The annual Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario conference will be held at the Delta Hotels by Marriott Toronto Airport and Conference Centre, Toronto, Ontario.
University of Waterloo launches Open.Science
STAO, Thursday at 11:00 am
We are inviting chemistry teachers to take part in a professional
development program that provides the instruction and support
to plan and participate in the creation of online lessons. Participants
receive a resource package that provides guidelines for
storyboarding an online lesson. Selected authors will collaborate
with instructors at Waterloo to transform the lesson into an
open online resource.
Laura Ingram, Lab Instructor &
Outreach Coordinator
Carey Bissonnette, Continuing Lecturer & Science Teaching Fellow
All STAO 2018 presentations
Presentations of interest to high school chemistry teachers include:
Thursday, November 8, 2018
11:00 am
A collaborative initiative for the creation of interactive online chemistry lessons (see below)
Carey Bissonnette, Laura Ingram
12:30 pm
Using Manipulatives to Teach Chemistry
Jason Trinh
12:30 pm
Perimeter Institute: How Do Scientists Think?
Kevin Donkers, Dave Fish
12:30 pm
Can You Escape? (Escape room games for review and fun!)
Megan Fox, Melinda Snyder
12:30 pm
Smartphone Science
Sandra Eix, John Eix
2:00 pm
Redesigning Labs for Inquiry
Melanie Ball, Jennifer Shields
3:30 pm
WTF? WHMIS 2015: GHS Survival Guide
Lori Bolander
3:30 pm
Systems in Science
Joe Ross
Friday, November 9, 2018
9:00 am
Focus on Science, NOT Grades
Amy Szerminska
11:00 am
Science and Our Future
Neil Turok
2:00 pm
Chemistry of Colour-Oscillating clock reaction revisited
Meenakshi Dowlut
2:00 pm
Inquiry-Based Learning in Senior Chemistry with Minor Tweeks in Your Lesson
Bluky Ng
Saturday, November 10, 2018
9:00 am
Forensic Bloodstain Pattern Analysis: The Luminol Presumptive Test — Is it blood?
Amanda Orr, Sumiko Polacco
9:00 am
Green Chemistry and Sustainability
Richard Cooper
12:30 pm
Inquiry Ideas in Grade 12 Chemistry
Christine Morris
