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Teens near a graffiti wall

Silent Discussion/Graffiti

Teaching STEM

This strategy helps students develop collaboration skills as they contribute opinions and personal connections to a topic.

Sorting Mats

Sorting Mats

Teaching STEM

This strategy helps students develop critical thinking skills as they sort, organize and classify things in different ways.

Cartoon mammoth

Should Scientists Clone Extinct Species?

STEM Explained

Cloning makes it possible to bring extinct species back to life. But is that a good idea?

Crispy fried crickets © phuketisland, iStockphoto

Should We Eat Bugs?

STEM Explained

What's tasty, abundant and high in protein and vitamins? Bugs! Bugs feed about 2 billion people each day. They also hold promise for food security and sustainability.

Wingsuit flying over Massachusetts

Soaring for Sport

STEM Explained

Ever dreamed if overcoming gravity and flying away? Using aerodynamics, wingsuit jumpers get as close to flight as humanly possible.

 Sound waves and sound-producing devices. Image © jop_pop, istockphoto.com

Sound vs. Noise

STEM Explained

What is the difference between sound and noise? How do they affect your hearing? And is noise always a bad thing?

Replica of the earliest wooden model stethoscope

Stethoscope Replica

Interactives

Using stethoscopes, doctors can use sound waves to detect various health issues. Learn how this device has evolved since it was invented in 1816!

Graphic of a tuning fork with sound waves coming out of both sides.

Exploring Sound

Lessons

Students will learn about and explore the properties of sound through activity centres.

Space junk

Space Junk

STEM Explained

Litter isn't just a problem on Earth. When litter ends up in space, it can cause collisions and other consequences for satellites, the International Space Station and even for people on Earth!

A column supporting the roof the Parthenon in Greece

Strong Shapes: Cylinders

Lessons

Students develop and apply comparing & contrasting, observing and predicting skills as they explore the strength of cylinders made with different materials.

Former Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk enjoys cycling on board the ISS

Spaceflight and Bone Loss

STEM Explained

Astronauts can experience bone loss in space. To understand why, you need to know a bit about how bones are formed and maintained in your body.

Soapy hands

Stupendous Suds

STEM Explained

Every time you wash your hands with soap, there are complex chemical reactions taking place.

Earth seafloor crust

Plate Tectonics

STEM Explained

The surface of the Earth is constantly moving, and earthquakes and volcanoes occur, because of plate tectonics.

plastic food containers, trays and food packaging made from polystyrene

Polystyrene: The Pros, the Cons, the Chemistry

STEM Explained

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

Radiation shielding garment on the International Space Station

Radiation and Human Space Exploration

STEM Explained

One of the greatest hazards that humans in space face is cosmic radiation. Learn what cosmic radiation is, why it's dangerous, and ways that we are looking at protecting humans in deep space.