Technology & Engineering

Learn how a team of Canadian engineers used Bernoulli’s Principle to design a human-powered helicopter. It set a world record for human-powered hovering flight!

Learn about the history of surfboards, and how different materials and designs over the years affected the physics at work in surfing.

When astronomers search for extraterrestrial life, they often have to listen for radio waves coming from deep space. If you’re interested, you can help!

11 images of structures with historical significance from different civilizations such as pyramids, statues on Easter Island and Stonehenge

7 images of structures in Canada such as an Inukshuk, CN Tower and the Parliament Building including their locations

6 images of some objects such as in fitness equipment which use wheels with grooves in their rims called pulleys for movement

5 images of some mass and frame structures from around the world such as the L’Arc de Triomphe gate and the Brooklyn Bridge

Learn the organic chemistry behind this very useful plastic. Why is recycling polystyrene hard? Why does polystyrene often end up as solid waste?

In planetary science, astronomers have found planets that orbit other stars, just like Earth orbits the Sun. Some of them might even be able to support life.

In a few decades, some of the electricity you use might be generated by bacteria.

In April 2016, Let’s Talk Science volunteer Daniel Tarade donated stem cells to help a person who needed a stem cell transplant to survive. Learn what stem cells are, how and why people donate, and what Daniel’s experience was like.

This backgrounder explains what noise is, how it is measured, and how it affects our hearing, wellness and more.

Explore the concept of displacement of fluids in this hands on activity.

Drones are very cool and very useful aircraft! This resource explains how drones stay in flight, and outlines some of their uses.

Students look for shapes in structures and then build and test different frame structures for strength and stability.