New on YES I Can! Science, http://www.yesican.yorku.ca The government of Ecuador has declared a national emergency in response to a major oil spill threatening the environmentally-sensitive Galapagos Islands. The YES I Can! Science database, http://www.yesican.yorku.ca, hosted by the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science at York University in Toronto, offers freely accessible curriculum-linked classroom resources and assessment tools for K-12 science teachers. We have recently added to our database classroom activities to explore the current environmental threat to the Galapagos. Linked to expectations of grades 6, 7, 8 and 10 of the Pan-Canadian Science Curriculum, the activities are designed to help students examine such questions as: -What happens when oil is spilled in our waterways? -How can we prevent oil spills - both large and small? -How can we prepare for oil spills? -What can Canadians do to limit the environmental damage oil spills can cause. Visit YES I Can! Science, http://www.yesican.yorku.ca, and choose �Real-time Science, Current Event�. Diane Hammond Curriculum Consultant YES I Can! Science York University, Toronto, Ontario http://www.yesican.yorku.ca [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This is the CPS Science Teacher List. To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For more information: <http://home.sprintmail.com/~mikelach/subscribe.html>. To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/science%40lists.csi.cps.k12.il.us/>
