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How Is Whiskey Made?
https://youtu.be/cR7Bt9Ei_zI Derby Day is around the corner, and with it comes big hats, horses with funny names, and bourbon. The latest episode of Reactions celebrates the chemical process of distillation that makes bourbon and other whiskey varieties possible....
General Lab Safety Rules – Flinn Scientific
This useful link provides you with a general set of lab safety rules for lab activities and teacher demonstrations that can easily be adapted to your classroom. Click here for more info.
Teacher Demo: Bright Star or Close Star?
When you gaze up in the night sky, some stars will be very bright while other stars are barely visible to the unaided eye. With the aid of binoculars, you may be able to observe different colours in the stars. The brightness and colour of a star depends on three...
TED-Ed Periodic Table
This website uses the TED-Ed platform to provide videos on all of the elements of the periodic table - an excellent resource. Plus, the lead scientist in the video has great hair. Click on the periodic table to link to the site.
WHMIS 2015 and Consumer Products
What are the Labelling Requirements for Consumer Products in 2017? WHMIS 2015 covers a wide range of hazardous chemicals and substances (called “controlled products”), including everyday chemical products found in workplaces, such as cleaning supplies, adhesives and...
Wildlife Scavenger Hunt
Students will explore ways in which communities of animals satisfy their needs in specific habitats. They will also explore some of the factors that affect various habitats, including changes that occur naturally and changes that are brought about by people. Click...
Heredity and Environment
What is the balance between heredity and environment in determining what an organism will look like? In this activity, students examine germinating tobacco seeds from parents heterozygous for albinism. Courtesy of Flinn Scientific Canada Albino tobacco seed activity...
Untangling the Cosmos Symposium – CIFAR and Ontario Science Centre
Colleagues, This may interest you. Join CIFAR and the Ontario Science Centre on May 17, 2017 for a symposium that will take you on a journey to unravel some of the greatest secrets of the universe. Moderated by Jay Ingram, the symposium will feature leading Canadian...
Earth’s Little Garbage People?
https://youtu.be/2Pa1FwmKZcQ How do earthworms eat? If you’re enjoying some tasty food today that has at least one ingredient that was farmed somewhere, you probably owe a little thanks to earthworms. How is it that these detritivores – literally dirt eaters – turn...
Why can’t you tickle yourself?
https://youtu.be/LzGT3ICgB7A You might be susceptible to “tickle attacks,” but have you ever wondered why you can’t tickle yourself? SciShow is nominated for a Webby! Vote for us! https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVo... Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support...
Secrets of the X chromosome – Robin Ball, TED-Ed
https://youtu.be/veB31XmUQm8 The sequence of DNA that we inherit from our parents encodes directions for making our cells and giving us specific traits. Identical twins have the same DNA sequence, so how can one twin end up with a genetic disorder while the other twin...
Student Activity: Sock Mitosis
This demonstration is a great way for students to model the stages of mitosis. Images of the different stages in textbooks are static snapshots and many students have difficulty grasping the idea that mitosis happens as part of a continuous cycle. What happens?...