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Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario

Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario. STAO/APSO. Association des professeurs de sciences de l’Ontario. presents. STAO’s On-Line Virtual Library. The Virtual Library provides:. resources for junior teachers or for teachers preparing new courses.

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Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario

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  1. Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario STAO/APSO Association des professeurs de sciences de l’Ontario presents STAO’s On-Line Virtual Library

  2. The Virtual Library provides: • resources for junior teachers or for teachers preparing new courses. • a platform for experienced teachers to share expertise. • an archive to preserve expertise of retired teachers.

  3. STAO homepage: http://www.stao.ca

  4. Please Don’t Sue Us:

  5. The Welcome Page:

  6. Grades 1-3 Strands: 2 1

  7. List of Resources for this particular Grade and Strand

  8. Details about the resource:

  9. Safety Information: -selected by a reviewer from STAO’s booklet “Stay Safe”

  10. List of Resources for this particular Grade and Strand

  11. The Resource: (found on the internet by a contributor) Small group Expt. Whole Class Activity

  12. Select another Grade 2 activity from the list:

  13. “Ice Fishing” - a resource reprinted from our Elements magazine for Elementary Teachers

  14. Grades 4-6 Strands:

  15. Resources for Gr. 4 Matter & Energy:

  16. Detail within resource list: Select #82

  17. Record 82: Optics activities website

  18. Gr. 7-8 Strand Grid:

  19. Gr 7: Structure and Materials Resource List

  20. Gr. 7 Structure & Materials Resource list : detail Three different Bridge-building ideas and a video

  21. Gr. 9-10 Course & Strand Grid:

  22. Gr. 9 Academic: Characteristics of Electricity

  23. Resource Homepage:

  24. The Video: (Why you should learn about static electricity. )

  25. Gr. 9-10 Strand Grid: (Select Atoms & Elements.)

  26. Gr. 9 Academic: Atoms & Elements Resource list

  27. Resource Details page: Pop Can Crush Expt. Stay Safe: heating things

  28. Instructions on how to do the experiment:

  29. Sometimes it happens in real life !

  30. Gr. 11-12 Course & Strand Chart

  31. Detail of Gr. 11-12 Strand Grid Select one of these:

  32. Gr 11 Physics: Electricity & Magnetism Gas Pump Fire Video Lightning

  33. Lightning Bolt hits Plane

  34. A simple video downloaded to the teacher’s computer

  35. Science U/C/W detail

  36. NIH: Household Products Database

  37. Coming Soon: a new “course” Safety Materials

  38. STAO’s Virtual Library: • A helping hand to beginning teachers • A place where mid-career teachers can share their expertise • An archive for the best-practices developed over full careers by newly-retired teachers

  39. Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario STAO/APSO • Virtual Library • Crucible Magazine • Elements Magazine • Annual Conference • ScienceWorks Curriculum Workshops • Safety & Other Publications

  40. What can you do to help? • Ensure that all teachers of science are aware of the library, AND the organization… especially elementary teachers. • Enable every school to have at least one membership account. ($50) • Encourage your excellent teachers to share their classroom-tested ideas by contributing to the Library. • Contact pre-retirement teachers about our project. • To volunteer as active participants • To contribute some of their best materials as a legacy to the science teaching community

  41. Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario STAO/APSO Association des professeurs de sciences de l’Ontario www.stao.org Doug De La Matter Chair: Virtual Library Committee doug_delamatter@stao.org

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