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Categories: General Interest, Lab/Student Activity
Written by Alexandra Santos, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2022, OISE, University of Toronto. Science helps us discover explanations for some of our most fascinating wonderings, and if we stop inquiring, the rich and exciting joy of science is forgotten. The... read moreCategories: General Interest, Lab/Student Activity
Written by Andrew Cain, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2022, Wilfrid Laurier University. Students having a learning experience that is both fun and engaging is the overarching goal of this activity. Using gamification in this activity, the aim is to target their... read moreCategories: General Interest, Lab/Student Activity
Written by Ben Cardin, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2022, Wilfrid Laurier University. As a pre-service teacher, my experience of education in Ontario is vastly different to what I experienced during my own education in rural England in the early 2000s – what a... read moreCategories: General Interest, Lab/Student Activity
Written by Stephanie Chimenti, Don Galbraith Award Recipient 2022, York University.  To access this content, you must purchase School Membership (Small), Regular One Year Membership, Regular Two Year Membership, Retired Membership, Pre-Service Membership, Elementary... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
Written by Leah Grimes, Don Galbraith Award Winner 2020-21, Trent University The goal of this resource is to help teach the grade 1 science curriculum strand Needs and Characteristics of Living Things through outdoor experiential learning and by using the values of... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan, Unit Plan
Note: This resource is part of the STAO Grade Six Space Unit User Guide. Click here to access the parent resource. Expectations/Big Ideas: Earth is part of a large interrelated system. Investigate characteristics of the systems that Earth is a part. Demonstrate an... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
By: Arooj Arslan and Salma Nakhuda Arooj Arslan is a Teacher and a Digital Lead Learner Mentor in the Toronto District School Board. She has completed a Master of Education program with a focus on leadership in technology and 21st century learning. Salma Nakhuda is a... read moreCategories: General Interest, Lab/Student Activity
It is our goal to create a library of videos showcasing the diversity of careers in STEM and the diversity of the people who do them. We want to be able to provide students with Career ideas, add more relevant Applications to the curriculum, and humanize STEM, showing... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan, Unit Plan
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Written by Naomi Lacelle, Don Galbraith Award Winner 2020-21, Laurentian University For my Habitats and Communities Unit culminating project, I created a digital model of the Sudbury forest ecosystem in the winter months. Often, when grade 4 students explore... read more