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Summer Opportunities for Students – submitted by Laura Wodlinger
This year, more than ever before, it is so important that students get a break. They have worked so hard (alongside us) to adjust to all of the constant changes. But for some students a summer break is not complete without more science! I always love to share a...
Our ancestors were scientists’: How an Anishnaabe chemist injects elder knowledge into STEM classes – submitted by Nathalie Rudner
Dawn Pratt has loved science ever since the fourth grade when she became fascinated with a chemistry set her parents gave her. But Pratt, a chemist from the Muscowpetung First Nation in Saskatchewan, said, “there is a big gap” between Indigenous students and...
What Happens When Biology Meets Tech – TED Ed talk – submitted by Leila Knetsch
Here is a wonderful Biology video that can be used as an effective Minds on for Grade 11 U Biology (Biodiversity or Systems or Plants) or Grade 10 Science (Biology unit). Christina Agapakis explores the relationship between nature, technology and science and opens the...
500 Queer Scientists – submitted by Leila Knetsch
This site provides resources and interesting information about the need for LGTBQ+ representation in STEM fields: https://500queerscientists.com Thanks for sharing Leila!!!
STAO Workshop at the OTF Summer Institutes – submitted by Malisa Mezenberg
STAO is offering a workshop as part of the OTF Summer Institutes: Pathways to Possibilities: Science Education and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (Kindergarten – Grade 12) Part 1: August 24, 2021; Part 2: August 25, 2021 9:00 am – 12:00 pm each day...
More electric cars on the road will mean increased mining for what goes in their batteries – CBC Quirks and Quarks
The rise in demand for electric vehicles will require increased mining for metals and possibly increasing environmental consequences. With all major auto manufacturers bringing electric vehicles into production in an effort to catch up to the popularity of Tesla,...
She is Indigenous – a profile of Donna May, heart surgeon – submitted by Leila Knetsch
Just in time to celebrate Indigenous Heritage Month…this website spotlights a series of Indigenous women for their different characteristics. This one is a short video about an young Indigenous women who is a heart surgeon. https://sheisindigenous.ca/story/donna-may/...
Spotlight on Queer Scientists – submitted by Leila Knetsch
Here is a good resource that spotlights Queer scientists for PRIDE month. My favorite scientist, Chemical biologist Carolyn Bertozzi (researcher at Stanford) is among this list! Leila https://www.benchling.com/2020/06/29/pride-2020-queer-scientist-spotlights/...
IDEA – INDIGENOUS DESIGN & ENGINEERING ACADEMY – submitted by Amy Gorecki
The IDEA: Leader-in-Training (LIT) program is a partnership between University of Toronto and Actua, in collaboration with Dufferin-Peel District School Board. Designed for Indigenous secondary students who are interested in learning more about STEM (Science,...
When, where and how to see the June 10 annular solar eclipse – CBC News
ust two weeks after the total lunar eclipse, there's another celestial event on the horizon — but this time involving the sun. On Thursday, parts of the Northern Hemisphere — including Canada — will experience an annular solar eclipse, an event where most of the sun...
Indigenous STEAM KMs100 Teacher Virtual training Summer 2021
InSTEM_Teacher_Training_Summer_21 Conference Poster We are reaching out to you today to invite you and your colleagues to join us for our InSTEM Kikandaaswiwin Mookiisin STEAM Teacher Training for Indigenous Land Based STEM education. Now more than ever, the topic of...
INTRODUCING INDIGENOUS ISSUES IN GRADE 9 SCIENCE by KIRA JANISSE, submitted by Leila Knetsch
This guided inquiry activity is structured to allow students the freedom of their own pacing while practising observations and collaborating to find the cause of Minamata Disease in Japan, and then exploring how it has affected a Canadian Indigenous population....