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Did you miss the #STAOchat on Apr 22nd?
Did you miss the #STAOchat on Apr 22nd? Read the storify to find out what science educators in Ontario had to say about the Bondar Report and environmental education on Earth Day.
Toilet Paper STEM Challenge
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF9RiEsID0w&w=550&h=331] Our science guy, Steve Spangler, knows what it takes to get kids excited about science. Last week, Steve and Kathy Sabine visited a school in Parker with a science show to get kids excited about...
Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems
Written by Sara Avent This lesson plan begins with a video of underwater footage of the Deepwater Horizon spill. The students will be asked to share how they think the spill affected the environment which leads into the main...
The Meaning of E=mc^2
https://youtu.be/NXsZUueXe2o You’ve probably seen E=mc2 somewhere, in science class or maybe in cartoons or other pop culture ephemera, but if you really want to know what it means, listen to World Science Festival co-founder and Columbia University physicist Brian...
SciNews Apr 27
Useful viruses, dinosaur sex, incompatibles, super clocks, and happy 25th Hubble. This eclectic collection of current science news stories is brought to you by STAOBlog. SciNews is published every Monday and Thursday. Stay tuned for more. Biology The Maps Within:...
Bringing Purpose to Science
Written by Andrea Isogai “The skills, aptitudes, and attitudes necessary to industrialize the earth are not necessarily the same as those that will be needed to heal the earth” (David, W. Orr, Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect). The...
The Thirty Meter Telescope project could change our understanding of the universe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nynfeE4TFtE Globe and Mail Science reporter Ivan Semeniuk describes Canada's contribution to the construction of a new, state of the art telescope in Hawaii that is hoped to look farther back in time than ever before.
Introducing STAO’s new Elementary Safety Guide
Safety in Elementary Science and Technology is written for elementary school teachers and administrators to provide guidance for the safe delivery of hands-on science and technology programs to students. The resource focuses closely on the elementary science and...
Why Every Class Should Grow Space Tomatoes
Written by Jake MacTavish “Are they going to be weird colours?” “If mine is purple will people pay me a lot of money for it?” “What if they make our heads explode when we eat them?” I wouldn’t be surprised if a passerby felt compelled to poke his...
SciNews Apr 23
The importance of good guts, what's new in cell science, sweat odour and emotions, and happy birthday Hubble. This eclectic collection of current science news stories is brought to you by STAOBlog. SciNews is published every Monday and Thursday. Stay tuned for more....
Human Organ Systems – Grade 5
Written by Emerson Jones. What an innovative way to teach the human organ systems to your grade 5 students by utilizing the social media program Twitter. This activity is designed a Twitter Assignment and can be used as a Summative assessment. It is comprised of...
Reminder of Mini Institute for Elementary Teachers
Mini Institute for Elementary Teachers Workshop by the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation Date: Saturday April 25th, 2015 Venue: Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, ON The Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation is pleased...