Michel Leger (he/him/they)
Career Profiles
Hydrographer
Olivia Ivany
Career Profiles
Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
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.
Let's Talk Space Exploration Resources
Backgrounders
Discover a set of resources to develop background knowledge on the topic of space exploration.
Ashley Noseworthy
Career Profiles
CEO/Founder of Edgewise Environmental
Xiaoyi Bao
Professor and Canada Research Chair
Are Whales Beaching Themselves Stressed By Sonar?
STEM Explained
Read about why sonar could be causing some whales to beach themselves.
Light and Sound Inventions that Changed the World
Lessons
Students will explore the societal impacts of inventions involving light and sound.
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.
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.
Amy King
Music Producer / Recording Engineer
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.
Airborne & Space Telescopes
Backgrounders
Learn about telescopes that do their work high in Earth’s atmosphere and in space.
Light and Its Properties
Backgrounders
Learn about light and its properties.
Reflection and Refraction
Backgrounders
Learn about reflection and refraction and meet Emily Altiere, a PhD student in physics who studies lasers.