Date: October 23, 2020
Join the BCScTA on October 23 for Catalyst 2020. We are going online, and joining forces with the BCTF and other specialist associations to bring you a selection of general sessions as well as workshops targeted at science specialist. We have reached out to our partners to bring you high-quality, engaging workshops. These include offerings from Science World, Genome BC, Nelson Publishers, Flinn Scientific, BC Association of Physics Teachers, Perimeter Institute, Let’s Talk Science, Argument Driven Inquiry, an Independent Archaeologist, and BC Agriculture in the Classroom. If you have never attended Catalyst before, this is your chance to attend without even leaving home.
Access the conference: bcscta.ourconference.ca
More information contact(s): psac57@bctf.ca , john.munro@learn34.ca, anita.gordon@learn34.ca
Register now! Catalyst 2020
Awesome Spring Outdoor Learning Resources and Equipment from @CBEEN now available from https://outdoorlearningstore.ca/workshops/ including a great workshop from @perfinker on Imaginative Ecological Education April 20. Time to get outside with your students 🌞🍃🐜
On this week's show:
- Magnetic pole reversal's effect on Earth
- Bacteria-killing phage "assassins"
- Solar-powered micro flyers
- Impact of HIV self-testing for trans people
- Music of endangered birds
- Why elliptical orbits around the sun?
http://cbc.ca/1.5918929
Nicolaus Copernicus - born February 19, 1473 in Toruń, Poland https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicolaus-Copernicus via @britannica #history #SciChat #STEM
Ever see a banded bird and wonder what the band is for? The @USGS Bird Banding Laboratory helps manage millions of North American banding and encounter records from the past 100 years. Here’s what scientists have learned from this vast archive. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-scientists-have-learned-from-100-years-of-bird-banding/
