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Windy hillside

Weather: Wind

Backgrounders

Learn what causes wind and how to measure it.

Recycled bottle bird feeder

Innovating with Form and Function

Lessons

Students use their understanding of form and function to design an innovative object or device.

Warm and cool Earth

Weather: Temperature

Backgrounders

Temperature affects the way we live, the clothes we wear and activities we do. But how does temperature vary across the globe?

Confident STEM student

STEM Skills and Self-Exploration

Lessons

Students learn how the STEM skills that they develop in class apply to future career options. 

One person being accepted and another rejected

Discrimination in the Workplace

Lessons

Students define workplace discrimination and analyze scenarios.

Fashion entrepreneur wearing headscarf

Global Competency Skills Inventory

Lessons

Students will take inventory of their Global Competency skills, reflect on their strengths, and set next steps for mastery of these skills.

Artificial intelligence concept art

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Backgrounders

Learn about the fast-moving field of artificial intelligence and what it can mean for students.

Students in a makerspace

Makerspaces for Educators

Backgrounders

A makerspace is a collaborative space where anyone can create, tinker, invent and learn by making.

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Digital Citizenship & Ethics

Backgrounders

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

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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.

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!