STEM4U

The first page is a very short guide to naming ionic and molecular compounds, with all of the key points listed clearly and succintly. The second page is a short guide for detemining the states for chemical compounds. It is most suitable for grade 10 science.

This activity is sort of like a lab for younger students in math class. In this activity students collaborate to measure large, circular and square shaped objects around them and determine the approximate values of pi and the square root of 2. It gives them meaningful practice in making measurements, reporting and recording numbers, and using calculators.

This is a list of indigenous tribes from different parts of the world arranged by the type of biome they inhabit.

This is a project for high school math students where they learn how mortgages work. They try looking into their future, decide on a house they'd want to buy and calculate a monthly mortgage payment.

This is a ppt presentation that you can show students on pi day (march 14th). It explains many of the reasons why the number is important and goes through some history of the calculation of its digits.

This is a lab for High School Physics courses. It guides students through an exploration of Ohm's law and Kirchoff's laws as well as the arrangement of series, parallel and combination circuits in a highly visual and tactile setting. This lab can be facilitated with a variety of different materials depending on what teachers have available but the most basic requirements are that teachers need a relatively large number wires with alligator clips, multimeters, and several batteries.

This is a simple hands on lab-like activity with minimal writing that is designed to give students an introduction to different types of soil. The first page is qualitative where students will draw what they see under a magnifying glass and describe it and the second page is quantitative where students will calculate the porosity or water content of the soil. It's best to use three different types of soil samples: sand, clay and potting soil.

This is a short powerpoint to introduce and outline the pleistocene ice ages and the effects of the Earth's orbit on the changing climate (Milankovitch cycles). It goes through only the most essential information to eliminate tangents and optimize student's understanding of how the 3 Milankovitch cycles work.

This is a ppt that presents quantitative data describing the state of the world in the year 2021. It focuses on the depletion of five key natural resources: fish, forests, fossil fuels, forests and minerals. Data is presented in tables and a brief analysis is given after each table. The main purpose of these slides is to allow students to think about world affairs while getting some practice with numeracy skills.

This is a ppt for the different calculus topic "volume of solids of a known cross section". The two examples are challenging yet interesting: finding the volume of balloons you could fit inside the Eiffel tower's frame and finding the volume of a starfruit. It's recommended for students that think calculus is easy and are looking for a real challenge.

This is a PPT that I made while teaching ESL to students in China. It's designed to give ESL students a better understanding of what English is and where is came from. I would usually present the first few slides and then students would take turns presenting slides to the class, practicing their English while they read the text. Despite its original use for teaching ESL, I feel much of it can also be used in regular English and Social Studies classes.

This is a simple project that students can do individually or in a group. It allows students to have a little fun with numbers and help them remember what prime factorization is. The posters can make excellent decorations in your classroom, and they are really easy to mark.

This is a questionnaire that can be attached as the last page of a unit test, midterm exam or final exam. The purpose is to cue students to reflect on what they've done in class, for homework and during the exam, and to provide the teacher with valuable feedback on how the students are doing in the class.

This is a computer lab for consolidating astronomy based concepts such as Kepler's laws, Universal gravitation, escape velocity and satellite motion. This package includes a powerpoint for introducing Kepler's laws, an excel file with the orbital elements of the planets, and a fill-in-the-blanks document that guides the students through the tasks of the lab. This is a good activity to do in a high school physics class that covers astronomy related topics. It also gives students good experience i

This is a speaking project that can be done in high school math classes. It gives students a chance to work on their communication skills and provides a human element to the math ideas discussed in class.

This is a fun way to introduce or review fractions. It describes the steps for the fundamental operations of fractions including common denominators, multiplicationa dn division, reducing fractions, converting fractions into decimals and vice versa, and changing between improper and mixed fraction form. Dress up like a wizard to enhance the experience.

In this pack of teaching materials are about three days worth of powerpoints and worksheets that can introduce the biology part of junior high science in a very efficient and engaging way. Included here is an picture identification activity to introduce characteristics of living things, a worksheet where students will describe characteristics of a plant and animal of their choice, an introduction to cell theory powerpoint and vocabulary worksheet and an introduction to cell structures worksheet.