Grassy Narrows Study

Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation, also known as Grassy Narrows, is an Ojibway community 80 km north of Kenora, Ontario, with just under 1,000 members who live there. During the 1960s and 1970s a pulp and paper mill contaminated the soil and the nearby...

Guidelines for Constructive Demonstrations/Activities

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,...

An Introduction to Indigenous Knowledge and Science

This resource aims to provide a brief background on the impacts of colonialism and how it has impacted Indigenous Peoples and their Ways of Knowing in the hopes of helping educators become aware of how best to move forward to improve education outcomes for all. Also,...

Teacher Demo: Convection

This demo models how convection occurs in the atmosphere and hydrosphere by showing what happens at the interface of a hot fluid and a cold fluid. This simulates what happens when cold and hot air masses meet, as well as why/how the ocean regulates climate.

Teacher Demo/Student Activity: Disappearing Beaker

This demonstration will amaze and astound! As you pour vegetable oil into a small Pyrex beaker placed inside a larger Pyrex beaker, the smaller beaker will magically disappear! It could be a teacher demo or a student activity.
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