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Categories: General Interest, Lab/Student Activity
In this inquiry-based activity, students will design and build a model of a greenhouse using mirrors and/or lenses that can be used to grow food all year. They will use their knowledge of optics to make their greenhouse more efficient (i.e., optimal temperature for... read moreCategories: General Interest, Lab/Student Activity
Students have the opportunity to develop technology that would allow them to data mine (collect information) their environment in which they are learning. The teacher would have a unit that would allow them to show the students how to collect data based on a variety... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
Students will investigate chemical reactions and their uses through a series of inquiry based activities where they will develop their understanding of acids and bases and how they react. read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
This guided inquiry project was designed to provide students with the challenge of creating a fully-electric car. The students were provided with a motor, photographs of sample electric cars, an outline of the criteria their car was to meet, and a rubric as a marking... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
The learning goal for this activity is to design and create a DIY structure (frame, shell, solid or combo) that serves more than one purpose, incorporates a cantilever, and to investigate the relationship between the design and function of these structures and the... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
This is a series of safety activities incorporating the new WHMIS symbols. There is a matching activity, a stations activity and a quiz. It is targeted to grades 9 and 10 but could be used at any grade 7-12. read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
This resource shows the reader how to use the Clips App in a way that allows students to create a digital story about a cell. There are excellent examples of how the final product is supposed to look at as well as a rubric (for, as and of learning) that is ready to... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
Students will design, perform, and document their own experiment examining the effect(s) of a plant growth regulator (PGR). All students are expected to have a basic understanding of a variety of PGRs based on an introductory worksheet. Students are then divided into... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
Wix is a technology tool that allows students to design creative, engaging, and interactive websites using class content. This tool provides teachers and students with many simple tutorials that highlight its features. Some prior knowledge of website design is useful,... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
This activity can be used as a culminating activity, as it will bring aspects of all of the major strands of the grade 9 science curriculum together. Students are to design and build a space station to support a human colony on another planet or moon. Along with... read more