Great semester teaching SNC1W! Proud of my Ss hardwork on their version of the Climate Atlas of Canada, taking their learning about climate change & impacts from PrairieClimateCentre outside the classroom & teaching St. Joan of Arc community!

🔥SNC1W students AND teachers learning 2️⃣gether! Thanks to InkSmith for the Climate Action Kit and Micro:bit virtual session 🌱! WCDSBInnovates WCDSBLearns Ms. McKinley

Gr9’s Philip Pocock C.S.S apply their coding skills to use the Micro:bit Educational Foundation as a conductivity tester & compare to using light bulbs. Ss consider advantages & disadvantages of each…one thing the micro:bit can do is offer music as a fun output! #snc1w

Playing around with the sound sensor on the microbit & block coding on make code in SNC1W last week! Micro:bit Educational Foundation

A fiery one in SNC1W today! Ridley College

Kicked off Ecology in SNC1W with a Ranking Activity - ss were asked to rank words in order of importance. We concluded that all of these factors are intertwined and necessary for the environment. In groups, ss read over the Cree perspective on Mother Nature and discussed!

The race is ON today in SNC1W to see who can escape the atomic room and avoid mass destruction! Ridley College

This hand-drawn card I received from a student today summarizes all the #ambitiousscienceteaching #phenomena we studied this semester. So many successes to celebrate in #SNC1W !❤️

Ss worked on identifying what a sustainable ecosystem is and the availability of resources through a game of jenga. #SNC1W

Copper sulfate lab today in SNC1W! We reacted water and copper sulfate crystals, then added steel wool to watch rust form! Perfect example of physical and chemical changes! #SPXScienceDept St. Pius X High School

Our new teaching periodic table. #SNC1W ODSSAnnouncements

Extremely surprised when I walked into my classroom this morning. My pea plants are growing as expected in Earth soil, but some are also growing in our “Martian regolith”. True science where there are more questions than answers at the moment for both students and teacher! #snc1w

Thank you Let's Talk Science for this informative after school learning session all about the Land Rover challenge and more #STEM opportunities for SNC1W Dennis Stam

Building Conductivity Testers today in #SNC1W at Middlefield CI in York Region DSB by taking advantage of the power of coding and Micro:bit Educational Foundation!

So many fascinating investigations presented at the ⁦St. Francis Xavier High School⁩ SNC1W Science fair. #ocsbScience 🔬

Gr9’s Father Michael Goetz celebrate Earth Week by learning how technology can helps address impacts of climate change. Using the Micro:bit Educational Foundation & InkSmith climate action kit, Ss program an irrigation pump to support sustainable farming! School plants get a good watering too! #snc1w

#snc1w Ss planted their peas in Earth soil and Martian regolith simulant. We’ve tried our best to replicate the Martian ground and added a little carbonate to decompose in the mini greenhouses to replicate the high CO2 atmosphere of Mars. Thanks Julie Arsenault for the inspiration!

Grade 9 SS performing a followup inquiry investigation simulating factors that affect crater depth, diameter and ray length. They design, analyze, collect data, conclude and communicate their findings.
#snc1w #thinkingclassroom #science literacy St. Marcellinus CSS

Students modelled the Universe today as an introduction to Space. They presented their models to the class. Some great ideas and interpretations. #SNC1W St. Anne's CSS

Today in #SNC1W we continued our Electricity/ #Engineering unit. We did thin-sliced 'hack' circuits. No fancy materials (Al foil, LEDs, button batteries, paperclips, some tape), Layered design challenges with some constraints.