by STAO ADMIN | Jan 2, 2020
In this series of tasks, students will complete the following: – In groups, brainstorm a list of various ‘clues’ in nature that scientists study to gather evidence for climate change and choose one to be a topic for research. – Individually...
by STAO ADMIN | Jan 2, 2020
This activity was developed for the Earth and Space Science strand (Earth’s Dynamic Climate) of the grade 10 Science, Applied course. It was designed to identify the principal components of Earth’s climate system (sun, oceans, atmosphere and topography of...
by STAO ADMIN | Jan 2, 2020
Students choose a topic of interest that relates science they are studying to innovative or practical applications, recently published research, or potential future applications. They then prepare a multimedia presentation to present to the class of 3 to 5 minute...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 27, 2019
Upon becoming a parent, I read the book ‘Slow Death By Rubber Ducky: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health’ which outlined the dangers that exist with chemicals in our personal products, food and toys. Many of the case studies and...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 27, 2019
The Climate Change unit in grade 10 science was the focus of our innovation project. We decided to incorporate aspects of the Specialist High Skills Major program into our project in order to develop cross-curriculuar concepts. Successful completion of our project...
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