Tyler Morhart (video)
Career Profiles
Scientist, Beamline Responsible - SyLMAND
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Tyler Morhart (he/him)
Career Profiles
Scientist, Beamline Responsible - SyLMAND
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Genevieve Ellis (she/her)
Career Profiles
Journey Person Boilermaker & Welding Supervisor
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How could you build a refracting telescope using water as the lenses?
Hands-on Activities
Build your own refracting telescope using glasses of water as the lenses.
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Monitoring the Ocean with Radar
Backgrounders
Learn about how a special type of radar helps monitor and protect Canada’s oceans.
![C-band radar](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-01/radar_dish.jpg?itok=HcuuNraM)
Making Waves with Radar
Backgrounders
Learn about how the radar works, the history and its many real life applications.
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Strange Shapes in the Sky: Stealth and Flying Wings
Backgrounders
Learn about how and why engineers designed and built some very unique aircraft.
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Let's Talk Lunar Resources
Backgrounders
Discover some background information on how we'll learn to live and work on the Moon - and beyond!
![Waves and particles](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-06/waves_and_particles.png?itok=RBgFq6c2)
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
STEM Explained
Learn what quantum mechanics is, the history of its development and the ways we use it today.
![The Jodrell Bank Lovell Telescope located in Cheshire, England](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-06/Jodrell_Bank_Lovell_Telescope.jpg?itok=TFL_abQu)
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.
![Skyglow from a city and highway](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-06/night_sky_and_highway.jpg?itok=5QVvQWHE)
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.
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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.
![Abstract light pattern](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/abstract_light.jpg?itok=MKGdyhIT)
Light and Its Properties
Backgrounders
Learn about light and its properties.
![Large diamond refracting light](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/big-round-cut-diamond.jpg?itok=KF0PkwqM)
Reflection and Refraction
Backgrounders
Learn about reflection and refraction and meet Emily Altiere, a PhD student in physics who studies lasers.
![Boy looking through telescope at night](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/telescope-boy-night.jpg?itok=13zWe-Od)
Optical Telescopes
Backgrounders
Learn about the history of telescopes and the function of refracting and reflecting optical telescopes.