by Michael Frankfort | Jul 10, 2022 | All Science Teachers, Biology, Blog, Critical Thinking, Elementary, Environment, Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Inquiry, Scientific Investigation Skills and Career Exploration, Scientific Literacy, Secondary, Teaching Strategies
Submitted & Written by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 Elementary Teacher, York Region District School Board, STAO Blog Contributor, Sci-Fi Geek This past spring, I had the opportunity to present a webinar for the Ontario Teachers’ Federation called...
by msander | Jun 6, 2019 | Gr. 11-12 Physics
We might not have unified electrodynamics until 1865, but we’ve known light was a wave since the original double-slit experiment in 1801. Let’s talk about diffraction and wave interference.
by msander | May 17, 2019 | Gr 9-10 Science
The expanding universe is a complicated place. During inflation the universe expanded faster than light, but that’s something that actually happens all the time, it’s happening right now. This doesn’t violate Einstein’s theory of relativity...
by msander | Apr 11, 2019 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Physics
We have just seen the first image of a black hole, the supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87 with a mass 6.5 billion times that of our sun. But what is that image really showing us? This is an awesome paper on the topic by J.P. Luminet: Image of a spherical black...
by msander | Apr 10, 2019 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science
Black holes have been mysterious and elusive — until now. Astronomers using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) have, for the first time, photographed one. Source: ‘We’ve now seen the unseeable’: Black hole photographed for the first time | CBC...
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