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General Interest, Lab/Student Activity
In a grade 9 academic classroom setting I made a few assumptions based on prior experience – 1) students generally are well adept at information retrieval and have had some exposure to science through the grade 7/8 curriculum and 2) all students are curious by... read more
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Lab/Student Activity
In grade 11 University Chemistry we will be focusing on the course’s BIG IDEA about how to protect the integrity of our Earth’s water resource. This Deep Learning Task will be introduced by a PowToon Video to ignite the task. Other Resources:... read more
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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 more
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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 more
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Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
In this lesson the kindergarten students will be reading the story called Magnetic Max written by Monica Lozano Hughes. This story is about a boy named Magnetic Max and his friend Nick1. Both children have a fun time exploring magnetism by testing out which objects... read more
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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 more
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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 more
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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 more
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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
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Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
In this activity, students will identify biotic and abiotic elements they find in various ecosystems. They will also investigate how organisms and elements interact with each other and use an Indigenous lens to investigate, evaluate, and ask questions. Finally,... read more