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Learning Together Again: Reflections from STAO 2025
Learning Together Again: Reflections from STAO 2025 Walking into the STAO conference this year felt both familiar and renewed. There was an immediate sense of shared purpose—educators reconnecting, exchanging ideas, and grounding conversations in the realities of...
ON-CORE – Canada K-12 Streaming Video Platform
ON-CORE is Canada’s go-to K–12 streaming video platform, built for teachers! Enrich instruction and enhance learning with high-quality, curriculum-aligned videos. 4,700+ Science Education videos, correlated to every strand of the Ontario K–12 Science curriculum, are...
If STAO Celebrates 2025 Was a Dead Whale…
If STAO Celebrates 2025 Was a Dead Whale… Li-Shien Lee Math Coach, Ottawa Carleton District School Board At this year’s STAO Conference in Toronto, I had the joy of attending Dr. Dan Riskin’s keynote presentation, “AI & Curiosity: An Opportunity for...
Career Showcase / Vitrine des carrières – Brendon Samuels “That Bird Guy”
Brendan Samuels Brendon poses in front of the East Lions Community Centre where he helped to treat the building’s windows for bird safety through the City of London’s “Neighbourhood Decision Making” program. STAO - Career Showcase STAO is pleased to share a career...
STAO Celebrates 2025 Conference Blog Promotion
STAO Celebrates: November 27–28, 2025 STAO/APSO is excited to welcome educators, researchers, and science-education leaders from across Ontario to our annual conference taking place November 27–28, 2025 (le 27–28 novembre 2025). This year’s event brings together...
Count Me In Educator Conference at University of Toronto
Count Me In 2025: Building Bridges Between Math, Science, and Technology On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, Mathematics Outreach at the University of Toronto hosted the Count Me In Educator Conference at OISE. This complimentary, one-day professional learning event...
Career Showcase / Vitrine des carrières – Christopher Yan, RMT
Christopher Yan, RMT STAO - Career Showcase STAO Blog had the opportunity to speak with Christopher Yan to discuss his career path throughout his academic studies, his interest in science, and the impact of some of his teachers. What is your job title? What career did...
Understanding the 2025 Climate Change Education Survey: Canadians Want More from Our Schools
Understanding the 2025 Climate Change Education Survey: Canadians Want More from Our Schools Learning for a Sustainable Future (LSF)’s 2025 national survey paints a revealing picture of how Canadians perceive and experience climate change education today. Conducted...
Meteorite That Fell in 1969 Still Revealing Secrets of the Early Solar System
Click HERE for the original article The Murchison meteorite, which fell in Australia in 1969, continues to reveal secrets about the early solar system through advanced analytical techniques. A recent study by European researchers using high-resolution mass...
Protecting Your Hearing: Practical Tips for Teachers
Protecting Your Hearing: Practical Tips for Teachers From morning announcements to dismissal, schools are lively at every grade level. In a single day, you might lead kindergarten centres and reading circles, teach in a bustling science lab, coach in a loud gym,...
SciTechOntario
Refresh Your Science Teaching: Explore SciTechOntario.ca for Curriculum-Ready Planning As you gear up for a new school year, SciTechOntario.ca offers a comprehensive suite of resources to help Ontario teachers renew, refresh, and revitalize their science and...
The Moon is slowly drifting away from Earth and it’s beginning to impact us
Please click HERE for the original article. The Moon is gradually drifting away from Earth at a rate of 3.82 centimeters per year, impacting our planet in subtle but significant ways. This slow separation is causing Earth's rotation to decelerate, lengthening the...