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Lesson Plan, Unit Plan
Students are invited to form groups (2-3 students in a group) to devise a cloaking device, based on the You tube video of Professor Howell and his graduate student Joseph Choi from University of Rochester in New York . Students are first brought to learn the rules for... read more
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General Interest, Unit Plan
Students were asked to design an actual hot or cold pack that took into account consumers’ preferences. The students had no background about this at the beginning, but as the curriculum of the unit was uncovered, the students revisited their task, modifying... read more
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Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan, Unit Plan
Students are engaged in an Entrepreneur Venture where they go on a learning journey to discovery what it means to be a 21st Century learner. Student learning and discovery is immersed by being involved in the Global Competencies and learning about the UN Sustainable... read more
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Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan, Unit Plan
Learning Goal: We are learning about how animals can survive and adapt to different planets. Inquiry Focus: How can animals live on planets that are different from Earth? What does my planet need to have so that my animal can survive? What kind of environment will my... read more
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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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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) offered a unique professional development opportunity on the power of innovator role models... read more