by STAO ADMIN | Dec 12, 2019
Technology Focus: Google Docs & Scratch. Video Games are an important industry that employ thousands of people. These games are created with creativity, ingenuity and problem solving, these are all aspects of STEM. We should endeavour to have our students create...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 12, 2019
As a class we watched a TED Talk by Willie Smits on the deforestation of Boreo for the palm oil industry. The science described in the video can be challenging for grade 10 students, however it engaged them thoroughly in the topic. During the video, students...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 12, 2019
By allowing students the opportunity to collect raw data, make observations, question, reason and critically analyse, I feel we are bringing real science into the class. To begin, students’ prior knowledge regarding the topics that will be the focus of the...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 12, 2019
Students watch the teacher demonstrate the OJ powered clock. The teacher guides students to wonder what they could change to make the clock work. They do some brainstorming and then the next period, they try it out themselves. There are some optional pre-lab...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 12, 2019
In this inquiry-based activity, students will design and build a model of a greenhouse using mirrors and/or lenses that can be used to grow food all year. They will use their knowledge of optics to make their greenhouse more efficient (i.e., optimal temperature for...
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