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Go for the Gold with STEM
STEM Explained
Learn about how STEM powers the Winter Olympics.
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Let's Talk Mars Resources
Backgrounders
Discover a set of resources to get you up to speed on the discussion surrounding Mars
![The face of the planet Mars (NASA)](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-12/PIA08636_orig.jpg?itok=Aa5pX4g6)
Destination Mars
Backgrounders
Discover how space agencies have explored the Red Planet in the past and present and learn about the future of human spaceflight to the red planet.
![Four Harvard training aircraft](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-12/harvards.jpg?itok=54yNGDe_)
How Planes Fly
Backgrounders
Learn about what gets planes up in the air, what keeps them up there, and what brings them down again.
![Four forces acting on an aircraft](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-11/Four_forces_of_flight.png?itok=6fuWyvYE)
Four Forces of Flight
Backgrounders
Learn about the four forces of flight.
![Michaella Chemello cuisinant et servant des crêpes au Stampede de Calgary](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2021-11/Michaella%20Chemello.jpg?itok=jHGr1rYp)
Michaella Chemello
Engineer in Training (Civil)
![Red soil on the surface of Mars](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-01/bonneville_crater.jpg?itok=_or8QS8d)
Soil on Mars
Backgrounders
Learn how soil is different on Mars than on Earth, and what that means for growing plants on the red planet.
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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!
![Astronaut standing on Mars with Earth in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-07/astronaut-walking-on-mars.jpg?itok=AlYF5pct)
Earth vs. Mars
Backgrounders
Learn about the characteristics of the Earth and Mars, two planets in our Solar System.
![Student going over materials and plans](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-02/Engineering%20Panel_UGuelph_Feb.25_EventCard.png?itok=ZcSYNrN5)
Summer Symposium Series: Engineering Career Resources
Backgrounders
A career in engineering would let you help people through designing and implementing the things they use in their daily lives.
![Mars Perseverance rover](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-01/perseverance_rover.jpg?itok=XB-RXgBl)
Exploration of the Planets in the Solar System
Backgrounders
Learn about how spacecraft have helped us learn about our Solar System.
![Pluto lit by a distant Sun](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-01/pluto_and_sun.jpg?itok=Lrs0GRLo)
Meet Our Dwarf Planets
Backgrounders
Learn about the dwarf planets in our Solar System.
![Jupiter’s atmosphere taken from NASA's Juno spacecraft](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-01/above_jupiters_clouds.jpg?itok=uWE7qUix)
The Outer Solar System
Backgrounders
Learn about the amazing planets and moons of the outer Solar System.
![Space lander](/sites/default/files/2020-12/yellow-space-lander.jpg)
How can we land a model space probe?
Hands-on Activities
Design and build a model space probe.
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Careers with Form and Function
Lessons
Students explore careers that involve the concepts of form and function.