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Call for Writers for the Ministry of Education’s review of the Science Curriculum, Grade 9
The Curriculum, Assessment and Student Success Policy Branch and the French Language Teaching and Learning Branch are looking for curriculum writers who will support revisions to The Ontario Curriculum: Science, Grade 9. If you are interested in this opportunity,...
NASA GLOBE CLOUD GAZE – submitted by Amy Gorecki
NASA GLOBE CLOUD GAZE allows citizen scientists to look at cloud photographs submitted to GLOBE by students, teachers and the general public through the program’s GLOBE Observer app and identify elements such as the presence or absence of clouds, dust storms, smoke...
Call of Secondary Science Curriculum Writers by the Ministry of Education
The Ministry is looking for teachers to contribute to the revision of secondary sciences curriculum content including the Overall and Specific Expectations, and pedagogical supports. Both English and French content contributors are required. The details of the...
jove Science Education – submitted by Amy Gorecki
jove Science Education is a video library dedicated to teaching the practice and theory of scientific experiments through engaging and easy-to-understand visual demonstrations. There are over 13,500 articles and videos in the database and they cover Basic &...
Some fireflies can flash in unison, and scientists are trying to figure out how – CBC, submitted by Kris Lee
Scientist Orit Peleg has long been fascinated by fireflies that appear to flash their lanterns in synchronicity — but she only just recently got to witness the phenomenon up close. Peleg and her colleague Raphael Sarfati travelled to the Great Smoky Mountains, which...
Shubhendu Sharma: How to grow a tiny forest anywhere – submitted by Amy Gorecki
https://youtu.be/3BgPFIKCaOQ This 4 min TED talk is from eco-entrepreneur Sharma Shubhendu that talks about how he (an industrial engineer who usually concerns himself with building cars) got into building tiny forests. This connects to Grade 11 U Biology - Plants or...
‘Circular Explorer’ starts journey to protect the ocean – submitted by Amy Gorecki
For those who are teaching about sustainability, recycling, renewable energy, and/or plastics, you might be interested in the Circular Explorer's journey to clean plastics from the ocean. The Holcim website (who are part of the team behind the Circular Explorer) offer...
Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Community -submitted by Amy Gorecki and Chuck Cohen
Join the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Community for Access to Free Learning Tools and Engage Students in a STEM! Are you excited to get your students engaged in hands on project based learning? Join the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision community in this effort! Students will...
13 Misconceptions About Global Warming – Veritassium
https://youtu.be/OWXoRSIxyIU This video outlines 13 of the most common myths about global warming and the facts needed to address them.
Braiding Sweetgrass Book Club – starts July 27
Do you want to explore Indigenous ways of knowledge this summer and how it connects to Science? Join our 6 week book club to read and explore the book, “Braiding Sweetgrass - Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants” by Robin Wall...
Environmental Activity: Local Invasive Species – submitted by Dave Gervais
Introduction SBI 3U: Diversity of Living Things: Life cycles, Resistance of Insects to Pesticides SNC 3C: Environmental Science: Population Growth, Local Use of Pesticides SBI 4U: Population Dynamics: Predation, Parasites, Population Growth Background: In mid July,...
Free Virtual STEM Camp at Science North
Science North is offering a free virtual STEM camp program this summer targeted to students entering grades 7 to 9. These are one day stand-alone programs that are offered free. Click on these links for complete details. stempath schedule STEMpath Virtual...