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How Carbon Affects Nearly Everything on Earth – Including Our Future – Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
https://youtu.be/lWEvBLlUa2E This video uses an animated machine to show how carbon moves around the Earth’s surface – from the atmosphere to plants to animals to soils to oceans to rocks. Carbon moves quickly between the atmosphere, plants, animals and the ocean....
Learning Disabilities Association of Canada (LDAC) Conference – submitted by Ralph Chou and Amy Gorecki
This conference will be a first of its kind - a truly NATIONAL conference bringing experts from across Canada to tackle issues of: Literacy Numeracy; and Social Emotional Learning for Students with Specific Learning Disorders We determined that the best course of...
Indigenous Scientist Presentations – by SciXchange
SciXchange has a series of Indigenous Scientist presentations happening. It is geared for high school aged students and up but is open to anyone wanting to register! Here is a link to our webpage, and the link to register is in there. Each of our speakers are super...
League for a Green Future – submitted by Amy Gorecki
Join STAO and Springbay Studio on Thursday, April 1st from 7:30-8:30pm for a workshop for grades 3-8 educators to learn about the program, League for a Green Future. The first 50 registered attendees who attend the webinar will receive a free license worth $399.99...
Exchange of free online learning ideas – submitted by Laura Wodlinger
Dear Readers Today's teaching takes place in unprecedented circumstances. It requires constant innovation from teachers. We would like to offer our teaching community exchange of free online learning ideas and case practices that can be used in all forms of...
FOOD – DELICIOUS SCIENCE | The Maillard Reaction: The Science Of The Sizzle | Clip | PBS Food
https://youtu.be/paLPaEKkcMs Michael Mosley visits a traditional Italian feast to reveal what transforms the meat from its odorless raw state to an irresistibly delicious meal. He reveals the secret of the sizzle.
Internet sleuths crack secret message hidden on Mars Perseverance’s parachute – submitted by Kris Lee
https://youtu.be/W-xgAksRK2A When the Perseverance rover landed on Mars, NASA hinted the spacecraft's parachute had a hidden message. Enter 23-year-old Maxence Abela. The computer whiz and his father cracked the code. Eric Sorensen spoke to Abela to hear how they did...
Ancient ‘eagle shark’ had fins like wings – CBC News, submitted by Kris Lee
About 93 million years ago, a bizarre, plankton-eating shark shaped unlike any other known marine creature glided through the sea in what is now northeastern Mexico using curiously elongated, wing-like fins that made its body wider than it was long. Scientists on...
5 Ways to Bring Environmental Science Into Your Classroom! – submitted by GreenLearning
5 Ways to Bring Environmental Science Into Your Classroom! Environmental science is a diverse discipline that cuts across many grades and subjects such as language arts, social studies and math — with the opportunity to learn about topics in energy, climate change...
A Fun, Interactive Periodic Table – submitted by Dave Gervais
This is a bit of fun with the periodic table showing applications for the elements. Link to the interactive periodic table Thanks for sharing the idea Dave!!!!!!!!!
Same-sex mouse parents give birth via gene editing – lesson materials submitted by Leila Knetsch
In this lesson, Leila made up some questions to go along with this interesting article surrounding CRISPR, the gene editing technique. The article (from National Geographic) spotlights an area of research that could be beneficial for Queer couples and uses CRISPR...
Green Careers or Climate Change and Renewables virtual workshops for schools in the GTA by Relay Education – submitted by Leila Knetsch
Relay Education is offering free Green Careers or Climate Change and Renewables virtual workshops for schools in the GTA. The Green Collar Careers workshop (https://www.relayeducation.com/programs/green-collar-careers/#section1) focuses on connecting students'...
