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stoufiville suntribune b saturday dec 22 2007 9 staff photobill roberts jaime sparks left and marilla hauselmann prepare for their vehicle collision prediction experiment at a grade 12 university physics class rim by teacher andy cherkas at stoufiville district secondary school stoufiville teachers workshops overflowing at provincial event from page 1 mr cherkas is bullish on the school beyond the science wing i dont think people in this town really appreciate the teach ers this school has had hear people taking their children else where to get a better education in fact its the opposite he said he noted math and tech teachers and students win awards and give seminars too the demand to learn about the handson approach to teaching science and some of the unique labs and demos used at sdss was more than we expected mr cherkas said after the provincial meetings the first workshops on biol ogy labs and demonstrations included sdss teacher kim seons presentation on fad diets and steve jimmo on diversity of living things laurie elgar showed three activities creating halloween creatures from genet ics active transport with yeast and congo red and using drama to teach photosynthesis and cel lular respiration the talk was scheduled in a room for 50 participants and at least three times that number tried to attend the session mr cherkas said the second workshop deal ing with grades 9 and 10 science attracted a similar number of participants however everyone could not be seated in the room mr jimmo ms seon john dragert and magdy shalaby took the participants through a sequence of labs and demos that included magic ultra violet beads a corrosion and combus tion experiment ecobottle labs and locating stars by the time the third session came around the conference committee alerted to the high demand for the sdss sessions had set up a crowd control sys tem the third session dealt with chemistry mr shalaby spoke about solutions and used alu minum foil and copper sulphate to experimentally determine coefficients for chemical equa tions mr dragert showed how to determine properties of materi als and classify materials accord ing to bond type mr cherkas spoke on using tiedye to teach various chemical topics the conference committee invited the sdss science depart ment back for next years confer ence to speak in a larger venue and to repeat the sessions to meet the demand for the talks levy has helped ital jaczek notes from page 1 plan that operates health in this prov ince the levy also hits those least capa ble of paying it said mr shurman who vowed to support doing away with the premium in the runup to the oct 10 provincial election at the end of the day if you have 900 in additional income would that help mr shur man said but how much lowerand middle- income people are charged could be an issue discussed during a review of the tax oak ridgesmarkham liberal mpp helena jaczek said although such a review remains a good exercise the bottom line remains that the government needs the addi tional cash for services dr jaczek said york regions growing population will need expanded services as an example of how the levy has been used markhamstouffville hos pital received more than 30 million in new funding since 2003 dr jaczek said the hospital- received onetime funding to increase key procedures such as hip and knee replacements and to purchase diagnostic imaging equipment whats clear is that we really do need that money for the health care system she said richmond hill mpp reza moridi also stressed how important cash raised through the levy is to high- growth areas such as york region that also have aging populations the tax will stay in place regardless of what the results of a review are mr moridi said in the end this tax is going to stay he said theres a need for this income arrive alive please dont drink and drive this message brought to you as a community service of the economist suribune fad now open furniture accents designs 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