Science curriculum overhauled

By Emma Graney. "I don't want to be too melodramatic, but this is probably the biggest change in science education in Canada in the past 40 years." 
Upon making this bold statement, Dean Elliott leans back and crosses his arms, his face breaking into a grin. Elliott is the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education's science curriculum consultant - The Science Guy, if you will. 
Ultimately, he's the one who decides what your kids will be learning in the classroom when it comes to science. Jovial and clean-shaven, Elliott's passion about developing the provincial science curriculum is evident in everything he says; his eyes almost sparkle as he talks about the reforms coming to Grade 11 science, as though he were Father Christmas delivering the gift of a new learning model. And he's not overstating it. More...