![SIlhouette of a figure examining stars with a telescope](/sites/default/files/2023-01/physics%20chapter%20header.jpg)
How could you build a refracting telescope using water as the lenses?
Hands-on Activities
Build your own refracting telescope using glasses of water as the lenses.
![Glowing blue padlock among lines of binary code](/sites/default/files/2023-01/personal%20info%20header.jpg)
How can you protect your personal information?
Hands-on Activities
Protect your personal information with different types of encryption.
![Rover on the Moon](/sites/default/files/2023-01/Earth%20moon%20rover.jpg)
Can you design a rover that can survive on the moon?
Hands-on Activities
Design a lunar rover that can survive in the moon’s extreme environment.
![Geologists with seismograph](/sites/default/files/2023-01/Seismograph.jpg)
How can you build your own seismograph?
Hands-on Activities
Build your own seismograph using common household materials.
![Bee on flower](/sites/default/files/2023-01/bee%20on%20flower.jpg)
Can you artificially pollinate a flower?
Hands-on Activities
Design and build an artificial pollinator.
![Car-shaped lake in a vast green forest](/sites/default/files/2023-01/chemistry%20hands-on%20header%202023.jpg)
Can you design a sustainable vehicle?
Hands-on Activities
Design a transportation vehicle which can be made or powered sustainably.
![Astronaut Daniel Tani in the ISS](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-12/Daniel_Tani_in_ISS_sleeping_bag.jpg?itok=mjrDYl2y)
Home Sweet Home In Space
Backgrounders
Learn about the history of space stations and how they help us learn about space.
![Astronaut standing on Mars with Earth in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-07/astronaut-walking-on-mars.jpg?itok=AlYF5pct)
Earth vs. Mars
Backgrounders
Learn about the characteristics of the Earth and Mars, two planets in our Solar System.
![Illustration of the Earth](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-01/climate_change_earth.png?itok=zcd_ozLA)
Summer Symposium Series: Climate Career Resources
Backgrounders
A career focused on climate change and sustainability would let you help people by working to help solve the biggest problems of our time.
![Student going over materials and plans](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-02/Engineering%20Panel_UGuelph_Feb.25_EventCard.png?itok=ZcSYNrN5)
Summer Symposium Series: Engineering Career Resources
Backgrounders
A career in engineering would let you help people through designing and implementing the things they use in their daily lives.
![Working at laptop with stethoscope on desk](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-02/national-cancer-institute-NFvdKIhxYlU-unsplash.jpg?itok=DE1SoRTn)
Summer Symposium Series: Health Sciences Career Resources
Backgrounders
A career in the health sciences would let you help people directly in a very 'hands-on' way!
![Students working together on computer](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-11/PL_CareersTechnology_7-8.png?itok=IfHlpE3U)
Let’s Talk Careers Competition
Interactives
Join us for Canada’s Most Informed School and Students Competition, participate every fall and spring.
![A Virtual Career Fair](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-12/Virtual_Career_Fair.jpg?itok=If_LB7No)
A Virtual Career Fair
Lessons
Students will learn about various careers, and career pathways, through their review of various career profiles.
Students will continue to develop their understanding of the importance of STEM courses/programs for future career pathways.
![Exploring Occupational Clusters](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-12/Exploring_Occupational_Clusters.jpg?itok=fJEsaCjZ)
Exploring Occupational Clusters
Lessons
Students will recognize the variety of careers available in each occupational cluster.
Students will recognize that many of these careers require or benefit from a background in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
Students will make personal connections between their interests and current skills to the people profiled.