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Back to School with STEM: 21st century learning skills

Back to School with STEM: 21st century learning skills

An educational concept that has been heavily talked about nowadays is the idea of 21st century skills. But what does this actually mean? Let’s break it down with an example. In 2020, the world was faced with an extreme crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic. This pandemic took...

Related issue: Carbon bubble & unburnable carbon

Related issue: Carbon bubble & unburnable carbon

As you may recall in my other blog I talked about avoiding warming of 2 degrees large amounts of fossil fuels would have to remain in the ground.  As such, that means fossil fuel companies will not be able to burn much of their reserves. In theory, carbon capture...

Carbon Footprints/ Carbon Offsets

Carbon Footprints/ Carbon Offsets

Carbon dioxide is perhaps, the most infamous of the greenhouse gases.  They all are bad, in the excessive quantities that they are being emitted right in now, but Carbon dioxide seems to be focused on the most. Why? This is because carbon dioxide is the most abundant...

First Robotics Competition 2022

First Robotics Competition 2022

The First Robotics Competition is an international robotics community educating youth on future technological and societal advances. Teams of high school students are challenged each year to construct industrial-sized robots to compete in a challenging field game in...

Air Pollution: An Invisible Threat

Air Pollution: An Invisible Threat

A while ago, I talked about plastic pollution, a huge issue, but a very much visible one.  Even just on a walk you will likely find tons of litter everywhere. Air pollution, on the other hand, is not nearly as visible. But it is just as big as a threat, killing 7...

Ocean-Based Carbon Capture & Ocean Acidification/Coral Bleaching 

Ocean-Based Carbon Capture & Ocean Acidification/Coral Bleaching 

In my last blog, I talked about two closely linked issues, ocean acidification and coral bleaching, which themselves are linked to another issue, climate change.  Dealing with climate change will likely involve reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere....

Related Issue: Coral Bleaching

Related Issue: Coral Bleaching

Corral reefs are important. As mentioned in the Ocean Acidification blog, 25% of all ocean life relies on them at some point in their lives. The great barrier reef alone hosts over 400 corral species,1500 fish species, 4000 mollusk species, and 6 of 7 sea turtle...

Ocean acidification: An Issue Just as Bad as its Cause

Ocean acidification: An Issue Just as Bad as its Cause

At this point in time, everyone has a general understanding climate change. Most of us know it causes extinctions, dangerous natural disasters, and more. We also all know that it’s getting worse. Climate change is partly responsible for most of the issues mentioned in...

Ontario’s New STEM Curriculum (2022)

Ontario’s New STEM Curriculum (2022)

Our ever-evolving digital society has challenged our education system to adapt to supporting students so they can thrive in the 4th industrial revolution. The Ontario Ministry of Education has recently made significant changes to both the Elementary Math curriculum...