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Researchers discover planet Vulcan from Star Trek — sort of | CBC News
Researchers have discovered a planet orbiting a star just 16 light-years away, the very star that Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry said his fictional planet orbited. Source: Researchers discover planet Vulcan from Star Trek — sort of | CBC News
Survey highlights tensions in public attitudes toward science – Globe and Mail
Three out of four Canadians agree that science and technology are needed to solve the critical challenges the world is facing. Yet, three in five also say that society is “turning away” from science in favour of ideas that are not grounded in evidence or data. Source:...
Bilingual Ontario Multimedia Curriculum Resources for Science & Technology Teachers
Teachers, Our Incredible World (www.incredibleworld.ca) offers multimedia curriculum resources for the Science & Technology strand suitable for grades 4 to 11. All video series, lesson plans, games, newsletters/factsheets, career profiles, and other resources are...
STAO Safety Mindedness Teacher Training Resource -Updated with Closed Captioning!!!
Closed Captioning Update The STAO Safety Mindedness (SSM) program is an interactive online training program to train teachers on common safety-related issues in a typical Science (Grades 9–12) and Science and Technology (Grades K–8) programs. SSM is an easy to use,...
Too expensive to save? Why the best way to protect endangered species could mean letting some go
The provocative new approach aims to protect more animals by prioritizing those that offer the best return on investment, but it could mean saying goodbye to some well-known species Source: Too expensive to save? Why the best way to protect endangered species could...
Hurricane Florence Images and Videos – submitted by Peter Cudmore
With this weeks news about the hurricane the NOAA youtube channel has beautiful space videos of the storm. https://www.youtube.com/user/NOAASatellites Thanks for the submission Peter!
Creative Coffee Stir – Cool Science – by Steve Spangler
https://youtu.be/SPm4Bx3DmI0 Our science guy Steve Spangler has the most creative way to stir your coffee in the morning and maybe learn a little science at the same time. Contact Steve Spangler at steve@stevespangler.com Contact Steve’s business manager at...
Safety Notes: Safety First is No Accident – Flinn Scientific Canada
'Safety First' describes the vision and goals that all science teachers share for school science labs. We all say that safety always comes first! But what does this mean in practice? Click here to go to the source of 'Safety First'.
Giant floating boom aims to clean up Great Pacific Garbage Patch | CBC News
Engineers will deploy a trash collection device to corral plastic litter floating between California and Hawaii in an attempt to clean up the world's largest garbage patch in the heart of the Pacific Ocean. Source: Giant floating boom aims to clean up Great Pacific...
Gene therapy breakthrough wins world’s largest vision award – Globe and Mail
Established in 2006, the annual award for work related to vision is one of the world’s largest science prizes, Source: Gene therapy breakthrough wins world’s largest vision award
Sample Science Safety Contract from Flinn
Science is a hands-on laboratory class. You will be doing many laboratory activities that require the use of hazardous chemicals. Safety in the science classroom is the #1 priority for students, teachers and parents. To ensure a safe science classroom, a list of rules...
How UV Causes Cancer and Aging
https://youtu.be/Cf7Ar3nEUmw UV at ground level is non-ionizing but it damages DNA and causes photoaging - how? Also, it turns out glass doesn't block all UV (specifically UVA passes through). This is something I learned filming with the UV camera inside. Special...