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NASA makes breathable oxygen from thin air on Mars
NASA has logged another extraterrestrial first on its latest mission to Mars: converting carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into pure, breathable oxygen, the U.S. space agency said on Wednesday. The unprecedented extraction of oxygen, literally out of...
Zoological Education Trust’s Public Lecture in Zoology
You are invited with your high school students to the 2021 Zoological Education Trust’s public lecture in zoology, an online event hosted by the Canadian Society of Zoologists. Please feel free to circulate this invitation to colleagues and teachers in your school...
The Leidenfrost Effect: How to Make a Liquid Levitate – Sci Show
https://youtu.be/0EOvh0DH_2E In this video Michael Aranda explains what the Leidenfrost Effect is, and how it can cause liquid to 'levitate'.
Teaching in Wild Times Workshops- submitted by Leila Knetsch
Registration link Thanks Leila!!!!!!
EXPO-SCIENCES PANCANADIENNE (ESPC)
Aperçu pour les visiteurs Emmenez vos élèves en excursion virtuelle pour explorer le plus grand événement en lien avec les STIM pour les jeunes au Canada ! Les membres du public sont également les bienvenus. OTTAWA [virtuelle] 2021 19 au 29 mai CWSF Visitor Overview...
CANADA-WIDE SCIENCE FAIR – a visitor’s overview
Visitor Overview Take your students on a virtual field trip to explore Canada’s largest youth STEM event! Public is welcome too! May 19-21 OTTAWA [Virtual] 2021 Click the link below for complete details CWSF-Visitor-Overview-2021
Carbon pricing is here to stay in Canada. What is it anyway?
https://youtu.be/IZHQzNUyhlA The federal carbon-pricing law introduced in 2018 has been ruled to be constitutional by the Supreme Court of Canada after a challenge by three provinces, but what is carbon pricing anyway and how will it affect consumers? EXPLAINER:...
How Electromotive Force Works
https://youtu.be/shJAV59NS6k EMF, or electromotive force, refers to the voltage created by a battery or by a changing magnetic field. Counter EMF, also called Back EMF, is a related phenomenon that we will illustrate in this animation....
Mission STEM- possible! – from the University of Guelph
Five different organizations in Guelph ran nature-based science programming last week for kids on break. Bird watching, tree identification from bark and twigs, night sky viewing, DIY water filtration, etc. TONS of great activities for celebrating Earth Day and all...
Summative Assessment: High Rigor – Low Stress – submitted by Sandra Gambarotto
On February 25th, Katy Dornbos presented a ChemEd X Talk about how she has transformed the way she is assessing her students - particularly on exams. She was frustrated by how limited class time and text anxiety were restricting the depth of responses her students...
Scientists unearth skunk that walked among dinosaurs – submitted by Kris Lee
The fossil of a skunk-like mammal that lived during the age of dinosaurs has been discovered in Chilean Patagonia, adding further proof to recent evidence that mammals roamed that part of South America a lot earlier than previously thought. A part of the creature's...
3 Surprising Things Matter Does Under Extreme Pressure
https://youtu.be/aiUq5xksJy0 Things get weird under pressure. Watch to find out.