Youth Science Canada invites you to register for the two-day “Inquiry By The Bay” summer institute.

We will be presenting the Smarter Science inquiry-based framework and gear it to three different strands:

• Primary/Junior teachers,
• Intermediate/Senior teachers
• Consultants/Coordinators.

During the institute you will learn:

• the Smarter Science framework itself,
• the process skills of science,
• how to incorporate inquiry-based science into your curriculum,
• how to use Smarter Science to differentiate your curriculum
• how to use the context of science to incorporate your Literacy and Numeracy expectations
• how to use Smarter Science’s online lesson planner to find and create inquiry-based science lessons
• learn how to assess and evaluate inquiry-based student materials

Participants will also be the first to receive free copies of the Teachers’ Guide to Smarter Science to be published this summer. You will also be the first to see and try the Smarter Science Unit Planner and the Smarter Science Student Investigator software. Both pieces of software will be available for use on the web, on an iPhone or Touch and on Android smartphones.

“Inquiry by the Bay” will be held at the Kempenfelt Conference Centre near Barrie (www.kempenfelt.com).

The cost is $100 and includes all meals and overnight double accommodation.

Space is limited. There will be only 30 registrants and the first 30 cheques received will guarantee your registration.

Please send a cheque for $100, payable to “Youth Science Canada”, to
“Inquiry by the Bay”
c/o Youth Science Canada
PO Box 523, Station R
Toronto ON M4G 4E1

To register for the institute, please use the following link:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDExeWtCS0F0c3RuNTlRSWs3T1RxWkE6MQ

Notice of Annual General Meeting for SCCAO, Thursday, June 10, 2010

We are inviting you to join our final SCCAO (Science Consultants and Coordinators Association of Ontario) meeting for this current school year.   Part of our agenda will include elections for several Executive positions – we have vacancies in the positions of Secretary, Communications Chair and Curriculum Chair.   Please consider nominating a member for an Executive position, using the nomination form.

During this past year, we have met several times, resulting in the following:

1. Collaboration to create a Resource Assessment Tool – This tool is now available for SCCAO members to review resources intended for use by science and science-technology teachers in our schools.   It can be applied to a variety of different forms of resources, including print, web-based and experiential learning resources.  This can be found in the library of our web-site.
2. SCCAO Mini-Conference – On November 11, 2009, our members gathered to work with and learn further about Situational Leadership, with Dr. Douglas Llewellyn.
3. DI and Science Inquiry Curriculum Institute – In February, our membership met to learn how differentiated instruction can be applied to scientific inquiry, using materials from Gayle Gregory and Smarter Science.   Materials from this institute can be found in the library of our web-site.

The focus of the meeting will feature a facilitated discussion to further deepen our understanding of these topics with one another.  The remaining portion of our meeting will be to:

• set directions for next year (in break out groups)
• vote on revisions to our constitution
• messages from our associate members
• elections

We hope you will be able to join us on June 10 – please RSVP by May 31st,  fill out registration form.

A Free Curriculum Institute open to all full SCCAO members

Thank you to all attendees of our Curriculum Institute. Materials from each segment of the day will be posted on-line soon.

Part 1: EduGains video – see http://www.edugains.ca/ ; board summaries
Part 2: Unpacking Gayle Gregory’s Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Science book
Part 3: Science Inquiry and DI – Smarter Science
Part 4: Situational Leadership – A Readiness Tool for Educators
Part 5: Next Steps

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Second annual SCCAO Mini-Conference a great success!

• The implementation approach is only for the school year 2009-2010.
• The approach is designed to avoid duplication of materials and overlap of content for students.

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Curriculum Grades 1-8: Science and Technology, 2007

The updated electronic version of The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8: Science and Technology, 2007 includes the glossary, omitted from the previously posted version. Please note that this update also includes a revision in the Achievement Chart category “Thinking and Investigation” and reflects factual corrections in some expectations. This updated electronic version is the same as the published document.

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The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: Science, 2008 (revised)

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The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Science, 2008 (revised)

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The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) has been invited to send one Canadian teacher to attend PROJECT ATMOSPHERE, a two-week summer meteorology workshop specifically designed for teachers and run by the American Meteorological Society (AMS).