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Categories: Lab/Student Activity
Harvard University’s LabXchange (click here for more information) is a free online platform for science education that lets educators remix and share high-quality content to support differentiated, personalized learning. Click here to view a video designed for... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
Do you feel like you are teaching to a wall? Is your chat filling up with comments from 3-4 students and the rest are silent? Pear Deck is the answer to that problem. There are pre-made prompts for exit cards, openers, and consolidation checks. Also, you can make your... read moreCategories: General Interest
The National Inventors Hall of Fame™ (Canada) (NIHF Canada) and The Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario/ L’Association des professeurs de science de l’Ontario (STAO/APSO) offered a unique professional development opportunity on the power of innovator role models... read moreCategories: General Interest, Lab/Student Activity
Many people consider science to be a collection of verified true facts, separate from human issues like discrimination. While that is the goal, it is imperative that we always remember that the scientific process is done by individuals who are never free from bias.... read moreCategories: General Interest
Hands-on activities are integral to science education. Continuing to provide these valuable learning experiences in these uncertain times poses several unique challenges and obstacles that the safety-minded science teacher must overcome. This document outlines... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
In December 2020, STAO hosted a one hour workshop where participants worked together to make their own Digital Escape Rooms. To create your own digital escape room, you will need a topic you want to test, a google account, and a thinglink.com free educator account.... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
Now more than ever, teachers must create opportunities for students to develop awareness, build community, and seek solutions for a greener earth. One way to achieve this is to connect scientific innovation with community engagement. This website provides teachers... read moreCategories: Unit Plan
Teaching sustainability in a general science classroom can be intimidating with limited experience or lack of guidance. This unit plan was created to assist educators in providing both academic and hands-on ecological lessons. I have been fortunate enough to have... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
By exploring various substances and their effects on ice, through a structured inquiry approach, students will begin to understand matter and energy, and more specifically that liquid and solids have specific properties and interact in different ways. To access this... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
Students will learn how matter can go through a physical change by changing from one state to another. They will learn this change is reversible and involves the release or absorption of heat. Students will also be able to identify the correct scientific names of... read more