2008-05-30

Edvantage Press and McGraw-Hill Ryerson are most pleased to announce that 27 school districts will be implementing BC Science 10 board-wide! For a complete list of of the adopting school districts, click here to visit the BC Science 10 support website.

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2008-05-30

CanadaScience.com is proud to announce the second in our Teachable Moments podcast series. Hosted by Ken Peck, this episode features a discussion with Glen Fatkin, a science textbook author and master physics teacher from British Columbia. Glen provides his thoughts about the new challenges facing teachers, teaching with technology, and what was inspiring...
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2008-05-26

Based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, The Why Files explore the science, math and technology behind the news of the day, and present those topics in a clear, accessible and accurate manner.

The site produces a new story each week, alternating longer features with shorter shorties. They also post a series of interactive science...
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2008-05-22

Resources to support the new 2008 Ontario Science and Technology curriculum!

• Focused text structured around Big Ideas and Enduring Understandings
• Proven, classroom-tested instruction design
• Engaging and readable text with support for reading comprehension and vocabulary
• Emphasis on scientific literacy through...
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2008-05-22

Ocean Academy is a non-profit community high school on the tiny island of Caye Caulker, Belize, Central America. It will be the first high school on the island and the entire community is very supportive and excited. Before Ocean Academy, the island kids had few good choices after primary school if they wanted to continue their education. They...
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2008-05-21

In this set of fascinating videos hosted by CanadaScience.com, Edvantage Press author and master chemistry teacher Don Lacy demonstrates how to perform chemistry demos to captivate and educate students. Each video contains a different demonstration with instructions on how to perform the experiment safely and effectively.

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2008-05-06

The right paper for the job

Printable Paper features many types of paper. You'll find paper for composing music or for practicing penmanship.

There are lined papers and graph papers. And the papers are available in a variety of sizes!

You'll need Adobe Reader to print the paper. Fortunately, Adobe Reader...
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2008-05-01

2008 marks the 3rd year of the national BIOTECanada-Biogen Idec Teaching Excellence Award program dedicated to secondary teachers who are leading biotechnology knowledge and discovery in their classroom. This series of three national prizes, one for $5000 and two at the $2500 level, have been previously awarded to teachers in Vancouver, Toronto, Winnipeg,...
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2008-04-25

The B.C. Science Teacher's Convention in Kelowna hosted a very large group of enthusiastic teachers and the conference was an outstanding success!

The bcscience.com team has hosted several sessions - if you are looking for workshop downloads, please visit the Catalyst...
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2008-04-24

You may have heard the Earth and Sky 'spots' on a Vancouver radio station. Each spot describes a feature of science and nature in simple terms. The end of each spot directs listeners to the associated web site: earthsky.org. Here, you will find a treasure trove of interesting, short articles, a current sky chart and a large number of podcasts--some...
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