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Some highlights from SBI4U1 this semester🧬🧪 Testing for macros, analyzing enzyme activity, PCR, and DNA extraction! #STL

Congrats to our St. Max mustangs on winning YRAA track and field championships! #1 in the region! Way to go mustangs🏃‍♂️ We wish our 3 athletes competing at OFSAA the best of luck! @Kolbetweets @yraa_news

SBI3U1 Ss got to explore internal anatomy with a hands on dissection of a fetal pig! We saw first hand where organs are located and how all the systems are interconnected🤓🥼 #SBI3U #STEMed #SMK

Do your students think that taking notes during class means writing down everything you say, word for word? 🤔 High school physics teacher @msruggerio has two strategies to recommend. edutopia.org/article/teachi…

Unless there is an agreement reached over the weekend, York Catholic will move to synchronous virtual learning starting on Monday, November 7. Learn more here: ycdsb.ca/2022/11/04/yor…

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if CUPE workers are essential to keeping schools open and kids in class…then they are also essential enough to receive a decent wage. I urge you: Support CUPE workers…and stand against starvation wages everywhere. #IStandWithCUPE

2022 Ontario Elementary Science and Technology Curriculum - lesson plans for each grade, long range plans, coding and webinars for teachers. scitechontario.ca

The misconception that there is no sound in space originates because most space is a ~vacuum, providing no way for sound waves to travel. A galaxy cluster has so much gas that we've picked up actual sound. Here it's amplified, and mixed with other data, to hear a black hole!

New TikTok video: An underrated subtraction strategy

Day20 #IndigenousHistoryMonth Some fav books for little ones from @ltldrum When We Are Kind & My Heart Fills with Happiness, both full of ❤️ & in different Indigenous languages (& French!) youtu.be/VtJuM6loIjc #30DaysIHM For adults/YA Tilly & the Crazy 8s healing & laughs

Congratulations to Junior Boys Track and Field Team-Who Are YRAA 2021-2022 Champions

SBI4U Ss finished up the biochemistry unit by picking a biological molecule, researching it, and building it! A great way to see how diverse life is on an atomic level!🔬 Here we have dopamine, captopril (medicine used to treat hypertension), and glucose! @YCDSB @Kolbetweets

SNC2D Ss predicted whether different household products were acids or bases based on their properties - and then tested the pH of them!🧪 Did you know bleach is a base?🤔 #STEMeducation @Kolbetweets @YCDSB

Please be advised that school transportation services are cancelled today due to inclement weather. All @ycdsb schools are closed. Do not send your child to school. Students will pivot to asynchronous remote learning. Visit ycdsb.ca for more information.

I feel like all Canadians need to hear this right now.

SNC2D Ss brought their knowledge of optics and the human eye to life by creating 3D models for their CPT. Here are just some of their creations - made from cake and cereal!!👁 #STEMeducation

It’s Bell Let’s Talk Day! Check out how these celebrities look after their own mental health and join the conversation. For each video view, Bell donates an additional 5¢ to Canadian mental health initiatives. #BellLetsTalk

In Ojibwe our word for lots of snow is goonikaa.

Please be advised that school transportation is cancelled Tues., Jan. 18 due to inclement weather. Schools are closed. Do not send your child to school. Students will learn remotely through their teachers’ virtual classrooms. Visit ycdsb.ca for more information.