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Categories: General Interest
While the current learning environment might inspire some teachers to toss out their lab manuals, you are here because you want more for your students! This workshop will guide participants through the process of evaluating labs for feasibility under the current... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
This resource has been developed by the Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario / L’association des professeurs de sciences de l’Ontario with funding and technical support from Maple Leaf Foods. There are three parts to this resource: Grade 1: Food Safety Written by... read moreCategories: Lesson Plan
In this webinar, presenter Lisa Rossiter-Thornton shares the STAO inquiry resources developed for kindergarten to Grade 8 French as a Second Language teachers over the course of the Project Innovation project. Below is a short video to walk you through the resources.... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
This resource has been developed by the Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario / L’association des professeurs de sciences de l’Ontario with funding and technical support from Maple Leaf Foods. There are three parts to this resource: Grade 11... read moreCategories: General Interest
This webinar is about creating fully contained lessons or units in a single document to minimize the number of clicks students need to make to access the information. We will discuss how teacher demonstrations (live or video recording) allow students to focus on the... read moreCategories: General Interest, Lab/Student Activity
Many people consider science to be a collection of verified true facts, separate from human issues like discrimination. While that is the goal, it is imperative that we always remember that the scientific process is done by individuals who are never free from bias.... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
The purpose of this activity is to bridge the gap between grade 9 electricity and grade 11 physics. In grade 9 you focus on current, voltage and resitance. This activity focuses on bringing these concepts in the relm of grade 11 and how these concepts focus on... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Teacher Demonstration
The demonstrations/activities in this resource have been designed to challenge students’ thinking as well as initiate lively classroom discussions that support constructivist learning. These short demonstrations/activities often involve discrepant events,... read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
This assignment is designed for students to take a look at some of the toxic chemicals that exist in their community. Other Resources: https://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/index.php read moreCategories: Lab/Student Activity
Tools to allow teachers to assess science strand A expectations A1.4 and A1.5, dealing with the students ability to demonstrate safe and appropriate scientific investigation skills were developed. These expectations are common to all science classes, but we previously... read more