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Scientists In School – Join Our Team!
Scientists In School - Join Our Team! Scientists In School is seeking energetic, engaging, and dynamic workshop presenters who want to share their passion for STEM with children. Join Our Team Click HERE At Scientists in School, our goal every day is to inspire the...
From learning to earning, skilled trades graduates are in high demand
Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 From learning to earning, skilled trades graduates are in high demand Click HERE for access to the full article. Author of the article: Karen Paton-Evans: Postmedia Content Works Published Feb 06, 2023 • Last updated Feb 06,...
Gone Batty by Dan Riskin
Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 Gone Batty Biologist and TV personality Dan Riskin’s new kids’ book takes flight Article by Paul Fraumeni Photography by Mike Ford Click HERE for the original article from York University Magazine Winter 2023 In a change of...
Plastic Collection Mural
Submitted by Michael Frankfort Toronto General Hospital nurse’s plastic collection transformed into mural By Megan Ogilvie Health Reporter (Toronto Star) Tue., April 4, 2017 (updated Jan. 15, 2018) For full article, please click HERE For YouTube video, please click...
Know Brainers – Overcoming Fear!
Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 Know Brainers - Overcoming fear – Monsters! Deadly heights! Basic swimming! Click HERE or any of the photos for a link to the YouTube video! Monica from Know Brainers has been afraid of one thing their entire life – swimming,...
Coaching The Destreamers
Submitted by STAO Member Brad Dixon @TeachingMrDixon Guelph CVI, Destreaming Coach, Minor Head of Science, Math and Science Teacher Upper Grand District School Board @ugdsb Over the last year, I've had the opportunity to not only teach grade 9 destreamed, but also...
Ceiling Periodic Table
Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 By Sean Michael Ragan Click HERE for link to the article. Decorating the ceiling with a periodic table is a popular high school science activity, and when Scott Byrum noticed that the acoustic tiles in his newly-renovated...
Classroom Redesign: Students Take On the Challenge
Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 Classroom Redesign: Students Take On the Challenge By Heather Wolpert-Gawron October 19, 2015 Please click HERE for the full article. Photo credit: Edutopia So the day is finally here. My classroom furniture is set to arrive....
The Art of Tinkering
Submitted by Michael Frankfort The Art of Tinkering Meet 150+ Makers Working at the Intersection of Art, Science & Technology By Karen Wilkinson and Mike Petrich This Is Not Your Average Art Book. Click HERE for a link to the book. Brought to you by the...
Earth’s core appears to have reversed its spin. So what does this mean?
Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 Earth's core appears to have reversed its spin. So what does this mean? Scott SutherlandMeteorologist/Science Writer Published on Jan. 24, 2023, 5:50 PM Click HERE for a link to the full article. The solid metal core of Earth...
Move over, Green Chemistry: How to Stop the Greenwashing
Move over, Green Chemistry: How to Stop the Greenwashing Farid Pourkhatai | January 5, 2023 | Click HERE for a link to the full article KrinAPOle, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so each small piece of her...
Build An Atom – Interactive Website
Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 Build An Atom Check out this interactive website from the University of Colorado Boulder - PhET Interactive Simulations that feature three simulations about the the structure of the atom, atomic symbols, and a game. Please...