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Career Interview with Kristina Han – submitted by Leila Knetsch
This post contains a career interview that Leila did with Kristina Han from Amgen Biotech Experience. She was one of the STAOlive! presenters in the winter. Career Interview- Kristina Han Thanks Leila!!!!!!
What’s a lunar eclipse? The ‘super flower blood moon’ explained – CBC News
What’s a total lunar eclipse? A total lunar eclipse can last from minutes to hours. It occurs when the Earth passes in between the sun and the moon, blocking out the sun’s light. Unlike during a solar eclipse — when the moon casts a shadow on the Earth as it moves...
Whiteboard.fi In the Classroom – submitted by Ronilea Burdeos
Ronilea Burdeos is a Teacher Candidate from Ontario Tech University (she is Biology teacher Leila Knetsch’s student teacher). She is passionate about integrating technology, and DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) strategies into the classroom. Whiteboard.fi is a...
Careers of the Future – Advanced Manufacturing – submitted by Amy Gorecki
Next Generation Manufacturing Canada – NGen for short – is a not for-profit organization that leads Canada’s Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster. Click this link for more info on careers in the advanced manufacturing industry: NGen's Careers of the Future
FBC’s Youth Council is proud to announce their upcoming panel discussion: Black in STEM! – submitted by Leila Knetsch
FBC's Youth Council is proud to announce their upcoming panel discussion: Black in STEM! Join our two Youth Council moderators as they have the pleasure of speaking with 5 panelists, both post-secondary students and young professionals, about their experiences...
Best of ChemEd – submitted by Jean Hein
st of The Best of ChemEd is a chance for Ontario teachers to see what a ChemEd has to offer, especially when ChemEd 2023 will be at the University of Guelph! It is the largest conference in North America for educators involved in teaching high school and introductory...
Tagging Trash Project – University of Toronto, submitted by Jim Rahaman
What is the Tagging Trash project? Floating litter… where does it go? How does it end up on our local beaches, slips and docks? Why does it accumulate in certain areas and not others? As part of our Fighting Floatables Initiative, the Tagging Trash Project aims to...
Why cats may have more to teach us about living the good life than Socrates Social Sharing – CBC News, submitted by Kris Lee
Unlike humans, cats have no need for philosophy. They're content with the life nature gives them, says British philosopher John Gray, author of Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life. He suggests there is a lot we can learn from cats, especially how to live...
STAO Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Resources – submitted by Leila Knetsch
STAO has started offering Diversity, Equity and Inclusion resources in an ongoing way through through STAO Blog and STAONews so that teachers have ready to use resources for their science classroom. We also have plans to have a curated, permanent list of resources...
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) is hosting a virtual event to be held on Friday, June 4, 2021 at the virtual 55th CMOS Congress: https://congress.cmos.ca/. This year Educators’ Day will focus on ‘Teachers and Others involved in childhood...
Trillions of cicadas from Brood X set to emerge – CBC News, submitted by Kris Lee
One of the craziest life cycles of any creature on the planet' culminates after 17 years underground. Sifting through a shovel load of dirt in a suburban backyard, Michael Raupp and Paula Shrewsbury find their quarry: a cicada nymph. And then another. And another. And...
The Great Lakes: A Time of Reckoning Booklets – submitted by Laurie Hazzard
New resource for Grade 9 Applied and Academic Science! In 2020, two members of Blue Bayfield created the booklet The Great Lakes: A Time of Reckoning. Authors Ray Letheren and Betty Durst explained why they created this booklet: The sole purpose in publishing this...