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Car-shaped lake in a vast green forest

Can you design a sustainable vehicle?

Hands-on Activities

Design a transportation vehicle which can be made or powered sustainably.

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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles

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Learn about vehicles that use hydrogen for fuel.

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Origin of Earth’s Moon

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Learn how Earth’s moon came to be and what we have learned from Moon rocks.

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Deciding Where to Dig: Geology and Mining

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Learn about how mining companies find good locations for mining.

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Design Thinking

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Learn about the Design Thinking process and how it can be used with students.

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Seeing the Universe with the James Webb Telescope

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Learn about the James Webb telescope and Canada’s role in the mission.

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Lexie’s Holiday Wish List

Hands-on Activities

Try this fun board game that develops your unplugged coding skills.

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Rhiannon Cooper (she/her)

Career Profiles

Epidemiologist

I monitor the patterns and trends of infectious diseases across the province.
Insulated food containers

Design & Build an Insulated Food Container

Lessons

Students will design and build a prototype of a device to keep food cold for a specified time.

Airport terminal with airplane

Up, Up and Away: Careers in Flight

Lessons

Students will learn about the wide variety of jobs related to the aviation industry.

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Exploring Physical and Chemical Changes

Lessons

Students observe and classify physical and chemical changes of matter.

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Two Stars And A Wish

Teaching STEM

This learning strategy helps students in providing peer feedback.

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Used to Think, Now I Think

Teaching STEM

This strategy helps students reflect on how their understanding or thinking may have shifted after exploring or learning about a concept, idea, or perspective.

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Testing Aircraft Wings

Lessons

Students will explore how wing design affects lift using a testing device similar to a wind tunnel.

Nancy Duquet-Harvey

Nancy Duquet-Harvey

Career Profiles

Environmental Superintendent

I make sure that we don't harm the environment with our mining activities.