by cbrookallred | Feb 23, 2015 | Gr 1-3 Science & Tech, Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science
Imagine our excitement when a Northern Saw-whet owl was discovered near our school property! When my Environmental Science class examined the beautiful creature closely, we saw that it had been banded as part of a U.S. Government program. We reported it, using the...
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 cbrookallred | Feb 12, 2015 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science
Curriculum Connection: Grade 6 Space, Grade 9 Astronomy To help find your way around the night sky, Skymaps.com makes available for free each month The Evening Sky Map. It is a 2-page monthly guide to the night skies of the northern and southern hemispheres. Each...
by cbrookallred | Feb 9, 2015 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech
Grade 5: Life Systems Contributed by: Derek Totten I was working late in the lab one night when …. Big Ideas: Organ systems are components of a larger system (the body) and, as such, work together and affect one another. Organ structures are linked to their...
by msander | Feb 2, 2015 | All Science Teachers, Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science
There’s an astronaut saying: In space, “there is no problem so bad that you can’t make it worse.” So how do you deal with the complexity, the sheer pressure, of dealing with dangerous and scary situations? Retired colonel Chris Hadfield paints a vivid portrait...
by msander | Jan 29, 2015 | Gr 1-3 Science & Tech, Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science
When we are the wrong way up we tend to get headaches, feel dizzy and even faint. Yet bats hang upside down for days, weeks and months at a time without feeling ill. But...
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