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Record: 952 Galileo Journey to Jupiter. Galileo spacecraft mission web page: wide range of information for teachers students and the public. Background updates classroom resources and activities.Record: 1361 Free Online Graph Paper / Grid Paper PDFs Downloadable and printable. This site can't cover all needs, but it does allow you to make and adjust many different types of Graph paper. Record: 1401 Royal Canadian Institute - website contains a link to a webcast of lectures conducted at the University of Toronto referred to as Science Sundays. The link includes the webcast as well as the slide show used by the professor. The only draw back is that it takes a while to upload.
Record: 1419 e-Learning in Science: Creating a Classroom of Active Learners Texts, encyclopedias and worksheets are quickly being replaced by online libraries, search engines and activities. In addition, recent advances in technology have made collaborative web-based learning opportunities. First published in the June 2006 CrucibleRecord: 1422 Educating for Sustainable Consumption If everyone in the world consumed the way we do in North America, we would need at least two additional Earths according to some research. In addition, an average citizen in Bangladesh would need half a soccer field to produce and dump what he consumes in a year, but an average Canadian citizen would need 18 soccer fields. First published in the June 2006 CrucibleRecord: 1477 Heightening the drama - Science teaching needs to provide the view that science is exciting. We can apply very simple rules to our classroom behaviour as teachers to help this along. First published in the Sept. 2007 Crucible Record: 1492 The Grade Nine Astronomy/Space Unit A OISE/UT workshop with many interesting linksRecord: 1495 Noise and Success There are many types of noise. “Audible” noise, and “Misconception” or “Alternate Conception” noise. A great deal of work has been done in physics education research (PER) to find methods to overcome these types of noise. First published in the Crucible Jan. 2008Record: 1515 Space: the final frontier - Great Space and Astronomy Websites to explore. Courtesy of the Canadian Space Resource Centre. The article, first published in the March Crucible 2008, list a variety of useful websites for this topic.Record: 1517 Thinking in Motion: Integrating Digital Video with Science Education
Science is constantly in motion, and digital video technology has finally caught up. The tools necessary to bring science to life and off the textbook pages are eagerly waiting to be implemented into the science curriculum. This article provides suggestions for implementing the use of digital video, for both teachers and students. By Alexander Sasha Geukjian. First published in the March Crucible 2008Record: 1521 Inquiring Minds Want to Know. Inquiry-based learning can help the student develop the skills and the ability to continue learning and provide a relevant framework for effective learning. By Mirella Sanwalka & Lorellie Munson. The article, first published in the March Crucible 2008, is a good example for planning in the new curriculum.Record: 1559 A series of short videos on various current science topics in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Earth Science. Applications in many areas of the curriculum.Time travel, antimatter, states of matter, nanotechnology, energy, cloning, stem cells, MRI, GM foods, oceans, flight, satellite imaging, interviews with scientists etc.Record: 1570 Sim shows light and IR photon behavior in a variable atmosphere & tracks temperature as variables are changed. Glass can be added to show a "real" greenhouse effect.