Planet School: Building a Greener World
It’s not easy for teachers when students strike and urge governments to act on climate change. Depending on school policy, it can be hard for educators to know how to respond. ...
Science
Carbon Neutral: Messages of Hope
At a time when it would be easy to scare them silly, educators need to empower kids instead. Kids need to know that change is possible.
The Birds & The Bees: Preventing Local Extinction
Teaching students about birds and bees is crucial to their survival—and this isn’t a topic only for health class. Students need to learn how to protect...
Growing a Gender-Inclusive Biology Curriculum
Biology is the study of a diverse range of living things, and biology affirms all genders.
Fear Not The Robot
Robots aren’t just hobbies for students tinkering in basements or garages anymore. Many schools start robotics classes after seeing how popular the clubs are. This may make ...
Taking STEM Outside the Classroom
A survey by the National Association of Independent Schools found that 82 percent of high school students are sometimes or often bored in class. Todd Ablett has a simple ...
The Importance of Teaching Earth Science
Earth science has long been the poor cousin of STEM programs. It takes a back seat to technology and even among the straight sciences, rocks and rivers get short shrift ...
Keeping Water Education Fresh
This round of hopscotch is for life. It appears typical at first—students jumping down the course, but they are all holding empty cups in their hands and fill them with water ...
Where the Wild Things Are—Outside Your Classroom
The mid-winter sun is peeking from behind the clouds and a cold breeze is blowing across the open soccer field. A line of grade two students, dressed in puffy coats, colourful ...
Making Time for Outdoor Activity
A recent survey conducted by the David Suzuki Foundation finds that 70 percent of today’s youth (aged 13 20 years old) don’t spend any more than one hour a day outside. This ...