There’s a growing volume of debris in orbit around the earth, commonly called space junk, that ranges from old spacecraft down to tiny flecks of paint. Canada plays a role in scanning the sky for this junk, which can cause serious damage in the event of an impact.
Source: Canada’s role in tracking space junk
Never miss a resource
The Science Teachers Association of Ontario adds new resources, blog posts, videos and more on a regular basis.
Categories: Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science
Contributed by Catherine Little. Students often have a hard time accepting and believing that white light is a composition of many colours of light. In this activity, students construct a... read more
Categories: Gr 1-3 Science & Tech, Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Teaching Strategies
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwG_JvEpEuk[/embed] Incorporate Inquiry-Based Learning into your Classroom. Start with this short four part video series. (Version française:... read more
Categories: Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Chemistry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjbJELjLgZg In this episode, Adam and Jamie conduct a controlled experiment to determine the cause of the rapid production of carbon dioxide gas that occurs when... read more
Session expired
Please log in again. The login page will open in a new tab. After logging in you can close it and return to this page.
This is an excellent video to use in your grade 9 space unit.