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Duckling testing the water

Testing the Waters

Lessons

Students learn about how to gain experience and be exposed to, or “test the waters,” of careers that align with their personal occupational goals.

Girl dreaming about flying

What do you want to DO when you grow up?

Lessons

Students will use online tools and job search engines to explore career possibilities and the job market.

Engineers at work

Exploring Engineering Careers

Lessons

Students will learn about the different types of engineering and the various post-secondary pathways available.

Cybersecurity concept image

Cybersecurity Career Exploration

Lessons

Students will explore different possible working environments related to the field of cybersecurity.

Group of adults looking at code

Coding is For Everyone!

Lessons

Students will learn the importance of computer programming skills across a variety of career areas and how these skills can make them more employable.

Internet icons

Digital Citizenship & Ethics

Backgrounders

Digital citizenship is about thinking critically, behaving safely, and participating responsibly and ethically in the digital world.

Instagram on a phone

Instagram It

Lessons

Students choose a career to research and create an Instagram profile about that career choice.

Six domains of the Holland code

Work Interests and the Holland Code

Lessons

Students are introduced to the Holland Code framework and types of work interest themes. They are then challenged to identify their own career personality and occupational ideas.

Woman working on computer in front of a map

Mapping My Volunteer and Work Experience

Lessons

Students learn how to find a volunteer and work experience and then develop a detailed plan to apply for one of these experiences.

Students visualizing in class

Visualizing Your Career

Lessons

Using the process of visualization, students will start to identify preferred aspects of their ideal career.

Medical supplies and Canada flag

Creating a Vaccine for COVID-19 in Canada

STEM Explained

Learn how vaccines are developed, how they work and how some scientists in Canada are researching vaccines for COVID-19.

Eric experimenting with his own “helicopter seed”!

ScienceXplosion - Spinning Seeds

Interactives

On this episode of ScienceXplosion, Eric discovers how his maple tree spreads its seeds. It's not magic, it's science!

Eric experimenting friction with different objects

ScienceXplosion - Friction and Reality

Interactives

Rub... rub... rub... Can you feel the heat? Yes? It's friction! In this episode of ScienceXplosion, Eric learns how friction creates heat and can slow down moving objects. It's not magic, it's science!

Eric testing an optical illusion

ScienceXplosion - Optical Illusion, My Eye

Interactives

On this episode of ScienceXplosion, Eric learns how our brain connects separate images together to create the illusion of movement. It's not magic, it's science!

Students building robots

Robotics and Technological Thinking for Educators and Students

Backgrounders

Learn the fundamentals of technological thinking and robotic literacy and how it can be applied in elementary and high school.