Strand D: Energy and Society

Discover a list of resources to get you thinking about all things nuclear!

Learn about the different ways that heat is transferred.

Learn about why Canada is a world leader in nuclear technology.

Learn how biomass can be used to generate electricity.

Learn how energy from fossil fuels can be used to generate electricity.

Learn about uses of thermal imaging as a medical imaging technology.

Explore the greenhouse effect and learn about the impacts it can have on the environment.

Balls go up and down. But what makes for a good ball? Find out by exploring which materials bounce.

These two “point-counterpoint” videos provide arguments for and against using nuclear energy to generate electricity.

Could we use radio waves to charge electrical technologies in the future?

Things are heating up! Explore the temperature change that occurs in an exothermic reaction and the role of catalysts is this chemistry activity.

6 images of some instruments such as clinical and baking thermometers that have been designed to measure temperature for specific purposes

Can your body be a source of electricity generation? Maybe, if you understand heat transfer. Explore this concept through a 2013 invention by a Canadian teen.