Praxis Science Outreach Society

2026 SE ALBERTA REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR STEM ACTIVITIES We have many community partners coming to share their love of STEM with our students at the Regional Science Fair. The tables will have exciting hands-on STEM activities and information for all stu…

Praixs has many community partners coming to share their love of STEM with our students at the Regional Science Fair on March 21. See

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for more information.

#MakeMorePossible #YSCRegionals #CWSF #STEM #MedHat #ScienceFair #SciChat #AbSci

The Quinte Regional Science and Technology Fair aims for excellence. Students can now register. There are many prizes and awards. Team Quinte is a group of top winners that go on to compete at the Canada-wide Science Fair. @qrstf www.qrstf.ca

Calgary showed up for STEM.

Vancouver | Mar 19: https://bit.ly/4aNukYd
Waterloo | Mar 23: https://bit.ly/4ufZFeR
Toronto | Mar 26: https://bit.ly/4rpUEhh
St. John’s | July 16: https://bit.ly/4ufZEYl

#WomenInSTEM #STEMCommunity #Networking #STEMCareers #CalgaryEvents #SCWIST #STEMCanada

On 12 Mar 1824, Gustav Robert Kirchhoff was born, the German physicist who, with Robert Bunsen, established the theory of spectrum analysis: britannica.com/biography/Gu... via @britannica.com #history #STEM #science #SciChat

Vector illustration of Polemaia lyonsi, a carnivorous afrothere from Oligocene Egypt. This animal resembles a large tenrec, with a long snout and large canine teeth. It is dark brown with yellow stripes on its belly and back

Moving on to the sunny shores of the early Oligocene Tethys with Ptolemaia lyonsi, A wierd poorly known carnivorous afrothere potentially related to aardvarks

#Marchofthemammals2026 #Paleoart #sciart

Daily blood tests helped curb E. coli complications in Calgary's 2023 outbreak Research conducted by University of Calgary scientists informed patient care when hundreds of children became sick from exposure to a severe strain of E. coli. Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (...

Research conducted by University of Calgary scientists: Daily blood tests helped curb E. coli complications in Calgary's 2023 outbreak medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03... via @sciencex.bsky.social #UCalgary #AbSci #science #medicine #SciChat

North, South, East, and Gladys West: How a Mathematician Helped Shape GPS - Candlewick Press Gladys’s mind swirls with numbers and shapes as the world enters the high-tech space age. This is the lyrical true story of a groundbreaking Black mathemat...

Gladys West, a pioneer behind GPS, left us a technology to help us find our way.

I am proud to reveal the cover of the book on her life and work.

www.candlewick.com/978153625576...

#STEM

Scientists looked beneath one of oldest trees on Earth. What they found is astounding | Discover Wildlife The researchers discovered a hidden world of life among the roots of Chile's ancient alerce trees. Here's why that's important.

Reminder that life in soil doesn't just _support_ #Biodiversity. It IS biodiversity

#Fungi #SoilHealth
www.discoverwildlife.com/plant-facts/...

Mobile brain scans sound like science fiction. But they're now helping more Canadian patients | CBC News A rising number of Canadian facilities are using mobile brain scanners to help patients, by offering MRIs mid-surgery in hospital or diagnosing stroke right on the roadside. So what's the future of th...

Mobile brain scans sound like #science fiction. But they're now helping more Canadian patients - Rising number of portable MRI, CT scanners being used mid-surgery, for stroke diagnosis & in remote areas. cbc.ca/news/health/... #CdnSci #medicine #health #SciChat

Mountains covered in snow. Pink light of sunrise reflected

This morning

Dorrit Hoffleit - Wikipedia

Ellen Dorrit Hoffleit (March 12, 1907 – April 9, 2007) was an American senior research astronomer at Yale University. #womeninstem #womenshistory en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorrit_...

ICYMI: The latest Praxis 'Science Smarts' column in the Medicine Hat News (March 7):

“Aches and Sprains”

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Get "chilled to the bone " with this science!

#MedHat #STEM #SciChat #SciEd #FamilyScience

We had some #Aurora show up last night. #astronomy

2 more subscribers to the SciArt Feed and we will have completed The Old One’s ritual--er, I MEAN we will have reached 4,200 subscribers!
🐡🧪🩺🎨

photo of a marshy pond with trees in the background

Connect more deeply with nature on the forest bathing trail in Calgary’s Inglewood Bird Sanctuary with seasonal ‘invitations’ from a Forest Therapy Guide www.calgary.ca/parks/forest...

Find the best solar panel location with micro:bit | Science Project Use a micro:bit's light sensor to record data and find the best location for a solar panel in this science project

Investigating sunlight & shadow helps students explore core physics concepts & connects to real-world #STEM applications including how the position of solar panels affects the energy they produce. www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair... via @sciencebuddies.bsky.social #SciEd #StudentProjects #SciChat

Happy Wednesday! Today was a crazy busy day! Today my K students worked on Typing with typetastic! Then 2nd grade worked on Sprite lab on @codeorg! Then 1st grade worked on modifying the their boat pushers with @LEGO_Education! Very productive day! #STEM #teacher

ICYMI: The latest Praxis 'Science Smarts' column in the Medicine Hat News (March 7):

“Aches and Sprains”

praxissciencesmarts.wordpress.com/2026/03/07/p...

Get "chilled to the bone " with this science!

#MedHat #STEM #SciChat #SciEd #FamilyScience

A group of people in lab coats are standing among plants. Two are holding flowers, one is reading a book, and another is using a laptop. The text above them reads: "Why we should look beyond grades to spot potential in STEM."

Why we should look beyond grades to spot potential in #STEM

“I have long believed that genius is evenly distributed across society,” this professor writes. https://bit.ly/4cD8Y2b

What does the appendix do? Biologists explain the complicated evolution of this inconvenient organ The appendix has independently evolved at least 32 times across 361 mammalian species. What makes it an evolutionary darling when it’s more of a medical liability today?

What does the appendix do? Biologists explain the complicated evolution of this inconvenient organ. theconversation.com/what-does-th... via @us.theconversation.com #biology #STEM #SciEd #SciChat

Susan B Anthony

The contributions of Susan B. Anthony, an abolitionist and Quaker, are immeasurable. She was an American civil rights leader who fought for the rights of the enslaved African Americans and of women who had no rights. Without her, there would have been no women’s movement.
#ProudBlue #Women’sHistory

What an incredible resource from Science Buddies!  Love reading about all of these amazing women in #STEM and #TECH #WomensHistoryMonth

EcoWest News, March 10, 2026 Safeguarding ancient forests, defending nature, challenging large-scale peat mining, and appreciating spiders: EcoWest News, March 10, 2026

Safeguarding ancient forests, defending nature, challenging large-scale peat mining, and appreciating spiders: EcoWest News, March 10, 2026

This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the innovation and passion of every woman in our community. Whether you are a future scientist, mathematician or change-maker, you are helping to pave a more inclusive path. #WomensHistoryMonth #InternationalWomensDay #WomeninSTEM

Happy International Women’s Day 2026 🎉

Take a moment today to celebrate the strength, creativity, leadership, and achievements of women everywhere.

#womenbizworks
#InternationalWomensDay
#WomenLeaders
#WomenInBusiness
#WomenInSTEM
#CelebrateWomen

And thanks to the Kiwanis Club of Medicine Hat for supporting the SE Alberta Regional Science that will be held on March 21 and for their article in the Medicine Hat News at medicinehatnews.com/life/local-l... #MedHat #STEM #SciChat #SciEd #FamilyScience #ScienceFair

Agriculture researchers discover breakthrough in fight against pod shattering | The Western Producer An agricultural science team at the University of Calgary has discovered several new approaches to create shatter-tolerant canola crops.

University of Alberta agriculture researchers discover breakthrough in fight against pod shattering - could help farmers save both time and money. www.producer.com/crops/agricu... #UAlberta #AbSci #agriculture #science #SciChat

Snow was heavy, wicked HARD lake #trailrunning today! Got in almost 21km in sympathy support for my buddies doing the Moab Run the Rocks this weekend 😃

If we were meant to fly we would have been born with wings.
#DefyDogma

International Women’s Day: Twelve women from chemistry history – pt. 8 Click to enlarge Today is International Women's Day, so here is another edition of the Women in Chemistry history series. This edition features women whose achievements in chemistry include the cre...

Today is International Women’s Day. This features women whose achievements in chemistry included the creation of synthetic emeralds, the impact of diet & nutrition on intelligence & health & more. compoundchem.com/2026/03/08/i... via
@compoundchem.com
#InternationalWomensDay #STEM #SciEd #SciChat