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Cause Tutoring
Case Tutoring is partnering with the University of Toronto to set up the COVID-19 Online Support Initiative. CAUSE Tutoring will hold free online "office hours" via Zoom for high school students in Grade 11/12 Science & Math courses from around the country, where...
Upcoming STAO Webinars
Hello everyone, I hope that you are keeping well and that you are able to find some bright spots in these challenging times. I would love if you could share what is helping you get through by tagging us (@staoapso) on one of our social media platforms! If you...
Demonstration of how the corona virus spreads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9FGrmYUr5c&feature=youtu.be While we’re stuck in self-quarantine, we thought we’d try and visualize how the novel coronavirus spreads through a controlled environment like an apartment. Here’s how transmission happens, and what you...
This Is Why … auroras are only found at the poles by Joanne O’Meara
If you’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing the northern lights in person, you know that words do not do them justice. The auroras (aurora borealis in the north, aurora australis in the south) are beautiful and haunting, moving across the night sky as ethereal light....
Solar System 101 | National Geographic
https://youtu.be/libKVRa01L8 How many planets are in the solar system? How did it form in the Milky Way galaxy? Learn facts about the solar system’s genesis, plus its planets, moons, and asteroids.
Upcoming Science Webinars For Teachers
Dear STAO/APSO Members,We know that COVID-19 has created a great deal of uncertainty for many. We also know that educators specifically are facing uncertainty around what the next two weeks, and possibly beyond, will look like for them and their classrooms.In light of...
What’s to Do When School Is Out? – submitted by Dave Gervais
On the first day that my two grandchildren (5 and 10 yrs. old) arrived, we went for a nature walk. Equipped with a capture jar, we found a caterpillar egg case (forest tent caterpillars), many Woolly Bear caterpillars and several cocoons from unknown insect species....
At Home Science Resources From Flinn
Flinn Scientific has launched a website with an extensive amount of resources specifically developed to help teachers, students and parents continue their science education journey – even if that learning is taking place outside the classroom or laboratory...
Isaac Newton – discoveries as a result of working from home
Thanks to Chuck Cohen for sharing this cool piece of science trivia.
Indigenous educators volunteer to teach short K-8 lessons online amid school closures -submitted by Malisa Mezenberg
Indigenous educators are volunteering their time to help educate students online as schools in many provinces and territories are closing in efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19. Thanks for sharing Malisa! Click this link for more information...
The Tutoring Blog – submitted by Gerrie Storr
Gerrie's "Tutoring Blog" is a useful collection of resources that she has found useful when working with elementary school age students. These resources may be of particular interest to parents having to home-school their children during the current virus concern....
Corona Virus Summary – by Dave Gervais
As Canadians prepare to adjust to the new reality of travel restrictions, self-imposed isolation and quarantine, many questions concerning the virus known as COVID-19 are sure to arise. In this blog, In this post, I summarize some of the basic biology of the virus....
