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Call for Presenters STAO Conference 2017
Mark Nov 9 -11 in your calendars. These are the dates of the annual STAO conference - the largest gathering of science teachers in Canada. Share your ideas - Be a presenter at STAO2017. Presenter packages are coming soon...
Documenting student learning – STAO Facebook Live!
Announcing... "Documenting Student Learning - STAO Facebook Live! with Brennan Caverhill Wednesday, March 1 at 8 pm
A Short History Of Humans And Germs
https://youtu.be/xOFH57Do2EM For most of human history, we had a lot of bad ideas about how we were getting sick: angry gods, misaligned planets, stinky fumes. We also had plenty of bad ideas about how to prevent it, like bloodletting, large holes in the head and...
Water on the Moon?
https://youtu.be/hbXDLKFkjm0 For a long time we thought the Moon was completely dry, but it turns out there are actually three sources of lunar water. Thanks to Google Making and Science for supporting the new channel! http://youtube.com/makingscience Thanks to...
Student Activity: Predators in Control
Predator–prey relationships are one of the most important biotic relationships in the sustainability of an ecosystem. Predators are the natural controls in an ecosystem, limiting the size of a prey population. Many studies have illustrated that the long-term...
Labelling Requirements for Consumer Products in 2017
WHMIS 2015 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 solvents. Although not as dangerous as other controlled...
The Dripper
Many children can identify that water exists in 3 states within our natural environment. Understanding that it is the very same water that undergoes changes of state presents far more of a challenge to children in grade 2. The following experiment is simple yet...
Teacher Demo: Dancing Paper
In this demo, a polyethylene strip is charged by rubbing with wool. The charged strip is then used to make paper circles stand on their edges inside a Petri dish. This demo introduces students to the charging of materials by induction as opposed to charging by...
SciNews to Engage Your Students
What killed the dinosaurs?; frogs' remarkable tongues; can hydrogen be turned into a metal?; even smarter phones; CO2 and the flow of a major ocean current; interstellar slowdown - just a few of the themes in today's eclectic collection of SciNews. Share these...
Deep Space Industries – Mining The Universe For The Future
https://youtu.be/pIY_fmvFDhM The human race is ready to begin harvesting the resources of space both for their use in space and to increase the wealth and prosperity of the entire world. http://deepspaceindustries.com/ Our Vision: Deep Space Industries believes the...
Is there a place for 30% peroxide in High School Chemistry?
In a recent blog post, the activity Elephant's Toothpaste was demonstrated. The activity was in keeping with our STAO safety policy regarding chemical use. In that policy, we suggest the use of small quantities of chemicals, at as low a concentration as possible to...
New FNMI Resource from STAO
Click here to view one of STAO's newest resources that deals with FNMI education in the elementary panel. This is one of several items in the recent issue of STAONews. Full access to STAONews is an exclusive benefit to STAO members.