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Coaching The Destreamers

Coaching The Destreamers

by | Mar 6, 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 Over the last year, I’ve had the opportunity to not only teach grade 9 destreamed, but also help coach teachers as they navigate...
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...
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...
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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