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Becoming DNA – a lab simulation by Flinn Scientific Canada
Knowledge of the structure and function of DNA is key to an understanding of molecular biology and cellular genetics. In this dramatic simulation, each student in your class will be a nucleotide in a giant DNA model. A simulated restriction enzyme will cut the giant...
How Does Glassblowing Work?
https://youtu.be/HkLpAw9u-UU If you’ve ever tapped a screen to send a tweet, opted for the bottled soda because it tastes better, or drooled over art glass in a gallery, then your life has been changed for the better by the transparent yet durable combination of sand...
The Facts About Dinosaurs & Feathers
https://youtu.be/aOeFRg_1_Yg Over the past 20 years, dinosaurs of all types and sizes have been found with some sort of fluff or even full-on plumage. These fuzzy discoveries have raised a whole batch of new questions so we're here to tell you everything we know about...
Why do you need to get a flu shot every year? – TED-Ed
https://youtu.be/FZ_jNGKCIWs All year long, researchers at hospitals around the world collect samples from flu patients and send them to top virology experts with one goal: to design the vaccine for the next flu season. But why do we need a new one every year?...
Live Safe! Work Smart! – Job Safety Video Contest
High school students can win cash prizes and provincial and national recognition through the 2017-18 It’s Your Job Video Contest! The Ministry of Labour has once again launched the It’s Your Job student video contest. It’s Your Job challenges Ontario’s secondary...
Aluminum and Copper – A Guided Inquiry Experiment by Flinn Scientific Canada
There’s a lot of pretty chemistry in the reaction of aluminum wire with copper(II) chloride! Burnished copper crystals grow on the wire surface, and the blue color of copper(II) ions slowly fades. What relationships govern the relative amounts of aluminum and copper...
World’s First Car! and Car Safety- Veritasium
https://youtu.be/DL_mJeb6O04 Physics is something that is directly applicable to car safety. Cars go fast, but they also sometimes collide with obstacles, which brings them to a sudden stop, subjecting the car and occupants to very high accelerations, which can cause...
ELECTRICITY LAB: CIRCUIT CHALLENGE
This is a fun and challenging inquiry activity in which students construct circuits with specific requirements. This activity is part of STAO's Connex series on scientific inquiry. Click here for the complete activity
Steve Spangler – Super Slime
https://youtu.be/mn_IJbzg_IQ Steve's slime seen on The Ellen Show. It’s arguably the biggest DIY craze over the past decade. Why are kids so excited to make slime and what’s the real science behind the Borax controversy? Our science guy Steve Spangler is here with a...
Rockhound Abound Student Activity
All of us have, at one time or another, reached down to pick up a rock that has attracted us. Whether because of colour or shape, texture or pattern, rocks and minerals seem to call us towards them. There’s a good reason for this. Rocks and minerals are old, ANCIENT,...
Beauty Beyond Skin Deep
Some say that beauty's only skin-deep. But one veterinary surgeon and his team look beneath the surface...literally. Scott Echols says that we don't actually know very much about the anatomy of animals because haven't had a way to properly visualize it. But now, with...
The Spangler Effect – Toothpick Table Tricks
https://youtu.be/A-57d-IxCZE On this episode of The Spangler Effect, Steve prepares for Thanksgiving dinner, and the only way to do that is by practicing some of his favorite science table tricks. Learn more about these experiments...