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History & World Studies

portrait de Brittany Tyler

Brittany Tyler (she/her)

Career Profiles

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Officer

I negotiate and implement Canada's nuclear non-proliferation import and export policy.
Student colouring a mandala

Math & Mandalas

Lessons

In this lesson, students explore the connection between arts, math and mindfulness as they create mandalas.

B-58 Hustler in flight

Testing for Aviation Safety

Backgrounders

Learn about some of the ways that aircraft and spacecraft are tested.

Scale aircraft in a wind tunnel

Pre-flight Testing

Backgrounders

Learn about some of the ways Aerospace engineers test new designs.

XB-35

Strange Shapes in the Sky: Stealth and Flying Wings

Backgrounders

Learn about how and why engineers designed and built some very unique aircraft.

Otto Lilienthal's flying machine

A History of How Humans Learned to Fly

Backgrounders

Learn how aviation pioneers from the world learned how to make humans fly!

Hot air balloons at dawn

Lighter Than Air Vehicles

Backgrounders

Learn about history and workings of lighter than air vehicles.

Periodic Table with molecular model

Introduction to the Periodic Table of the Elements

Backgrounders

Learn about the elements of the periodic table and how they are organized.

S. Karly Kehoe

S. Karly Kehoe

Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Communities

Karly is a university professor who uses history to study how the past affects community development and sustainable development today.
Cloud model of an atom

Introduction to the Atom

Backgrounders

Learn about the parts of an atom and its history.

Ruth Bradley-St Cyr faisant des recherches à la bibliothèque

Ruth Bradley-St-Cyr

Independent Researcher & Part-time Professor

Ruth Bradley-St-Cyr is an Independent Researcher & Part-time Professor for the University of Ottawa.
Abigail MacEachern head shot

Abigail MacEachern

Construction Design Manager

Abigail MacEachern is a Design Manager for Pomerleau, located in Nova Scotia.
Screen capture from video "The Wacky History of Cell Theory”

The Wacky History of Cell Theory

STEM Explained

It took several scientists building on each other’s discoveries to come up with Cell Theory - one of the cornerstones of biology.

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Zoetrope

Interactives

Zoetropes are an early form of animation technology. Learn about this Ingenium artifact and make your own version of this artifact using 3D printing!

Telegraph key used in Metcalfe, Ontario telegraph office (Ingenium)

Telegraph Key

Interactives

The telegraph works by transmitting signals through an electrical circuit. Learn more and print your own telegraph key using this 3d model of a real artefact.