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Ms Imgrund

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Science isn't about why, it's about why not!?

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How Boulders Are Born In this #STEMEd activity, students can use edible materials to model and demonstrate the geological processes that formed unique geologic features like Hickory Run’s Boulder Field. sciencefriday.com/educationa…

How Boulders Are Born

In this activity, students will review and discuss weathering, erosion and mass wasting, to gain a stronger understanding of how Hickory Run’s Boulder Field was formed after the Laurentide Continen...

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Incredible ‘teardrop star’ discovery breaks the mould for astronomers globalnews.ca/news/6656369/t…

Incredible ‘teardrop star’ discovery breaks the mould for astronomers - National | Globalnews.ca

Amateur skywatchers are being credited with identifying the star, which pulses on one side only.

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Wow - imagine the implications! apple.news/AgV554UEQRyaFhx7r…
Scientists discover 1st animal that doesn't breathe oxygen

Scientists discover 1st animal that doesn't breathe oxygen

For the first time, scientists have discovered something they didn’t think existed -- an animal that can’t breathe oxygen — and obviously doesn’t need to.

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Are we headed for another mass extinction? - National Geographic apple.news/AQV1qFh2VTg2PDFsr…
Are we headed for another mass extinction?

Are we headed for another mass extinction?

In the last 500 million years, life has had to recover from five catastrophic blows. Here's what caused them—and what the future could hold.

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This weird 'whiplash' planet is unlike anything astronomers have ever seen - NBC News apple.news/A2d4DRnXZTRuRaHm3…

This weird 'whiplash' planet is unlike anything astronomers have ever seen

Planet HR 5183 b is three times more massive than Jupiter and has an extraordinary, egg-shaped orbit around its host star.

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Too few Canadians are entering well paying trades - CBC News apple.news/ANVEmshqEQ8C7WlKy…
Too few Canadians are entering well paying trades

Too few Canadians are entering well paying trades

Thousands of Canadians find well-paying jobs in the trades each year, yet the variety and scope of opportunities in the trades tends to be poorly understood by the population.

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Science at work... Tooth embedded in man's foot for 24 years reveals what bit him - CTV News apple.news/AxBlkUFSqT-i9D_4Z…

Tooth embedded in man's foot for 24 years reveals what bit him

A Florida man who discovered a tooth lodged in his foot from an attack that occurred a quarter-of-a-century ago now knows what bit him, thanks to DNA testing.

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'Gravity isn't my friend,' Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques says as he and his crewmates return to Earth - CBC News apple.news/A5_xtr9-aS8mzxVqG…
'Gravity is not my friend,' Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques says as he returns to Earth

'Gravity is not my friend,' Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques says as he returns to Earth

Canadian David Saint-Jacques, Russian Oleg Kononenko and American Anne McClain have landed in Kazakhstan in a Soyuz capsule after the 6½-hour return trip to Earth from the International Space Station.

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The toxins that plastics leach into seawater are severely affecting the bacteria that provides perhaps 20 percent of Earth's oxygen. That's . . not good. trib.al/Gi98f7E
Now Ocean Plastics Could Be Killing Oxygen-Making Bacteria

Now Ocean Plastics Could Be Killing Oxygen-Making Bacteria

The toxins that leach into seawater severely affect bacteria that provide perhaps 20 percent of Earth's oxygen. That's where things get complicated.

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What I wish I would have added on air: 1. Not really a cellphone “ban” teachers are already using cellphones as tools for learning. Deflects from other harmful cuts! 2. “Ban” simplistic “solution” to a very complex & layered issue 2. Where is support for #digitalcitizenship?
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Has the Ontario government really banned cell phones in the classroom? Should devices be banned? Three Ontario teachers share their views on @TheAgenda tonight: Sara McCowell, @JCasaTodd, & @realJ_Mitchell. 8/11 pm on @tvo. #teacher #education #Ontario #CellPhone #devices
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Astronomers find most massive structure in the early universe | CBC News cbc.ca/news/technology/proto…
Astronomers find most massive structure in the early universe | CBC News

Astronomers find most massive structure in the early universe | CBC News

An international team of astronomers has uncovered the largest and most massive structure ever discovered in the early universe.

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Donna Strickland speaks to us about becoming the third woman to ever win the #NobelPrize for Physics. bbc.in/2yaEL5w
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Ultra-dense neutron stars believed to harbour the strongest known material in the universe cbc.ca/1.4840718 @McGillMSI #astrophysics #neutronstars #materialscience
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Shining the Spotlight on Trans Fats hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionso…
Shining the Spotlight on Trans Fats • The Nutrition Source

Shining the Spotlight on Trans Fats • The Nutrition Source

For years, only true diet detectives knew whether a particular food contained trans fat. This phantom fat—the worst type of fat for the heart, blood vessels,

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And now we are all green and gold starting Monday. Thanks for the memories Muskoka - let’s start making new ones on Monday. – at Innisfil, Ontario
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Green team for the win! And so ends another Muskoka – at Muskoka Lakes, Ontario
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I lava science! nyti.ms/2JJNFyY
Why Guatemala’s Volcano Has Been More Deadly Than Hawaii’s (Published 2018)

Why Guatemala’s Volcano Has Been More Deadly Than Hawaii’s (Published 2018)

Not all volcanoes are created equal: Some types pose a far greater hazard to life than others.

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Plastic pollution is a global challenge that doesn’t respect borders – it litters our streets, accumulates in our landfills, and contaminates our rivers & oceans. On World Environment Day, remember that we can all make changes to #BeatPlasticPollution. pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2018/06/05…
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😢 Time for change. Sick whale with dozens of plastic bags in stomach dies cbc.ca/news/technology/whale… – at Markham, Ontario
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