19

SciNews Mar 19

Cannabis and memory, vaccines, methane breakthrough, dark matter and the greenhouse effect – how’s that for variety.  This eclectic collection of current science news stories is brought to you by STAOBlog. SciNews is published every Monday and Thursday....
pH Rainbow Tube Demonstration

pH Rainbow Tube Demonstration

The lesson here is a good one and it applies to all your favorite demonstrations—they make terrific inquiry labs for your students! This video is part of the Flinn Scientific Best Practices for Teaching Chemistry Video Series, a collection of over 125 hours of free...
Move Over WHMIS, Here Come’s GHS

Move Over WHMIS, Here Come’s GHS

What is the Globally Harmonized System (GHS)? According to the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, GHS stands for the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals. GHS is a system that defines and classifies the hazards of...
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