ATA Science Council

ATA Science Council Scavenger Hunt

ATASC Scavenger Hunt will BEGIN on November 18th, 2021 and END on December 2nd, 2021 at 11:59 PM, MDT

Look through our website and find the answers to the questions below.
Prize: $50 Chapters Gift Card and Mystery ATASC SWAG
Please email your scavenger hunt answers to atasc.questions@gmail.com
All 5 answers must be correct to be entered into the draw
Subject Line: Scavenger Hunt
1 entry per teacher
The scavenger hunt is open to ALL Alberta Teachers who are apart of the ATA
As ATA has divided Alberta up into 11 geographic districts, we will draw 1 name per district, except for Calgary City and Edmonton McMurray where we will draw 3 names. (This means there could be a total of 15 winners.)

ATASC Scavenger Hunt Questions:

Who is our ATA Science Council Journal Editor?
List one of the awards that the ATA Science Council offers.
What is the name of one of the “Resources of the Month”?
Who were our keynote speakers in our ATA Science Council 2016 Conference?
In our January 2021 Alberta Science Teacher Newsletter, who was the author of “Using the Medicine Wheel and Pillars of Indigenous Knowledge in Lesson Planning”?

Call for Article Submissions - Alberta Science Education Journal

The ATA Science Council publishes the Alberta Science Education Journal on a regular basis. The Alberta Science Education Journal welcomes article submissions relating to the following theme(s):

Science pedagogy (general)
Racism in Science
Representation in Science
Missing or misrepresented stories in science education
Math and Science interrelationships
Art and Science interrelationships
Urban/rural science education
Science, Technology, Society and the Environment
Science pop culture and the classroom

If you have a possible submission and are unsure that this is the appropriate journal or require an extension please contact the journal editor.
All articles will undergo a blind peer review process
Requirements for all articles:

Article Title
Author(s) Bio (50 -100) including: Name(s), Institution, Title and Areas of Interest
Abstract: (100 words)
Details: Up to ~5000 words, including references, notes and captions, or ~5-6 printed pages, double spaced, Times News Roman font size 12.

All questions and submissions are to be made to Monica Chahal PhD (editor) at ATASCJournalEditor@gmail.com

Have a resource you want to submit?

We are always looking for science resources from teachers across Alberta from Grade 1-12. Please email your submission to atascresources@gmail.com. In the subject line, include your name, the grade level, and the unit.