Black in STEM Week 3
This week’s Black In STEM Canadian scientists include Dr Juliet Daniels, an amazing researcher and leader at McMaster university, and Dr Eugenia Duodu, who encourages youth like her to participate in STEM education. Her TED talk, An Unlikely Scientist, is worth showing to your students. Find the whole week 3 calendar (along with weeks 1 and 2) here Black-in-Stem-2021-Week-3.
Dr Juliet Daniels and the scientific team she has assembled.
Professional Learning in Science coming up
Tricky Topics in Elementary Science–Feb 22–Matter; Mar 8–Climate Change; Apr 19–Heat and Energy Transformations. Join us for a brief (one hour) session to dig in to the scientific background of these topics and learn how to stimulate student understanding, curiosity and inquiry. Sign up on the SD41 Staff Development Calendar. If you miss one (Evolution already happened), e-mail me at Donna.Morgan@burnabyschools.ca to get a link to the materials and recording.
Book Suggestion
Cece loves science and adventure!
In this STEM-themed Girls in Science picture book, Cece and her Adventure Girls troop use science, technology, engineering, and math to solve problems and earn their camping pin. For younger students, there is a picture book Cece Loves Science!