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Categories: 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, Lesson Plan
In this learning activity students investigate the impacts of human actions on the quality of air and water and the ways in which the quality of air and water has an impact on living things, as well as the idea that living things need air and water to survive. To do... read moreCategories: General Interest
The unique challenges facing educators this fall are many. Flinn Scientific, as a trusted source for science supplies and lab safety resources, has provided a short, easy to read guide to assist in science department practices for the new teaching environment. Flinn... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
What is this? This tool shows teachers how to use an arduino as a cheap safe 0-5V power supply for electricity experiments. How do I use this? Link to tech tool how to OR STAO connection to the tech tool Why use this? There are two problems using variable power... read moreCategories: Lesson Plan
Critical Inquiry Question: How do different compounds contribute to water pollution? Critical Challenge: Taking the role of a water safety advocate, prepare a presentation to city council that will rank the pollution threat of a poultry farm, a textiles plant and a... read moreCategories: Teacher Demonstration
Teachers are required to have fire safety training and permission of the employer before going forward with this demonstration. The purpose of this demonstration is to illustrate an example of an exothermic reaction while looking at chemical properties of an alcohol.... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Teacher Demonstration
In this demonstration, students observe what happens to activated glow sticks when they are submerged in water at three different temperatures: cold, room temperature, and hot. Students will use these observations to discuss the type of light emission associated with... read moreCategories: Teacher Demonstration
Although all students know that it is essential to wear safety goggles during many science investigations, it can be helpful to provide a powerful demonstration showing why this is so important. This quick and easy demonstration can illustrate the necessity of... read moreCategories: General Interest
With the diversity of a multicultural society, comes the myriad of language differences as well as variations in cultural experiences. This does not preclude a wide scope of student abilities in the unstreamed grade-nine science classroom. read moreCategories: General Interest
In science, hands-on activities are always desirable, particularly when these are real time, actual experimentation, not just virtual simulations. This conflicts with our current reality: budget cuts; safety concerns in overcrowded classes; other demands on teacher... read more