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Pelorus Jack

Pelorus Jack

by | Feb 10, 2023 | All Science Teachers, Article, Biology, Blog, Critical Thinking, Elementary, Environment, General Interest, Inquiry, Media Type, Postsecondary, Resource Type, Scientific Literacy, Secondary, Strands, Understanding Earth and Space Systems, Understanding Life Systems

Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 Click HERE for link to full article. Pelorus Jack was a famous Risso’s dolphin known for escorting ships through the dangerous waters of Cook Strait, New Zealand, from 1888 until his disappearance after 1912. He guided ships...
Know Brainers – I held up over 900 lbs with popsicle sticks

Know Brainers – I held up over 900 lbs with popsicle sticks

by | Feb 8, 2023 | All Science Teachers, Blog, Critical Thinking, Elementary, Free, General Interest, Inquiry, Media Type, Physics, Postsecondary, Scientific Literacy, Secondary, STEM, Strands, Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tools, Understanding Structures and Mechanisms, Video

Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 Click HERE for a link to the video on YouTube In this episode of “Know Brainers,” Matt Nethersole, a professional theatre person, takes on the challenge of building a strong popsicle stick bridge to compete with engineers....
Phone Case Vending Machine

Phone Case Vending Machine

by | Jan 30, 2023 | All Science Teachers, Article, Blog, Coding, Critical Thinking, Elementary, General Interest, Inquiry, Media Type, Physics, Postsecondary, Resource Type, Scientific Investigation Skills and Career Exploration, Scientific Literacy, Secondary, STEM, Strands, Technology Enhanced Learning, Understanding Earth and Space Systems, Understanding Life Systems, Understanding Matter and Energy, Understanding Structures and Mechanisms

Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 Click HERE for a link to the full article. A group of five high school students invented a vending machine that recycles plastic bottles into 3D-printed phone cases. Initially a school project, their creation, called...
Does It Fart?

Does It Fart?

by | Jan 27, 2023 | All Science Teachers, Article, Biology, Blog, Critical Thinking, Elementary, General Interest, Gr 1-3 Science & Tech, Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology, Inquiry, Understanding Life Systems

Submitted by Claire Zuliani @MsZuliani & Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 For full article, please click HERE Zoologist Dani Rabaiotti has embarked on a project to catalog which animals pass gas, inspired by a question about whether snakes fart. Collaborating with...
Climate Action Lab Report

Climate Action Lab Report

by | Jan 23, 2023 | All Science Teachers, Blog, Critical Thinking, Elementary, Environment, General Interest, Inquiry, Postsecondary, Resource Type, Scientific Literacy, Secondary, Understanding Earth and Space Systems, Understanding Life Systems

Climate Action Lab Report from Let’s Talk Science More than 900 teens told us what they want – and we are sharing their insights. Climate Action Lab powered by Let’s Talk Science is a youth-led research initiative to uncover barriers that prevent youth from...
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