by msander | Sep 17, 2019 | All Science Teachers
Visualising the world’s addiction to plastic bottles. Around the world, almost 1 million plastic bottles are purchased every minute. Click on the source below to see the visualization. Source: Drowning in plastic Thanks for sharing...
by msander | Sep 16, 2019 | Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Chemistry
A local attempt earlier this year to break a Guinness World Record for the largest elephant’s toothpaste demonstration was a huge hit, it was announced on Sept. 10. Source: Official! Guinness World Record set at University of Guelph | GuelphMercury.com...
by msander | Sep 13, 2019 | All Science Teachers
We here at STAO hope that you are off to a great start to the new school year. September 16-22 is National Science Literacy Week and we hope that you will join us in celebrating science and oceans research in Canada. Stay tuned to STAO’s social media channels, watch...
by msander | Sep 11, 2019 | All Science Teachers
It sounds like such an incredible fact. “Our own cells are outnumbered by our microbes 10 to 1!” I don’t remember where I first heard it. But I read it in science papers and articles by journalists, so I believed it without question. I even made one of my first videos...
by msander | Sep 9, 2019 | Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Chemistry, Gr. 11-12 Physics
Making liquid nitrogen is hard – in fact up until 150 years ago scientists doubted whether it was even possible to liquefy nitrogen. In 1823, At the royal institution in London, Michael Faraday first produced liquid chlorine, kind of accidentally by putting it...
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