by STAO ADMIN | Dec 14, 2019
I wanted to allow students to follow a more real life type of inquiry in chemistry labs that would allow them to experiment, make mistakes, revise their approach and retest. I would hope that this would allow them to build a deeper understanding of the concepts being...
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
The purpose of this project was to study the Organics unit with the big picture of plastics in mind. The connection to everyday life would be minds-on the the rest of the unit. I had students write in an idea book and all organic unit questions/homework were done in...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 12, 2019
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...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 12, 2019
This guided inquiry activity is structured to allow students to practise observations and collaborating to find the cause of Minamata Disease in Japan, and then exploring how it has affected a Canadian Indigenous population.
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