by STAO ADMIN | Dec 12, 2019
I have been experimenting with using the online D2L Discussion tool to meet the STSE expectations in both my Blended Learning and eLearning courses. With all of the discussion forums, beforehand students are given some suggested reading from the course text or web...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 12, 2019
This was a year long, ongoing, student led inquiry that my students engaged in. I covered the Daily and Seasonal strand and the Needs and Characteristics of Living Things strand, as well as several Literacy and Math expectations through the different activities that...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 12, 2019
In this unit plan, students learn to name the six different kinds of simple machines and how they make work easier and more enjoyable for people. They will also learn to design, build and test an arcade game or invention that includes more than one simple machine. A...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 12, 2019
In this activity, students learn about engineering design by constructing elastic powered cars from everyday materials that can travel in a straight line for a distance of at least 3 meters within a 1 meter wide track. They test their elastic powered racers, evaluate...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 12, 2019
We started by doing a See/Think/Wonder around the empty incubator and then followed that up by doing another one once the eggs had been added to it. There was lots of discussion around the role of the temperature played. Some of the children made connections to the...
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