by msander | Feb 28, 2015 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology
In the following video, the Globe and Mail’s Hannah Sung explains how higher vaccination rates protect communities from catching diseases like measles. Click this link to launch the video:...
by msander | Feb 23, 2015 | Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPAg50-ciZM&w=728&h=408] This week, British legislators in the House of Commons voted to enact laws that would make the U.K. the first country to allow the in vitro fertilization technique known as mitochondrial...
by msander | Feb 16, 2015 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology
You might have plans to cuddle up with your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day, but it’s probably safe to say they won’t include twisting around each other while hanging upside down from a strand of mucus. Yeah, so that mucus practice is a mating habit of the leopard...
by msander | Feb 16, 2015 | Gr. 11-12 Biology
Written by Ana Pereira Neves. In this activity, students will be using a simulation to determine how light intensity and light wavelength affect the rate of photosynthesis (and the production of ATP). This activity was first published on www.biologycorner.com. This...
by msander | Jan 22, 2015 | Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology
When a patient receives a bone marrow transplant, the transplanted blood stem cells find their home, begin dividing and establish themselves in the body much like natural blood stem cells do. This zebrafish animation illustrates findings from the Stem Cell Research...
by msander | Jan 22, 2015 | Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology
HIV has proved to be a stubborn foe, but its relatives that infect animals could help us make a run around the virus’s defenses. Of Mice and Men and HIV One hurdle in HIV research is that the virus is very human-specific, so it doesn’t readily infect lab animals—and...
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