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Squishy Circuits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M3Dow20KlM This TED talk demonstrates a novel and fun way to investigate series and parallel circuits using plasticine as the conductive medium. The Playful Learning Lab website provides sample activities, videos and recipes for...
Safety Guidelines for Science Demonstrations – Flinn Scientific Canada
Demonstrations are an effective teaching tool. Even though students may not be handling chemicals or using equipment during a demonstration, it is vitally important that instructors follow rigorous safety rules. Flinn Scientific Canada has developed a list of 20...
Hibernation, Aestivation, and Migration
Hibernation is when some animals go into a deep sleep to survive winter without food. Any mammal that remains inactive for many weeks with a body temperature lower than normal may be in hibernation. Aestivation occurs when animals, such as snails, face hot, dry...
Why isn’t the world covered in poop? – TED-Ed
https://youtu.be/uSTNyHkde08 Each day, the animal kingdom produces roughly enough poop to match the volume of water pouring over Victoria Falls. So why isn’t the planet covered in the stuff? You can thank the humble dung beetle for eating up the excess. Eleanor Slade...
Microwave Light Bulb – SICK Science | Science Experiments | Steve Spangler Science
This interesting resource shows what happens when a light bulb is placed in a microwave oven. Click on the source to get a video and Steve Spangler's explanation of how this works. Source: Microwave Light Bulb - SICK Science | Science Experiments | Steve Spangler...
Song of the Ionic Compounds – Flinn Scientific Canada
How science-savvy are most musicians? Can a singer tell the difference between an ionic and covalent compound when dissolved in solution? In this cool activity students use sound to test conductivity of solutions. Click here to download the guidelines .....
Investigation: What Factors Affect Lung Capacity
The amount of air that you move in and out of your lungs while breathing normally is called TIDAL VOLUME. This amount of air provides enough oxygen for a person who is resting. It is possible to inhale and exhale more forcefully - the maximum amount of air moved in...
The Lemon Battery, Electricity from a Lemon – Joey’s Lemon Battery
https://youtu.be/gSnXZ3dJRt4 Lemon battery, powers light bulb, Joey's science project, 6 year old Joey (First Grade) demonstration of an electrical lemon battery. (DiscoveryJoey.com) 5 lemons, 3.5 volt led light, used copper wires and galvanized screws. Lemons...
Meet the interstitium, medical science’s latest and largest organ candidate | CBC News
A group of scientists say they have discovered a new, fluid-filled space inside human tissue that could be its largest organ. Source: Meet the interstitium, medical science's latest and largest organ candidate | CBC News
Financial Literacy and Science
Edugains provides useful resources to link financial literacy with your science program and other subject areas as well. Click the links below for examples. Secondary Elementary
Your lifestyle is making blue box recycling unsustainable | CBC News
Do you read your news online? Enjoy takeout? Live in an apartment building? Canadians’ changing lifestyles have transformed what we put in the blue bin. And that’s led to big challenges — and ballooning costs — for municipal recycling programs. Source: Your lifestyle...
STAONews March 27
Why present at STAO2018? Here’s what presenters at last year’s conference had to say: A nice way to connect with other teachers in a professional capacity and experience a different aspect of your teaching career A nice addition to your resume A great collaboration...