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Year: 1996 – Province: Ontario

Regional Recipient

Charles Blain

Charles Blain is an enthusiastic promoter of an integrated curriculum. He sees opportunities to teach science in everything his students at Gregory Drive Public School in Chatham, Ontario, do. In preparation for a class trip to a fairground, for ex ample, students built their own roller coasters. He also coaches students preparing for science fairs, leads the school's rocketry club and has set up a number of projects in which students were asked to create technological devices.