by Michael Frankfort | Feb 11, 2026 | All Science Teachers, Articles, Blog, Critical Thinking, General Interest, Inquiry, Other Topics, Resource Type, Scientific Literacy, STEM, Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tools
Sharing is Caring: From Classrooms to Conferences Sarah Solter – Intermediate Science Teacher, Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board As Li-Shien Lee shared in a previous blog post about the recent STAO conference, this too was my first experience presenting...
by Michael Frankfort | Feb 4, 2026 | All Science Teachers, Critical Thinking, General Interest, Inquiry, Other Topics, Physics, Resource Type, Safety, Scientific Investigation Skills and Career Exploration, STEM, Strands, Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tools, Understanding Earth and Space Systems
Artemis II will be the first crewed mission to the Moon in over 50 years, marking a historic step toward a long-term human presence on the lunar surface and future missions to Mars. Scheduled to launch no earlier than 2026, the 10-day mission will carry a diverse...
by Michael Frankfort | Jan 14, 2026 | All Science Teachers, Article, Blog, Critical Thinking, Featured, General Interest, Inquiry, Media Type, Other Topics, Resource Type, Scientific Literacy, Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tools
Learning Together Again: Reflections from STAO 2025 Walking into the STAO conference this year felt both familiar and renewed. There was an immediate sense of shared purpose—educators reconnecting, exchanging ideas, and grounding conversations in the realities of...
by Michael Frankfort | Jan 7, 2026 | All Science Teachers, General Interest, Media Type, Resource Type, STEM, Strands, Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tools, Understanding Earth and Space Systems, Understanding Life Systems, Understanding Matter and Energy, Understanding Structures and Mechanisms, Video
ON-CORE is Canada’s go-to K–12 streaming video platform, built for teachers! Enrich instruction and enhance learning with high-quality, curriculum-aligned videos. 4,700+ Science Education videos, correlated to every strand of the Ontario K–12 Science curriculum, are...
by Michael Frankfort | Nov 19, 2025 | All Science Teachers, Biology, Chemistry, Coding, Elementary, Environment, 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, Gr. 11-12 Chemistry, Gr. 11-12 Physics, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Indigenous, Inquiry, Kindergarten, Other Topics, Physics, Postsecondary, Resource Type, Safety, Scientific Investigation Skills and Career Exploration, Scientific Literacy, Secondary, STEM, Strands, Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tools, Technology Enhanced Learning, Understanding Earth and Space Systems, Understanding Life Systems, Understanding Matter and Energy, Understanding Structures and Mechanisms
STAO Celebrates: November 27–28, 2025 STAO/APSO is excited to welcome educators, researchers, and science-education leaders from across Ontario to our annual conference taking place November 27–28, 2025 (le 27–28 novembre 2025). This year’s event brings together...
by Michael Frankfort | Nov 15, 2025 | All Science Teachers, Blog, Critical Thinking, Free, General Interest, Inquiry, Other Topics, Resource Type, Scientific Investigation Skills and Career Exploration, Scientific Literacy, STEM, Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tools
Count Me In 2025: Building Bridges Between Math, Science, and Technology On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, Mathematics Outreach at the University of Toronto hosted the Count Me In Educator Conference at OISE. This complimentary, one-day professional learning event...
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