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Inside-Outside Circles
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students share ideas with peers in a structured fashion.
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Bumper Stickers
Teaching STEM
This strategy supports students in synthesizing their learning of a main idea or principle.
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Social Emotional Learning
Backgrounders
Learn about social-emotional learning and how to foster it in STEM learning environments.
![Comfortable learning space](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2023-01/comfortable%20classroom.jpg?itok=X4T8B7C3)
Creating Positive Learning Environments
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Explore how to create positive learning environments that support learners’ social, emotional and cognitive development.
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Exploring the World of Virtual Reality
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Learn about the history of virtual reality and how it works.
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Using Plants to Make Medicines
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Learn how plants can be used to make vaccines.
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What is the Internet of Things?
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Learn about the Internet of Things and how it works.
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Introduction to Cryptocurrency
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Learn about cryptocurrency and how it came to be.
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How Likely Is It?
Backgrounders
Learn about probability, a branch of mathematics that helps us predict if something might happen.
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Introduction to Banking Systems
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Learn about money and how traditional banking systems work.
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Exploring Habitats
Lessons
Students will make observations and inferences about three different habitats.
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Designing Rovers for the Moon’s Extreme Environment
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Learn about the extreme environment on the Moon and the challenges this poses for designing lunar rovers.
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Impact Craters
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Learn about how craters are formed and about some of Canada's impact craters.
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Understanding Scale: From Planck to Cosmic
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Learn measuring the scale of everything, from the very tiny to the super gigantic!
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Parts of a Plant
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What are the main parts of plants and what functions do these parts serve for plants?