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Big Idea: Daily and seasonal changes affect all living things.

Two cartoon people watching a solar eclipse

Let’s Learn About Solar Eclipses

Lessons

Students will learn about solar eclipses by role-playing the Sun, the Moon and the Earth.

Winter in the woods

Winter in the Woods Interactive

Interactives

Click around the interactive image below to learn more about animals that hibernate in Canadian winters.

Charlotte Cockburn standing in front of signs indicating distance to a variety of locations from Alert, Nunavut.

Charlotte Cockburn (she/her)

Career Profiles

Physical Scientist

I make sure we can monitor the weather all across Canada.
Sunrise over Earth from Space

Why is there day and night?

Lessons

Students will learn about how the earth rotates on its axis which creates the cycle of night and day.

Marty Robitaille pilotant un aéroglisseur

Marty Robitaille

Hovercraft Captain

ceberg under the midnight sun in Greenland

Climate: Polar Regions

Backgrounders

Learn about the unique climate found in Earth’s polar regions.

Hut on a tiny island

How can we build a structure that protects toy people from wind?

Hands-on Activities

How could you design and build a structure that protects toy people from the wind?

Windy hillside

Weather: Wind

Backgrounders

Learn what causes wind and how to measure it.

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?

Snowflake

Weather: Precipitation

Backgrounders

Learn about humidity and the many forms of precipitation.

Clouds seen from an airplane

Weather: Clouds

Backgrounders

Learn how clouds form and how they can be grouped into different categories

Soonwoong Kwon | Spécialiste en météorologie tactique (SMT)

Soonwoong Kwon

Tactical Weather Specialist (TWS)

Soonwoong Kwon is a Tactical Weather Specialist (TWS) for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), Joint Meteorological Centre (JMT).
Keven Bruce | Tactical Weather Specialist

Keven Bruce

Career Profiles

Tactical Weather Specialist

Kevin Bruce is a Tactical Weather Specialist for the Canadian Armed Forces.
Holly Wortman | Technicienne en météorologie

Holly Wortman

Meteorological Technician

Holly Wortman is a Meteorological Technician for the Canadian Armed Forces.
Alan Bezanson | Instructeur principal en météorologie

Alan Bezanson

Senior Meteorological Instructor

Alan Bezanson is a Senior Meteorological Instructor for the Canadian Forces School of Meteorology.