Exploring Careers in STEM Grade 8
Lessons
Students will expand their knowledge of STEM career types related to a topic they are studying in science.
Coyotes: Coming to a town near you?
STEM Explained
Learn why coyotes are spreading in Canada and how this affects their relations with humans.
Team Tower Challenge
Lessons
Students will explore what it means to be a member of a team and highlight the skills and qualities that make one a good team member.
Bee Helpers
Lessons
Students will learn about the importance of bees and the human impacts on bee populations.
Earth Month: Water
Backgrounders
Discover the issues surrounding water today, and learn what you can do to help.
Bias and Sources of Error
Backgrounders
Learn how scientists identify and minimize bias and sources of error to produce accurate results.
Identifying Variables
Backgrounders
Learn how scientists define independent, dependent and controlled variables in experimental inquiry.
Math & Mandalas
Lessons
In this lesson, students explore the connection between arts, math and mindfulness as they create mandalas.
Annotated Text Scrolls
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students comprehend large blocks of text by looking at and annotating the text in a continuous scroll format.
Monitoring the Ocean with Radar
Backgrounders
Learn about how a special type of radar helps monitor and protect Canada’s oceans.
Planning for Equity in Public Transit
Backgrounders
Learn about how we can use spatial analysis to plan for more equitable public transit.
Say Something
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students participate actively in group discussions.
AB Each Teach
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students identify key ideas from a text, video, or other content and share these with a partner.
Marking Text
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students make sense of the text they are interacting with.
Tomato Taxonomy
Backgrounders
A look at the taxonomic classification of the tomato plant and the origin, history and development of tomatoes.