Helpful Resources For Science Teachers (click on links)

A) Teacher Professional Development

1. TCDSB Occupational Health and Safety Inservices and Training.  Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Systems (WHMIS) Training:

Facilitator:  Louise Barker, OHS Department.  Duration: 2 hrs. 

For registration or further information, please call:  Louise Barker at 222-8282, Ext. 2674 or our Automated Registration Line at 222-8282, Ext. 6600

2.   Supporting Teacher Excellence - Teacher Performance Appraisal Manual - Click here

3.   St. Lawrence Centre Forum

For More Information about the lecturers, visit their web site: click here

4.  a)  Free Membership Registration to the Youth Association For the Advancement Of Science, Innovation and Technology (YAASIT)  E-mail: yaasit@utm.utoronto.ca; URL:  www.yaasit.ca  ; Telephone 416-486-9333; FAX: 416-483-0002

5.  The Great Minds at the University of Toronto.  The University Professor Lecture Series

All lectures are Free.  Tickets are required for the September 30, 2002 lecture by John Polanyi. 

Visit the Web Site:  click here

6.  Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry Distinguished Lecturer Series

All Lectures: Time- 12:30pm   Place - Room 116 of the Wallberg Building, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario.

For More Information about the lecturers, visit their web site:  click here

All lectures are Free.

7.  Sunday Afternoon Lectures On Science.  Sponsored by the Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science. 

All Lectures:  Time:  3:00pm-4:00pm (Doors Open and 2:15 p.m.) Place:  J.J.R. Macleod Auditorium Medical Sciences Building University of Toronto 1 King's College Circle

All lectures are Free.

For More Information about the lecturers, visit their web site:  Click here

8.   Ontario Science Centre Workshop

9.  Annual STAO Conference

   Details:  Click here

10.  The Edwared S. Rogers Sr. Department Of Electrical and Computer Engineering.  Engineering Saturdays, 2002-2003. 

Engineering Saturdays was created to give students an opportunity to explore the many different fields of Engineering and their related careers.  It is free and open to the public

For more information visit the website:  Click here

11.  Astronomy For Teachers and Students

A)  Mars Day at York University.   Registration Deadline: Thursday, February 12th, 2004.  To register  e-mail to:  marsday@yorku.ca

MarsDay will provide:

Canadian Space Agency overview of Canada's present activities and future plans for exploration of Mars

Details of the Phoenix mission.

Recent data from the NASA Rovers and ESA Mars Express missions

Presentations highlighting the main scientific and technical challenges associated with Mars exploration

Opportunities to meet the scientists and engineers of the Mars programs and to have discussions with research students working on Mars activities.

For further information, please call 416-736-5151

B)  Cosmic Connections.  Cosmic Connections is a  not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and advancement of the field of astronomy and related sciences.  They have developed an in-class astronomy workshop specifically designed to address the astronomy component within the grade nine science curriculum.

A few of the subjects discussed are:

Moon Phases, Stellar evolution, Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, Stellar Classifications, Solar and Lunar Eclipses, The Solar System, Space Exploration, Nebulae and Star Clusters, Galaxies, Distance and Time Scales, Canadian Astronomers and Discoveries, Explaining the Aurora Borealis.

The program is designed to fit within a single High School period.  All presenters and volunteers are members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.

Presentation Fee is $3.00 per student

To book a presentation or inquire about the program please contact Brian Cheaney by phone: 416-728-0062 or e-mail at cosmicconnections@rogers.com

Web Site:  click here

C)  Free Programme For Students- To Mars and Back: Exploring Humanity in Space

      When:  Wednesday March 31 1:00-3:00 p.m. at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front Street East

     (2 blocks east of Union Station) See website for details - click here

B) Educational Software

1.  Starry Night Pro Software 

2.  Astronomy Software - Stella 2000.  Computer simulated star maps for all seasons and world locations.

3.  ACD Labs.  Molecular Model Building (Lewis and V.S.E.P.R.).  

4.  Diploma For Windows Update - Gradebook  

5.  Scantron Corporation  

6.  SCIDOT - a Word template designed for maths & sciences teachers and students
the 6th version for year 2003/2004.  Write scientific documents with Microsoft Word. 
Windows and Macintosh version


 

C)  Educational Sites

1.  The Education Corner.  Department of Plant Agriculture Crop Science Building University of Guelph.  This website details up-to-date events concerning biotechnology.  This site offers links to numerous other resources pertaining to genetic engineering and its application to food production.

2.  Science Search Engine Site.  

3.  University of Western Ontario.  This site  provides an index of Science lessons, units and classroom ready resources evaluated by Ontario teachers.   There are hundreds of hands-on lessons, student activities, virtual field trips, and other teacher resources linked to the Ontario Curriculum in Science and Technology strands chart.  

4.  Toronto Public Library:  Virtual Public Library.   Twenty Four hour access to the collections and resources of the Toronto Public Library.  

5.  Science Power 10 Online Teacher Resources. 

6.  The Ontario Curriculum Centre.  Course Profiles For Catholic Schools.

7.  Grade 9 Essential Science. Locally Developed Course Profiles- Public and Catholic.

8.  S.T.A.O. - Science Teachers' Association Of Ontario (check out the STAO'S Virtual Library - Beginning October 15, 2002)

9.  Encyclopedia Britannica On Line. 

10.  EduLinks. TV Ontario Resources For Teacher by Teachers.

11.  The Chemical Institute Of Canada, Chemical Education Division.

12.  The Heart.  An Online Exploration.

13.  Scientific American.  Ask an expert a specific question in:  Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Environment, Geology Medicine, Mathematics, Computers  

14. Scientific American.  Search Past Issues.  Featured Articles.  

15.  Grade 9 Astronomy:  Why Go To Mars?  Human Missions To Mars.  

16.  Grade 9 Astronomy: How To Go To Mars.   

17.  Grade 9 Astronomy: The Mars Direct Plan.  Outlines the relatively inexpensive plan to send astronauts to the Red Planet within a decade.14.  

18.  Grade 9 Astronomy: To Mars By Way Of Its Moons.  Phobos and Deimos would make ideal staging areas. 

19. D)  The Catholic Faith

1.  The Vatican Library.

2. Vatican Bookstore now on the Internet 
    Includes Books, CDs, Videos  and Gifts

3.  Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops  

4.  EWTN.  Catholic Questions and Answers (pose a question to a Catholic expert or view previously asked questions).

5.  First Things. A Journal Of Religion and Public Life. 

6.  Catholic Philosophy and Theology.  Author is Doug McManaman , Teacher Fr.

7.  RC Net.  Encylicals and other Papal Documents.

E)  Scientific and Educational Distributors

1.  Merlan Scientific.  

2.  Crocodile Physics and Chemistry.  Computer simulations.  

3.  Magic Latern Communications. An independent distributor of educational audio-visual products in Canada 

F)  Chemistry Sites

1.  Portland Cement Association

2.  Chemicals of Biological Importance

3.  Discover Canadian Chemistry

G) Biology Sites

1.  Friends of Canadian Institutes of Health Research (FCIHR/AIRSC).  This site will give you up-to-date information about the direction of health research in Canada.