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Catch an extra lecture and explore the Quantum to the Cosmos – Perimeter Institute
Journey through the universe from the subatomic scale to the farthest reaches of the cosmos – all without leaving the comfort of your home or classroom! Perimeter’s new interactive scale zooms from the Planck scale to the cosmos, exploring everything between and...
Get Your Science On: Photon of the Opera – submitted by Joanne O’Meara
https://youtu.be/SK5C1dxjDY8 What’s Going On? When a magnet is moved by a coil of wires, you can induce an electric current. This is the principle behind how most of the electricity is produced in the world; it’s just a question of where you get the energy to move the...
Colour Mixing Gobstoppers – by Steve Spangler
Color Mixing Gobstoppers (Candy Science) Gobstopper candies are known for their colors, but what would happen if they were dissolved in water? Hard candies are known for their bright colors, delicious tastes, as well as having a ton of sugar. While munching on a...
Meet the #SinglePointRubric | Cult of Pedagogy – submitted by Sandra Gambarotto
The practice of using single point rubrics is slowly but surely catching on. Try one for yourself and let us see it! Lots of potential applications to tasks in your science class. Source: Meet the #SinglePointRubric | Cult of Pedagogy Thanks to Sandra for the...
STAO2018 / l’APSO2018 Conference
STAO2018 Science for All To enhance professional learning and provide networking forums for science educators, the Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario (STAO) will be hosting its provincial conference from November 8 –10, 2018. At STAO2018, Science for All,...
Trouble Brewing? Climate Change Closes In on Beer Drinkers – Scientific American
Increasing droughts and heat waves could have a devastating effect on barley stocks—and beer prices Source: Trouble Brewing? Climate Change Closes In on Beer Drinkers
Carbon Dioxide Solubility Demonstration – submitted by Flinn Scientific Canada
A candle and beaker of pink phenolphthalein solution are placed inside a jar. The candle is lit and the jar is capped. The flame expectedly goes out as the oxygen is depleted. After the flame is extinguished, the pink solution slowly fades to colourless. What has...
The Math Behind Basketball’s Wildest Moves | Rajiv Maheswaran | TED Talks
https://youtu.be/66ko_cWSHBU Basketball is a fast-moving game of improvisation, contact and, ahem, spatio-temporal pattern recognition. Rajiv Maheswaran and his colleagues are analyzing the movements behind the key plays of the game, to help coaches and players...
Solving 2D Projectile Motion Problems – submitted by Joanne O’Meara
https://youtu.be/eHHkMfE9sTg Dr. Massa and the great Orbax solve a projectile motion problem. Joanne is a member of the STAO secondary committee. Please share your cool teaching ideas. Email them to staoblog@stao.org
Will You Still Eat Raw Fish After Watching This Video?
https://youtu.be/vuGmzUDG97E Have you ever noticed that warning about raw or undercooked seafood at the bottom of restaurant menus? Ever wondered why it’s there? Because fish carry a ton of parasites, and if they aren’t prepared correctly then those parasites can make...
UN report calls for urgent action to avert catastrophic climate change – Globe and Mail
Otherwise, the result will be more deaths and climate refugees due to extreme weather and rising seas, a greater rate of species extinction, and reduced economic growth. Source: UN report calls for urgent action to avert catastrophic climate change
Why Does Venus Spin Backwards?
https://youtu.be/vEiSZaRnfIg We're always learning more about far away galaxies and exoplanets, but we still have some pretty big mysteries hanging out here in the solar system, like why Venus spins the way it does. Hosted by: Reid Reimers