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The Science of Snowflakes – Maruša Bradač (TEDEd)

The Science of Snowflakes – Maruša Bradač (TEDEd)

by | Feb 6, 2023 | All Science Teachers, Blog, Critical Thinking, Environment, General Interest, Inquiry, Kindergarten, Media Type, Postsecondary, Resource Type, Scientific Literacy, Secondary, STEM, Strands, Teaching Strategies, Understanding Earth and Space Systems, Understanding Structures and Mechanisms, Video

Submitted by STAO Member Kris Lee The Science of Snowflakes – Maruša Bradač Please click HERE for a link to the TEDEd website for this topic While snowflakes and ice cubes are both forms of frozen water, they are quite different. Snowflakes are uniquely...
Destreaming Is Hard

Destreaming Is Hard

by | Feb 3, 2023 | All Science Teachers, Blog, Critical Thinking, Free, General Interest, Grade 9, Inquiry, Secondary, Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tools, Understanding Earth and Space Systems, Understanding Life Systems, Understanding Matter and Energy, Understanding Structures and Mechanisms

Submitted by STAO Member Brad Dixon @TeachingMrDixon Guelph CVI, Destreaming Coach, Minor Head of Science, Math and Science Teacher The first semester of destreaming science is coming to a close. If you were someone like me who was involved in math as well, you might...
Tennessee Students Build Robotic Hand For New Classmate

Tennessee Students Build Robotic Hand For New Classmate

by | Feb 1, 2023 | All Science Teachers, Article, Blog, Coding, Critical Thinking, General Interest, Inquiry, Media Type, Postsecondary, Scientific Literacy, Secondary, STEM, Teaching Tools, Technology Enhanced Learning, Understanding Structures and Mechanisms, Video

Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 Click HERE for a link to the full article. Fifteen-year-old Sergio Peralta, who started at a new school in Tennessee, was nervous about hiding his underdeveloped hand. However, a teacher discovered his secret and assigned the...
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...
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