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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....
Newly discovered glaciers on Mars may help humans settle on the Red Planet one day – CBC News
If humans are to truly become interplanetary settlers, we're going to need to have access to water — a lot of it. But loading it on a rocket would be heavy, and trying to escape Earth's gravity with all that weight would be costly. That's why space agencies such...
Science for Kids from Frontiers for Young Minds – submitted by Amy Gorecki
This site provides a collection of freely available scientific articles by distinguished scientists that are shaped for younger audiences by the input of their own young peers. Even before the publication of our first 50 articles, the quality of Frontiers for Young...
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) La Société canadienne de météorologie et d'océanographie (SCMO) Educators' Day – CMOS Victoria 2021 Description Educators' Day at CMOS Victoria 2021 will be a one day event within the overall Congress framework....
The Great Outdoors – Ontario Science Centre – submitted by Amy Gorecki
Learn all about Ontario ecosystems with us and Science North on Wednesday, June 2 at 2 p.m. Join with your students to discover the incredible range of animals—from bears and beavers to birds and beetles—and their habitats in Northern and Southern Ontario. Understand...