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Robotics Overview Coding Overview PDF Coding Overview DOCX Robotics Assessment Coding Assessment PDF Coding Assessment DOCX Grades Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Resources Overview Resources Overview PDF Resources Overview... read moreCategories: General Interest, Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan, Unit Plan
FNMI – Introduction to Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science Indigenous Knowledge – Preamble Indigenous Knowledge – Understandings and Considerations Indigenous Science in the Classroom Pedagogy – Ways of Teaching FNMI – Elementary... read moreCategories: General Interest, Teacher Demonstration
SOS is a collection of best practices to promote safety in high school science. To access this content, you must purchase School Membership (Small), Regular One Year Membership, Regular Two Year Membership, Retired Membership, Pre-Service Membership, Elementary School... read moreCategories: General Interest
What level of exposure to methylene blue is harmful to students/teachers with G6PD deficiency? I’ve used this substance as a biological stain for more than twenty five years, but it wasn’t until this September, when a colleague had a student with this... read moreCategories: General Interest
I am concerned about the proposed inclusion of a lab investigation in the new SPH4U course involving the study of radioactive half life, using Cesium-137 as a source. Are there provincial regulations about the use of radioisotopes in high school science labs? If not,... read moreCategories: General Interest
The Occupational Health and Safety Act (Reg.851 Section 127) requires that facilities ‘shall be adequately ventilated by either natural or mechanical means such that the atmosphere does not endanger the health and safety of workers.’ What constitutes... read moreCategories: General Interest
I’m trying to find information regarding the safe use/setup or acid baths to clean/neutralize glassware etc., used from experiments. Any assistance would be... read moreCategories: General Interest
Bunsen burners are used extensively as a heat source in school laboratories. The Fire Code (Section 2.4.4.4) states that: ‘Devices having open flames shall be securely supported by incombustible holders and located or protected so as to prevent accidental... read moreCategories: General Interest
One of our science teachers visited the STAO Conference in the fall and brought back an exercise on extracting a circuit from a disposable camera. He is keen for all of the grade 9 science students to complete the lab. However, several of the science teachers have... read moreCategories: General Interest
I wish to enquire about disposal of hazardous materials/wastes generated in a science program at secondary schools. Specifically I am wondering if STAO Safety Committee is aware of any ‘standard operating procedures’ for handling and disposing of hazardous... read more