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Discover the Universe Webinars -submitted by Amy Gorecki
Link to registration and more info... Thanks Amy!!!!!!!
Webinaire: Éclipses solaires Le 18 mai 2021 à 16 h 00 HAE
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Raven the Science Maven’ encourages students to find their voice in STEM – submitted by Amy Gorecki
Raven the Science Maven is all over social media and is an influencer that educators might want to know about if they want someone who is relatable and well known that can inspire a love of science with students. She also is an advocate for inclusivity in STEM. Find...
Barnacle gosling’s terrifying cliff tumble – BBC News
Filmmakers record the extreme rite of passage of barnacle goslings as they plummet over 120m down a cliff face By Ella Davies 17 October 2014 A barnacle gosling plummeting more than 120m (400ft) to follow its parents has been recorded by BBC filmmakers. The chick’s...
Interactive Vaccine Article – submitted by Leila Knetsch
This is an amazing, interactive article that connects well to Grade 11U Biology (bacteria and viruses) as well as Grade 12U Biology (Molecular Genetics). Of course this would be great for any grade as it is very up to date information. There are pictures and very...
Science Odyssey – Preventing Plastic Pollution Activity for students – submitted by Amy Gorecki
Kids Code Jeunesse (KCJ) is challenging YOU to take a look at the world and take action to make it better. In this self-directed, online activity, you will look at how plastic is present all around us in many unexpected ways. Identify ways we can reduce plastic...
Best of Chem Ed Conference
Hi Chemistry Educators! Thank you for signing up and joining our ever-growing community of nearly 1,000 interested participants! The Best of ChemEd sessions are now posted on the University of Guelph’s ChemEd website. Join us this summer for this free three-day...
Birthday Stars – submitted by Kris Lee
Astronomers measure distances to the stars in terms of light years, units that combine time and distance. One light year is the distance light travels in one year; so if you look at a star ten light years from Earth, the light you see from it left ten years ago and is...
Let’s Talk COVID-19 – Science in “Real-Time” Symposium – submitted by Joanne O’Meara
People around the world have watched science ‘happen in real time’ during the COVID-19 pandemic. In less than one year, the novel coronavirus emerged, was identified and millions vaccinated with a variety of brand new vaccines. How did we learn so much so fast? What...
Electric Eels Bigger Than You Zap in PACKS
https://youtu.be/zDHhYH5p_TQ We’ve long thought that electric eels hunt individually…until we discovered a lake where one species hunt, and zap, in packs! Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at...
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...