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Two cartoon people watching a solar eclipse

Let’s Learn About Solar Eclipses

Lessons

Students will learn about solar eclipses by role-playing the Sun, the Moon and the Earth.

Brain, heart and hands

Head, Heart, Hands

Teaching STEM

This learning strategy encourages students to engage their head for critical analysis, their heart for emotional reflection, and their hands for practical application of what they have learned.

Hiker filling a water bottle

How can you design the least “expensive” water filter?

Hands-on Activities

Challenge yourself to design the best filter for the lowest cost!

Spiral staircase

Designing with the Fibonacci Sequence

Hands-on Activities

Create a design that uses the Fibonacci sequence.

Canada flag on computer screen

Canada: A Global Leader in AI Technology

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Learn what makes Canada a global leader in Artificial Intelligence.

Geometric artificial brain with chip, gears and circuit board

How can you train a machine learning system?

Hands-on Activities

Create a set of rules that a machine learning system could use to identify a specific icon from an icon library.

Vaccine cooler bag

How can you design an insulated container?

Hands-on Activities

How can you design a container that keeps something cold?

Cartoon bacteria through a magnifying glass

Design your own bacteria!

Hands-on Activities

How could you design a new type of bacteria that helps people?

White Sturgeon

Conserving British Columbia’s White Sturgeon

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Learn about British Columbia’s White Sturgeon and some of the ways people are working to preserve their habitat.

Scaber Stalk fungus

The Mysterious World of Mycorrhizas

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Learn about the unique partnership between plants and fungi.

General Electric-Hitachi Power Reactor Innovative Small Module

Redefining Energy with Small Modular Reactors

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Learn about small modular reactor technology and its future in Canada.

Rolls of aluminum

Chemistry in the Aluminum Industry

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Learn about the role of chemistry in the aluminum industry.

Image of a windmill with a cloudy sky in the background.

How could you design a wind-powered elevator?

Hands-on Activities

Design a device that uses the power of wind to lift a small object.

Carillon Hydroelectric Power Station, Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec

Generating Electricity: Hydroelectric Power

STEM Explained

Learn how moving water can be used to generate electricity. This is called hydroelectric power generation.

Bakery entrepreneurs

Young Entrepreneurs – Math and Your Dream Business

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Learn how entrepreneurs use math when starting a business.