Atlantic Science Links Association (ASLA)

The fourth Atlantic Science Links Association (ASLA) Conference for Science Teachers offered four exciting labs for science teachers!

The full-day conference invited science teachers from across Nova Scotia to Dalhousie University where they participated in curriculum-related, hands-on labs, facilitated by Dalhousie scientists. The goal of the conference was to transfer practical, classroom-ready science content and techniques directly to teachers, strengthening science education at the grassroots level!

✅All aspects of the event were free of charge for teachers. ✅

The labs:
🔥Understanding and identifying mineral and crystal properties (Instructor: Dr. James Brenan with PhD student Peteris Rozenbaks)
🌿 Meet your neighbours: Plants in and around the schoolyard (Instructor: Prof. Lara Gibson)
🧬 Exploring DNA from fruit (Instructors: postdoc James Kho and PhD student Tiara Mulder)
🐟 Ocean School: Exploring the ocean through immersive multimedia (Instructor: Dr. Boris Worm)

Halifax Sci-Tech Expo Chief Judge Julia Sarty also provided a lunchtime information session on “Making Science Fairs Work for You”.

Huge thank you to the teachers who attended, lab hosts, volunteers, board members, funders, and conference organizers!

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