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What Happens When Biology Meets Tech – TED Ed talk – submitted by Leila Knetsch
Here is a wonderful Biology video that can be used as an effective Minds on for Grade 11 U Biology (Biodiversity or Systems or Plants) or Grade 10 Science (Biology unit). Christina Agapakis explores the relationship between nature, technology and science and opens the...
STAO, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – by Stella Kim
STAO, diversity, equity and inclusion By Stella Kim Stella is a secondary science and physics teacher and former learning coach with the TDSB. She believes that attending to equity, wellness and belonging is essential to meaningful learning that lasts. About a year...
Photographer captures ‘odd but exciting’ crow behaviour known as anting Social Sharing – submitted by Kris Lee
Another example of peculiar animal behavior to interest your students... Photographer Tony Austin recently captured a peculiar image of a crow with its wings covered in dozens of tiny black ants in the throes of what appeared to be a behaviour he described as a "very...
Crack the Circuit Game – submitted by Leila Knetsch
Crack the Circuit is a fun game you can use to teach electricity. Tt’s a series of locked boxes that open when you draw different circuits. https://www.universeandmore.com/crack-the-circuit/ Thanks Leila!
IDEA – INDIGENOUS DESIGN & ENGINEERING ACADEMY – submitted by Amy Gorecki
The IDEA: Leader-in-Training (LIT) program is a partnership between University of Toronto and Actua, in collaboration with Dufferin-Peel District School Board. Designed for Indigenous secondary students who are interested in learning more about STEM (Science,...
When, where and how to see the June 10 annular solar eclipse – CBC News
ust two weeks after the total lunar eclipse, there's another celestial event on the horizon — but this time involving the sun. On Thursday, parts of the Northern Hemisphere — including Canada — will experience an annular solar eclipse, an event where most of the sun...
Indigenous STEAM KMs100 Teacher Virtual training Summer 2021
InSTEM_Teacher_Training_Summer_21 Conference Poster We are reaching out to you today to invite you and your colleagues to join us for our InSTEM Kikandaaswiwin Mookiisin STEAM Teacher Training for Indigenous Land Based STEM education. Now more than ever, the topic of...
INTRODUCING INDIGENOUS ISSUES IN GRADE 9 SCIENCE by KIRA JANISSE, submitted by Leila Knetsch
This guided inquiry activity is structured to allow students the freedom of their own pacing while practising observations and collaborating to find the cause of Minamata Disease in Japan, and then exploring how it has affected a Canadian Indigenous population....
Newly discovered glaciers on Mars may help humans settle on the Red Planet one day – CBC News
If humans are to truly become interplanetary settlers, we're going to need to have access to water — a lot of it. But loading it on a rocket would be heavy, and trying to escape Earth's gravity with all that weight would be costly. That's why space agencies such...
Science for Kids from Frontiers for Young Minds – submitted by Amy Gorecki
This site provides a collection of freely available scientific articles by distinguished scientists that are shaped for younger audiences by the input of their own young peers. Even before the publication of our first 50 articles, the quality of Frontiers for Young...
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) La Société canadienne de météorologie et d'océanographie (SCMO) Educators' Day – CMOS Victoria 2021 Description Educators' Day at CMOS Victoria 2021 will be a one day event within the overall Congress framework....
The Great Outdoors – Ontario Science Centre – submitted by Amy Gorecki
Learn all about Ontario ecosystems with us and Science North on Wednesday, June 2 at 2 p.m. Join with your students to discover the incredible range of animals—from bears and beavers to birds and beetles—and their habitats in Northern and Southern Ontario. Understand...
