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Official! Guinness World Record set at University of Guelph | submitted by Joanne O’Meara
A local attempt earlier this year to break a Guinness World Record for the largest elephant's toothpaste demonstration was a huge hit, it was announced on Sept. 10. Source: Official! Guinness World Record set at University of Guelph | GuelphMercury.com Here's a link...
Happy Science Literacy Week from STAO – submitted by Amy Gorecki
We here at STAO hope that you are off to a great start to the new school year. September 16-22 is National Science Literacy Week and we hope that you will join us in celebrating science and oceans research in Canada. Stay tuned to STAO’s social media channels, watch...
7 Scientific Urban Legends Debunked!
It sounds like such an incredible fact. “Our own cells are outnumbered by our microbes 10 to 1!” I don’t remember where I first heard it. But I read it in science papers and articles by journalists, so I believed it without question. I even made one of my first videos...
Making Liquid Nitrogen From Scratch! – Veritasium
Making liquid nitrogen is hard - in fact up until 150 years ago scientists doubted whether it was even possible to liquefy nitrogen. In 1823, At the royal institution in London, Michael Faraday first produced liquid chlorine, kind of accidentally by putting it under...
Why Don’t Birds Lay Square Eggs?
https://youtu.be/otvvUzFh5Do What is ”egg-shaped” even? I used to think it was the shape of a chicken egg. Then one day I saw a collection of eggs from lots of different bird species, and I realized just how many different kind of egg shapes there really are! I had to...
How Much Fun Can We Make With Electricity? – by Otto Weavers
This is a 2 week low safety risk, high engagement, creative, design, build, inquiry-based and presentation activity that involves students in developing a thorough understanding of current electricity and how to apply that to electrical circuits in a meaningful...
Better Lab Reports Through Peer Assessment using Peergrade.io – by Laura Wodlinger
Have you always wanted to have your student improve their peer assessment skills but didn’t know how to do it anonymously? Well look no further! Say hello to Peergrade.io. Peergrade.io is a free website that allows teachers to provide a rubric for students to use...
Back to school in a BIG way – Perimeter Institute
Check out these amazing new resources from the Perimeter Institute. They are available for free download at: Back to school in a BIG way
Cannabis use highest in Halifax, while Edmonton had highest use of meth, wastewater samples show | CBC News – submitted by Milan Sanader
Statistics Canada tested wastewater samples from five urban centres for illicit drugs and cannabis, and the results are a snapshot of what substances are more common in those Canadian cities. Source: Cannabis use highest in Halifax, while Edmonton had highest use of...
Images from a Cell Phone Camera – submitted by Dave Gervais
This is an image of an insect taken from a Huawei p 30 pro cell phone camera. When I compare that to images that I took in 1978 using a really good dissecting microscope with an optical camera, this is incredible. I could easily take these images and identify this...
Scientists may have detected a black hole devouring a neutron star | CBC News
First, astronomers made history when they detected a gravitational wave from two black holes merging. Then it was two neutron stars. Now, astronomers believe they've detected a gravitational wave coming from another first-time discovery: a black hole swallowing a...
Dynamic Periodic Table
Interactive periodic table with dynamic layouts showing names, electrons, oxidation, trend visualization, orbitals, isotopes, and compound search. Full descriptions from write-up sources. Click on the source below to launch the table Source: Dynamic Periodic Table