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The STAO Science Encounters Project includes a series of inquiry-based STEM activities to support teachers and students with resources to create engaging classroom experiences that cultivate 21st century skills. Activities for the project include Indigenous ways of... read more
Categories: General Interest, Lesson Plan, Unit Plan
This resource was created by a team of Kindergarten educators to help educators to develop the skills and attitudes for students in the Early Years to become problem solvers and innovators. The resource highlights two important processes in the frame of Problem... read moreCategories: General Interest
This document is an example of an administrative procedure for science departments for use by boards in Ontario. The purpose of this document is to help boards compare their current procedures and documentation, where they exist, and create one for those where they... read moreCategories: General Interest
Being aware of best practices in the use of chemicals is essential for maintaining safe and engaging science programs in secondary schools. This document was developed to alert teachers to the hazards posed by certain chemicals and provides guidance on their... read moreCategories: Lesson Plan
Written by Cameron Knox, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2023, Brock University. Students will understand the biochemistry of food by experimenting with different ingredients and cooking methods. To access this content, you must purchase School Membership (Small),... read moreCategories: Lesson Plan
Written by Jasmine Sollen, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2023, Brock University. This lesson plan is intended for Grade 7 Strand D, Structures and Mechanisms. The topic is centre of gravity and stability based on expectation D2.2 (describe ways in which the centre of... read moreCategories: Lesson Plan
Written by Larissa Crawley, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2023, Nipissing University. This activity could be used on its own as a STEM challenge in any classroom, or could be used as a performance task within a unit. The complexity of the task can be made more... read moreCategories: Lesson Plan
Written by Arthi Raviandran, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2023, University of Toronto, OISE. This activity allows students to build deeper and more meaningful connections between the six systems in the human body with the five vital organs as the focus. Students will... read moreCategories: Lesson Plan
Written by Pooja Sutharsun, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2023, University of Toronto, OISE. By the end of this class, the students will be able to: Plan & conduct inquiries to classify sanitation of water – acidic, basic, contaminated with xyz, etc Critically... read more