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Empowering Future Innovators: Join the 2025 Future City Experience!
Empowering Future Innovators: Join the 2025 Future City Experience! Are you an educator for grades 6-8 looking to spark creativity, problem-solving, and innovation in your students? Engineers Canada and Engineers of Tomorrow have the perfect opportunity for you: the...
Science Safety Administrative Procedures
Science Safety Administrative Procedures Click HERE to take you to the STAO Website. This document is an example of an administrative procedure for science departments for use by boards in Ontario. The purpose of this document is to help boards compare their current...
Darwinian Gastronomy: A Spice Story?
Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 Click HERE for a link to the original article. The concept of "Darwinian Gastronomy" explores how the use of spices in cooking may have contributed to human survival and evolution. This idea is based on a 1998 study by...
Unearthing Knowledge: Why Science Teachers Should Explore Modern Mining
Unearthing Knowledge: Why Science Teachers Should Explore Modern Mining An Interview with STAO Member Rob Millard It’s no secret that teachers love a great summer adventure, especially when it involves learning and professional growth. In August, Joanne Sallay,...
An Invisibility Shield
Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 Click HERE for the original article A UK-based startup, Invisibility Shield Co., has developed a functioning "invisibility shield" using a technique called lenticular lensing. This technology involves a series of thin,...
Let’s Talk Science / Parlons Sciences – Keynote Speaker / Conférencier Principal: Bonnie Schmidt
STAO is thrilled to have Dr. Bonnie Schmidt, President and Founder of Let’s Talk Science, as the Keynote Speaker for the upcoming STAO Ignites Conference on November 13, 2024. Dr. Schmidt has been a transformative figure in Canadian science education, launching Let’s...
Gibbs Farm, New Zealand
Click HERE for a link to a YouTube video of this art piece. Gibbs Farm in North Auckland, New Zealand, is a vast private sculpture collection renowned for its unique integration with the landscape. The property is dominated by the expansive Kaipara Harbour, which...
SciTechOntario
Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 SciTechOntario The 2022 Ontario Elementary Science and Technology Curriculum resources, created by Ontario Certified Teachers in collaboration with STAO, OCTE, and ACSE, aim to support educators with the implementation of the...
Earth’s Temporary Second Moon
Click HERE for a link to the original article. A small asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will temporarily become a "mini-moon" by entering Earth's orbit from September 29 to November 25, 2024. Discovered by NASA in August, this asteroid is about 10 meters long and won’t be...
STAO Ignites 2024 / l’APSO Illumine 2024
Welcome to STAO Ignites 2024: Sparking Innovative and Inclusive Science Teaching Conference Website In partnership with Brock University November 13, 2024 8:00 am – 4:30 pm Brock University, Burlington Campus 1433 Headon Rd, Burlington, ON, L7M 1V7 Buy Your Conference...
MIT’s shapeshifting display lets you reach out and touch someone
Click HERE for a link to the original article. MIT has developed a groundbreaking "Dynamic Shape Display" known as inFORM, which can physically alter its shape to represent 3D content. This innovative display consists of a large surface covered with pins, actuators,...
Jennifer Green – Career Showcase / Vitrine des carrières
Jennifer Green https://www.skillsontario.com/ Career Showcase STAO Blog had the opportunity to speak with Jennifer Green to discuss her career path throughout her academic studies, her interest in science and technology, and the impact of some of her teachers. What...