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Health Equity E-Lesson
Give Vaccines a Shot!
In this four-part lesson, students will learn all about health equity, starting by walking through the “seeing over the fence” analogy to understand how equity is different from equality. They will then develop further context for this issue by examining vaccine inequity as a case study. In part 3, one of Science North’s Indigenous Interns interviews a nurse at the Wikwemikong Health Centre on the challenges of achieving health equity in Indigenous communities. In the final section, the Many Nations, One Voice for Wellness team at Telus Spark will take students through a workshop on Dr. Christopher Emdin’s “Science Genius” method with health equity as the theme. Students will learn how to put their thoughts, feelings and experiences about this complex issue into rap and song.
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Scientific Integrity E-Lesson
Give Vaccines a Shot!
In this three-part lesson, students will learn how scientific research is conducted and why scientific integrity is important in determining what sources of information we can trust. They will understand what can happen when a lack of scientific integrity leads to misconduct and explore scientific integrity with a real-world example of how we develop and test new vaccines. Students will also learn the different parts of a research study and the signs of trustworthy research. They will be introduced to some trusted sources of health information as they learn about the agencies that oversee health research. They will learn about the importance of understanding history and increasing diversity in science as they explore the contributions of scientists from different communities and backgrounds. They will also explore the intersection of science and social issues as they learn how to have discussions about scientific literacy. Each learning objective is followed up by an online game or hands-on activity to reinforce the concepts.
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Mole-to-Mole Stoichiometry with Python
Coding
Students will investigate quantitative relationships in chemical reactions and solve related problems using Python.
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Agents of the Immune System - Pathogens
Give Vaccines a Shot!
In this lesson, students will understand the role the immune system plays. They will learn about the different types of pathogens, how they infect our bodies and the stages of infection. In the Agents of the Immune System GooseChase experience, students will work independently or as part of a team to complete the missions, learn about the immune system and collect points. Students' submissions in the GooseChase app will remain hidden from other students who participate in the Agents of the Immune System experience.
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Stochiometric Combustion Pseudocode
Coding
Write pseudocode to balance the chemical formula and find the stochiometric ratio of a combustion reaction between a pure hydrocarbon and oxygen.
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Gas Law Calculator
Coding
In this lesson, students will create a program in Scratch to solve problems using one of Boyle’s, Charles’ or Gay-Lussac’s laws. Once they have created the first program, they can modify it to create the other two laws.
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Reaction Time vs Reflex Time
Biology
In this post activity to the school program, Neuroscience, students will learn the difference between reaction and reflex neural pathways. They will simulate what happens in their body during a reaction and during a reflex to better understand why there is a difference between the two.
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Position-Time Graphs for Constant Velocity
Coding
Students will review about scalar and vector quantities, learn about position-time graphs, and create a coded program to test knowledge and understanding of position-time graphs.
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Uniform Linear Motion in One Dimension
Coding
Students will learn about scalar quantities and utilize these scalar quantities to solve simple one-dimension problems.
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Solving Monohybrid Punnett Squares with Coding
Coding
Students will learn about Mendelian Genetics, more specifically probability and monohybrid crosses, by completing a partial code.
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Solving Dihybrid Punnett squares with Coding
Coding
Students will learn about Mendelian Genetics, more specifically probability and dihybrid crosses, by completing a partial code.
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Epigenetics
Biology
In this lesson students will learn about epigenetic “tags” and how gene expression can be affected by environmental factors. This lesson is intended for the college level.
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- Genetics - For The Classroom
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Genetic Engineering
Biology
In this lesson students will extract DNA from a banana. Students will also identify some benefits, risks and examples of genetic engineering. This lesson is intended for the college level.
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- Genetics - For The Classroom
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The Respiratory System
Biology
In this lesson students will make a model of the respiratory system with everyday items. Students will also learn about respiratory diseases and how 3D printing technology can repair parts of the respiratory system. This lesson is intended for the college level.
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A Gut Instinct
Biology
In this lesson students will learn how yeast metabolizes different kinds of sweeteners. Students will also learn that a variety of factors can impact the gut microbiome, affecting human health. This lesson is intended for the college level.
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Deforestation and Technology
Biology
In this lesson students will calculate the amount of carbon in local trees by doing measures on actual trees. Students will also learn how deforestation affects the carbon cycle. This lesson is intended for the college level.
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Balloon Car Races- Breaking Newton’s 3rd Law
Physics
In this lesson students will build and race balloon cars. They will use free-body diagrams and appropriate equations to analyse motion in the context of Newton’s 3rd Law of motion. This lesson is intended for the university level.
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Going Off Grid
Electricity/Energy
In this lesson students will make a saltwater battery to learn about battery technology. They will demonstrate how the voltage of a battery is affected when battery cells are placed in series or parallel. This lesson is intended for the university level.
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- Activity Lesson Plan
- Power Energy Efficient Questions - Student
- Power Energy Efficient Questions Solutions
- Could You Run Home On A Tesla Powerwall (Teacher)
- Creating A Salt Water Battery
- Could You Run Home On A Tesla Powerwall (Student)
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- Energy Innovations - For The Classroom
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- Static and Current Electricity
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- Energy - For Teachers
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Sound Waves
Physics
In this lesson students will use an oscilloscope to compare the wavelength and amplitude of sounds from various items and instruments. They will perform calculations relating the speed of a wave to its wavelength and frequency. This lesson is intended for the university level.
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- Activity Lesson Plan
- KWL Sound
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- Mechanical Waves and Sound Questions - Student
- Sound Application Rubric
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- Sound - For Teachers
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Acoustic Resonance, Interference and Standing Waves
Physics
In this lesson, students will do a resonance experiment using a wine glass and an oscilloscope. Students will calculate harmonic frequencies and wavelengths. This lesson is intended for the university level.
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- Sound - For Teachers
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Kirchoff’s Laws
Electricity/Energy
In this lesson students learn about Kirchoff’s Laws for current and voltage in series and parallel circuits by physically simulating circuits as a class and then by building their own circuits. This lesson is intended for the university level.
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- Activity Lesson Plan
- Ewaste Problem Rubric
- Kirchoff's Laws Circuits Activity
- Kirchoff's Laws Activity (Teacher)
- Kirchoff's Laws Activity (Student)
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- Energy Innovations - For The Classroom
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- Static and Current Electricity - For Teachers
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Diversity of Living Things
Biology
Students will discuss the importance of a dichotomous key in identifying various species. They will create their own dichotomous key using candy. As an extension, they can apply their knowledge to classifying living things.
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The Story of the Great Lakes
Climate/Environment
Through an interactive story, students will experience the issues relating to the water quality of the Great Lakes and St Lawrence River basin, from Lake Nipigon downstream to the mouth of the Atlantic Ocean. Hence, students will explore the impacts that local and regional issues can have on the world and experience the inter-connectedness between various human activities (industrial and commercial, agricultural, mining, and personal), and water pollution, both indirect and direct, in order to illustrate that pollution is not always visible. Students will be asked to make decisions in order to manage and prevent water pollution at a personal, local and national level.
