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Weizmann Physics safe cracking competition – submitted by Amy Gorecki
Each year, Weizmann hosts the greatest safe-cracking competition known to high schoolers - The Annual International Physics Tournament. Juniors and seniors in high schools form teams and take on the challenge: Build a safe that only your team can open, and then try to...
Telling the Stories Behind the Science – submitted by Amy Gorecki
AGU’s newest journal, Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, is a collection of memoirs, essays, and insights that present personal perspectives on how different scientific fields have evolved. This website looks to ensure that scientists of diverse backgrounds...
Invasive earthworms are remaking our forests, and climate scientists are worried -submitted by Kris Lee
Worms are radically changing our forests’ soils and depleting terrestrial carbon stocks Maya Lach-Aidelbaum · CBC News North America's forests have been largely earthworm-free since the last Ice Age. But as invaders arrive and burrow into the leaf litter, they change...
What Does An Atom REALLY Look Like?
https://youtu.be/EOHYT5q5lhQ From orbital mechanics to quantum mechanics, this video explains why we must accept a world of particles based on probabilities, statistics, and chance. Electrons, protons, and neutrons don't behave the same way that planets and billiard...
The genius of Mendeleev’s periodic table – Lou Serico
https://youtu.be/fPnwBITSmgU The elements had been listed and carefully arranged before Dmitri Mendeleev. They had even been organized by similar properties before. So why is Mendeelev's periodic table the one that has endured? Lou Serico explains via eka-aluminum, an...
Why Do Your Farts Smell Worse in the Shower?
https://youtu.be/B3zqFJDJf2Q If you've ever farted in the shower, you know that they smell REALLY bad in there, but why is that? Hosted by: Hank Green
Design an Ecosystem Poster Project – submitted by Michael Balzer
For this project you will be designing your own imaginary ecosystem, including the living and nonliving components. You may work by yourself or with a partner. No more than two people may work together on the project. You may either hand draw your poster or can...
Cecelia Brooks uses elder teachings and science to reinvent traditional foods and medicines – submitted by Amy Gorecki
The second in a series of weekly stories about Wabanaki elders — knowledge keepers, teachers, healers and spiritual guides — who have made remarkable contributions in their own communities and beyond. Cecilia Brooks is an elder of Wolastoqey, Mi'kmaq, Mohawk and...
STEM and NASCAR – submitted by Amy Gorecki
This NSTA resource is intended to provide K-8 students in real-life applications of STEM—and teach key science concepts at the same time. Definitely for the racing enthusiasts in your class. Link to resource. Thanks for the idea Amy!
Science Literacy Week, September 20 to 26, 2021 – submitted by Janice Williams
Sign up for this resource to get informed about Science Literacy week in September; the theme will be climate: http://www.scienceliteracy.ca/. Link to site Thanks Janice!
Science at Home Experiments – submitted by Amy Gorecki
This resource could still spark some ideas for science activities. Although the source is US, many activities align to the Ontario curriculum. With blended learning a reality for the fall, I know it's going to be hard for educators to consider how to engage their...
Call for Writers for the Ministry of Education’s review of the Science Curriculum, Grade 9
The Curriculum, Assessment and Student Success Policy Branch and the French Language Teaching and Learning Branch are looking for curriculum writers who will support revisions to The Ontario Curriculum: Science, Grade 9. If you are interested in this opportunity,...