Backgrounders

Learn how soil is different on Mars than on Earth, and what that means for growing plants on the red planet.

Discover some background information on how we'll learn to live and work on the Moon - and beyond!

A look at the taxonomic classification of the tomato plant and the origin, history and development of tomatoes.

Learn about the characteristics of the Earth and Mars, two planets in our Solar System.

A career focused on climate change and sustainability would let you help people by working to help solve the biggest problems of our time.

A career in engineering would let you help people through designing and implementing the things they use in their daily lives.

A career in the health sciences would let you help people directly in a very 'hands-on' way!

Learn how new medicines are developed and tested in Canada.

Learn about groundwater and why we should protect it.

Learn how artificial intelligence systems are integrated in the vehicles we drive.

Learn about how spacecraft have helped us learn about our Solar System.

Learn about two ways of representing sets - Venn and Euler diagrams.

Learn about the history and math of the Gauss Summation.

Learn about how we can describe sets and subsets of numbers.

Learn about the dwarf planets in our Solar System.