Query a Career Profile
Lessons
Students will explore career profiles and relate them to what they are learning in science class.
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.
Does Living Near High-Voltage Power Lines Cause Cancer?
STEM Explained
Learn about the risks of electromagnetic radiation near high-voltage power lines.
Exploring Canada’s Particle Accelerators
STEM Explained
Particle accelerators have amazing applications - from growing food to making airplanes safe.
Telescopes and Astronomy
Backgrounders
Visible light is only part of what astronomers study. They use different types of telescopes to study the entire electromagnetic spectrum.
Light Pollution
STEM Explained
Light can be a type of pollution. Learn about the damage it causes to people and living things as well as how you can prevent it.
Vivienne Jaehn-Kreibaum
Career Profiles
Electrical Engineer
What Causes Hot Things to Glow?
STEM Explained
Getting electrons excited by heat can cause certain materials to give off visible light when heated - like filaments in light bulbs.
Jason Bowie
Associate Director & National Business Manager (Oncology)
Airborne & Space Telescopes
Backgrounders
Learn about telescopes that do their work high in Earth’s atmosphere and in space.
Light and Its Properties
Backgrounders
Learn about light and its properties.
Optical Telescopes
Backgrounders
Learn about the history of telescopes and the function of refracting and reflecting optical telescopes.
Radio Astronomy
Backgrounders
Learn about radio astronomy, a type of astronomy that studies objects in space using radio waves and radio telescopes.
SETI - The Search for extraterrestrial Intelligence
Backgrounders
Some astronomers are not looking for stars, planets or galaxies. They are searching for intelligent life in the universe beyond our planet.
Ultrasonography
Backgrounders
Learn about the history, function, uses, benefits and risks of Ultrasonography as a medical imaging technology.