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In our contemporary Western society, we use a solar calendar system for recording days, months, and years. Many cultures across the world use Lunar calendars from China to the Middle East, to even right here in North America. Many Indigenous Nations across North and... read moreCategories: General Interest
The National Inventors Hall of Fame™ (Canada) (NIHF Canada) and The Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario/ L’Association des professeurs de science de l’Ontario (STAO/APSO) presented this unique bilingual professional development opportunity on the topic of... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
In this webinar, teachers received a hands-on introduction to coding through the Scratch platform in addition to a fun space-related lesson! Learn how to bring the solar system to life in your class. Miranda Carlson-Strain is the Diversity, Inclusion & Community... read moreCategories: General Interest
This webinar discussed how tech tools can make teaching easier and better without having to spend all of our time learning how to use them. The group shared the best of the best for team-building, teaching, and assessment. Tech tools such as Peardeck, EduFlow,... read moreCategories: General Interest
The session worked to build a collaborative working group of chemistry teachers by presenting ideas and solutions to teaching chemistry in our present environment. It looked at equipment, software, labs, theoretical work, culminating tasks, planning, quadmester... read moreCategories: General Interest
Presentation date: August 11, 2020 Flinn has developed a framework from various educational and health authorities that will provide guidance on teaching Science and STEM. This webinar explored the following topics during the session: Re-opening Schools During the... 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: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
by ERIN KEYZERS The purpose of these lessons is to integrate robotics (micro-controllers such as Arduino boards) and computational thinking/coding within the Grade 9 Science curriculum. This provides all students with an opportunity to connect automation, coding and... read more