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Big Idea: Astronomy seeks to explain the origin and interactions of Earth and its solar system.

MOXIE unit

Carbon Dioxide and Space Missions

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Learn about how people control carbon dioxide levels in spacecraft such as the ISS.

Heat pipe in a laptop

Heat and Space Missions

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Learn about how people control heat in spacecraft such as the ISS and Orion.

Condensation on the window of the Apollo 12 Lunar Module, November 1969

Humidity and Space Missions

Backgrounders

Learn about how people control humidity on board the ISS.

Light meter in front of solar eclipse

Learning About Lux: Light and Solar Eclipses

Lessons

Students will observe, measure, record and graph light levels during a real or simulated solar eclipse.

Earth with ruler

3 Part Math Task - Modeling a Total Solar Eclipse

Lessons

Students will learn about the size and position of the Sun, moon and Earth during a solar eclipse using a 3-Part Math Task.

Dominique Poulin headshot

Dominique Poulin

Career Profiles

Mission Scientist

I am in charge of a mission whose goal is to acquire data from space, to monitor water quality in coastal areas and inland waters (e.g. algae).
A family watches an eclipse

Eclipse Watching

Hands-on Activities

Things to do on solar eclipse day!

Lenny and Lexie wearing eclipse glasses

Lenny and Lexie Get Ready for a Solar Eclipse

Hands-on Activities

Help Lenny and Lexie get ready for a solar eclipse using your unplugged coding skills.

Child using box eclipse viewer

Three Ways to Make a Solar Eclipse Viewer

Hands-on Activities

Safely view a solar eclipse by making and using a pinhole solar eclipse viewer.

portrait de Gopolang Mohlabeng

Gopolang Mohlabeng (he/him)

Career Profiles

Assistant Professor of Theoretical Particle Physics

I do research on the smallest building blocks of life and how they affect our entire universe.
portrait de Steve Lawrence

Steve Lawrence

Career Profiles

Sales Manager

As sales manager for Eos Positioning in Canada, I work with the Sales Reps, Marketing and Production.
Portrait de Evaline Warmels

Evaline Warmels

Career Profiles

Mechatronic Engineer

I design, build, and test devices that use electricity to do something that a human couldn't do on their own.
Lunar rover in its testing environment, created to mimic conditions on the Moon.

Designing Rovers for the Moon’s Extreme Environment

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Learn about the extreme environment on the Moon and the challenges this poses for designing lunar rovers.

Daedulus crater on the Moon

Impact Craters

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Learn about how craters are formed and about some of Canada's impact craters.

Bacteria, whale and universe

Understanding Scale: From Planck to Cosmic

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Learn measuring the scale of everything, from the very tiny to the super gigantic!