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Skills Ontario International Day of the Girl Celebration / Compétences Ontario Célébration de la Journée internationale de la fille
https://www.skillsontario.com/ Skills Ontario celebrates International Day of the Girl each year to motivate girls to develop their skills, overcome challenges, and explore their opportunities. This year, over 1,400 students attended both in-person and virtual events,...
Illuminating Art Through Science
Click HERE to access to the full article Dr. Aaron Slepkov, a Trent University Physics professor, explored the intersection of art and science during the pandemic by experimenting with polarization-filtered coloration, a complex optics phenomenon. His curiosity led to...
Medical device helps kids experience the joys of walking
Click HERE for a link to the full article. Kayla’s Children Centre (KCC) in Thornhill won a Canada-wide contest and received a Trexo robotic walker, an innovative medical device that helps children with physical disabilities, such as cerebral palsy, walk upright. KCC,...
When COVID-19 or flu viruses kill, they often have an accomplice – bacterial infections
Please click HERE for full link to the article. The article discusses how bacterial infections often accompany and exacerbate the severity of viral infections like COVID-19 and the flu. Historical pandemics, including the 1918 influenza and more recent flu outbreaks,...
Asteroid’s path altered in NASA’s first test of planetary defense system
Submitted by L. Andrea Izzo Please click HERE to read the full article. NASA successfully altered the trajectory of an asteroid for the first time by deliberately crashing the DART spacecraft into a small moonlet named Dimorphos. This $330 million mission, which took...
Whitchurch-Stouffville Public Library Maker Event 2022
Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 Libraries are creative, innovative, places that engage the community in exploring their curiosity and embracing innovation. This is celebrated throughout the month of October - Canadian Library Month – and also during Ontario...
The Science of Passing Gas…Part 1 / La science des gaz intestinaux… Partie 1
Submitted by Claire Zuliani @MsZuliani & Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 THE SCIENCE OF PASSING GAS - PART 1 This is the first part of a special informational series by STAO discussing the science behind flatulence. The post highlights a TED-Ed video by Purna Kashyap...
Changing Currents
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER (ONLY VIRTUAL SESSIONS AVAILABLE) For more information or questions changingcurrents@ecospark.ca or 647-258-3280 x 2011 EcoSpark - Changing Currents is a popular citizen science project that inspires students in the Greater Toronto Area to...
NASA’s new tiny, high-powered laser could find water on the Moon / Le nouveau laser minuscule et puissant de la NASA pourrait trouver de l’eau sur la Lune
Please click HERE for access to the full article from ZNET NASA has developed a new, tiny but powerful laser that could revolutionize space exploration by helping astronauts accurately locate and identify water on the Moon, Mars, and other celestial bodies. Previous...
You have a doppelganger and probably share DNA with them, new study suggests / Une nouvelle étude suggère que vous avez un sosie et que vous partagez probablement son ADN
Please click HERE for access to the full article from CNN A new study suggests that everyone might have a doppelgänger with whom they share genetic similarities. Sometimes, people who look alike but are not related can have similar physical traits and behaviors. For...
Chemistry and Inuit Life and Culture
Submitted by Laura Wodlinger, Director of STAO Secondary Resource Development Check out the Fall 2022 Special Edition of Chem 13 News on Chemistry and Inuit Life and Culture. This issue has been some years in the making. Many readers may recall we published a series...
Resources for Rethinking / Ressources pour repenser
Resources for Rethinking R4R.ca provides immediate access to more than 1200 quality classroom resources. Developed by Learning for a Sustainable Future, R4R.ca connects teachers to lesson plans, books, videos and other materials that explore the environmental, social...