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"Having answers to our children's questions is not enough. If we want societies that provide the maximum benefit for the most people over the longest time, and if we want to find solutions to the challenges and problems we've created, we must teach our children and ourselves how to find and evaluate answers objectively. Making science education a priority is an important part of that." - David Suzuki. Read more here.

-free online educational videos || @http://www.watchknowlearn.org || FREE!!! Online simulations, interactive animations, and videos, with narration. || @http://www.absorblearning.com/en/Free_online_Absorb_resources/ || All students and educators in Ontario have free, online access to award-winning Canadian films from the NFB || @http://www.nfb.ca/ || (on Burnhamthorpe between Mississauga Rd and Creditview) || www.TheRiverwoodConservancy.org || (Virtual Labs) || [] || Take a close look at the education resources they offer. They go beyond just nuclear issues. Plus, their resources have been correlated to the current curriculum (and they use a three-part lesson plan) || @http://www.cna.ca/curriculum/default.asp || -includes calendar of RCI's Science Lecture Series || www.royalcanadianinstitute.org || is an extensive library of free digital media resources produced by public television, designed for classroom use and professional development. || @http://www.teachersdomain.org/ || -free resources available || @http://www.cwf-fcf.org/en/educate/ || -great visual essays on environmental issues (climate change, chemicals in the environment, etc.) || @http://www.frankejames.com/ || -connecting the Catholic World View with different subject areas and the Catholic Graduate Expectations || @http://www.eoccc.org/ || -Providing Canada with quality training systems since 1992 for – Science, Technology, Engineering and Math -includes renewable energy technologies (e.g., wind, solar, hydrogen training resources) || @http://www.progressiveinc.ca/home.html || Good for the Grade 10 Body Systems Unit || @http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/symptom-checker/DS00671 ||
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 * **Discovery's Curiosity in the Classroom!** || @http://curiosityintheclassroom.com/?campaign=com_fpl_curiosity ||
 * **Canadian Education Association** website (includes - What did you do in school today? Framework and Rubric) || @http://www.cea-ace.ca/ ||
 * **Merlot -** Putting Educational Innovations into Practice || @http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm ||
 * =A Day Made of Glass... Made possible by Corning.= || @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38 ||
 * Peel Region Water Story || http://www.peelregion.ca/pw/waterstory/ ||
 * **WatchKnowLearn.Org**
 * Critical Thinking in Science (e.g. pH, cells) || @http://bit.ly/oSh44A ||
 * Science (and more) to Music! || www.iamlodge.com/beans ||
 * National Research Council Canada - Free Resources!
 * periodic tables, cells, star finders, etc. || ** @http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/education/teachers/order.html ** ||
 * The National Academies Press – PDF books are FREE to read online. || [] ||
 * classCONNECT – resources for students (SNC2D, SNC2P, SPH3U, SPH4C, SPH4U) || [] ||
 * **Free Clip Art!** || @http://www.phillipmartin.info/clipart/homepage.htm ||
 * **Absorb Online Courses**
 * **National Film Board of Canada (NFB):**
 * It leads to the **Howard Hughes Medical Institute web** site. You can order all the DVDs there FREE of charge. The titles and quality are similar to PBS productios. These DVDs are applicable to our Senior science programmes || @http://www.hhmi.org/catalog/main?action=getCategoryListing&catId=2 ||
 * Secondary Science Curriculum Documents || @http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/grades.html ||
 * STAO || http://www.stao.org ||
 * The Riverwood Conservancy
 * Conservation Halton || @http://www.hrca.on.ca/index.cfm ||
 * McGraw-Hill Ryerson || @http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/index.php ||
 * Nelson Education || @http://www.nelson.com/ ||
 * Pearson Education Canada || @http://www.pearsoncanada.ca/index.html ||
 * GAINS website (e.g. Literacy, DI resources) || @http://www.edugains.ca/ ||
 * Free Interactive Science Simulations
 * DP's e-resource site || http://dpcdsb.wikispaces.com/ ||
 * Ontario Education Resource Bank (OERB) || @http://resources.elearningontario.ca/ ||
 * Canadian Nuclear Association -
 * **Lab Out Loud** is a podcast, hosted by two //science teachers//, that discusses science news and science education by interviewing leading scientists, researchers, science writers and other important figures in the field. || www.laboutloud.com ||
 * Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science
 * Solar Cell Experiment || @http://mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/nanolab/TiO2/index.html ||
 * **Teachers' Domain**
 * Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) Education
 * Franke James' My Green Conscience Website
 * Science Vocab Cards (elementary - but could be useful with ELLs and LDCCs) || @http://www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/K12CurriculumAdultCommunityEducation/ScienceK5_2008/documents/Science%20Picture%20Vocabulary%20Cards.pdf ||
 * Minerals of Canada || @http://www.mineralogicalassociation.ca/poster/index.php ||
 * **Eastern Ontario Catholic Curriculum Cooperative**
 * **Progressive Educational Systems**
 * **Bitstrips** - create comic strips online: || www.bitstrips.com ||
 * **Mayo Clinic** - Symptom Checker
 * **Emedicine**:Good for the Grade 10 Body Systems Unit || @http://www.emedicinehealth.com/script/main/hp.asp ||
 * **"Subway Science"** - a COOL and INNOVATIVE way at organizing 500 years in modern science || @http://www.crispian.net/CrispiansScienceMap.html ||
 * ===**CIHR Synapse Youth Mentorship program** ===

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goal of the mentorship program is to connect young Canadians interested in health and science with CIHR’s health researchers and trainees ====== || @http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/32390.html and @http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/32399.html ||

-check out the examples || @http://prezi.com/ ||
 * **Prezi**
 * -**a new and unique way of making a presentation

Check out her use of a Tesla Coil to make music @ the 50 s mark @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXwjw50Lsx4
 * Bjork’s Biophilia: Nature + Music + Technology** @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8AELvVUFLw and @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biophilia_%28album%29

This is the coolest **digital book**...ever! Makes me wanna buy an iPad! @http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/mike_matas.html


 * Khan Academy** - website with FREE tutorial videos for EVERYTHING in science & math - check it out @ @http://www.khanacademy.org/

Science in School advent calendar: December 2011
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">@http://www.scienceinschool.org/calendar2010

**Winter-themed Activities:**
@http://resources.scienceworld.ca/component/content/article/1231.html

Cookie Mystery - Chem Investigation
http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classchem.html#Anchor2