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CurioCity resources which align with Yukon's Science 10 Curriculum Content area on chemical processes (Chemistry).

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CurioCity resources which align with British Columbia's Science 10 Curriculum Content area on chemical processes (Chemistry).

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Through advances in crystallography, scientists have learned a lot about the structure of snowflakes. While they all start pretty much the same, once they start crystallizing, it’s true that no two snowflakes are alike. (2:39 min.)

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I am a chemical education research scientist. I have a research interest in the development and promotion of new access technologies in the science laboratory classroom for students who are blind or visually impaired.

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July 30, 1921 was an exciting day in science history: Banting and Best discovered that insulin really did lower blood sugar levels and could be used to treat diabetes! But how do we get insulin, and what other ways can we treat diabetes? Check out these top CurioCity resources to find out about insulin, diabetes, and stem cell treatments.

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This ChemMatters episode explains the science behind calories and nutrition facts labels. Find out how scientists first determined the calorie content of food in the 1800s, and how fat, protein and carbohydrate levels on nutrition facts labels are found today. (6:11 min.)

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Ice is a beautiful thing, especially when you're playing hockey on it!

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CurioCity resources which align with Quebec's Secondary IV Environmental Science and Technology content area: The Material World.

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Athletes who use banned drugs get a unfair advantage. But how do officials know which athletes are cheating and which ones are “clean”? With chemistry, of course!

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