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Singing Tube Demonstration – Flinn Scientific Canada
Mysteriously play an organ pipe without an organ! This demonstration uses heated air to produce vibrations inside a long tube. The vibrations, in turn, produce standing sound waves with a unique tone, or timbre (ta˘mʹ br)—the same concept that produces sound from an...
Using a Wonder Wall to Support Classroom Inquiries – Kindergarten by Heather Olah
The Wonder Wall fosters a community of wonder in an inquiry-based classroom. A prominent section of a classroom wall is devoted to the children’s questions. All questions are respected by being displayed on the wall. This helps children to feel safe as their...
The Hunt for the Highest Melting Point
https://youtu.be/_m4Z3mSgS18 What has the highest melting point known to us? Hank Green explains in this episode of SciShow. This episode is brought to you by Audible. Go to Audible.com/SciShow for a free 30-day trail. Hosted by: Hank Green Click here to go to the...
Engineering, psychology and ‘lots of poo’: How NASA is tackling Mars mission’s mind-bending to-do list | CBC News
To make a crewed Mars mission possible, there are incredibly complex problems that need to be solved. Here are some of the things at the top of NASA's to-do list, and how engineers and psychologists are figuring them out. Source: Engineering, psychology and 'lots of...
Some people have evolved bigger spleens to hunt underwater
https://youtu.be/T3fOf5YZI-Q Researchers have found that Indonesia’s Bajau people, who for generations have spent the majority of their days diving and hunting underwater, also have genetic adaptations for their unusual lifestyle. Read more:...
Hyperdoc – The Structure of the Atom by Sandra Gambarotto, OCSB
A hyperdoc is a digital teacher resource in which all the components of the lesson sequence are pulled together in one convenient hub. This single document provides all the hyperlinks to the resources that students need to the complete the lesson sequence or module....
Recording a Screen Cast – by Leila Knetsch, TDSB
We have a lot of interruptions during the school day, including having an assembly that makes you lose one class but not that other. Recently I had that situation and was annoyed about that. So I screencast (recorded a voice over while going through my powerpoint)...
PTC Genetics – Flinn Scientific Canada
Different alleles produce variation in inherited characteristics such as hair colour or blood type. In an individual, one form of the allele (the dominant form) may be expressed more than another form (the recessive form). In this activity test the allele frequency of...
Mark your calendar for STEM Talks – April 26! | Let’s Talk Science
Source: Mark your calendar for STEM Talks - April 26! | La prochaine rencontre sur les STIM s’en vient! Notez bien la date du 26 avril!
STAO Summer Writing Opportunities
1. Inquiry Resource Writing Project 2018 STAO/APSO will select a team of writers who will work under the direction of a Project Manager. Each writer will develop an innovative inquiry-based curriculum-linked teaching and learning classroom activity. Although...
The Great Pacific Garage Patch Cleanup – Innovative Technology
This site describes an impressive large scale attempt to clean up the plastics accumulating in the Pacific. The process is a passive ocean cleanup system, utilizing the ocean currents to their advantage. Read more about our drifting systems here. Source: The Ocean...
The science of milk – TED Ed
https://youtu.be/xmNzUEmFZMg The milk industry produces in excess of 840 million tons of products each year. Why do humans drink so much milk? And given that all mammals lactate, why do we favor certain types of milk over others? Jonathan J. O’Sullivan describes how...