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Cartoon-style garden landscape, focusing on the soil under the ground. Various colourful characters such as such as a mole, an earthworm, and compost smile to the camera, dressed as superheroes.

Soil Superheroes

Soil Superheroes provides visitors with an underground perspective on the importance of soil science and conservation.

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Two hands are outstretched over an open vermicomposting bin holding a small heap of a soil-like substance with small, red worms in it.

Vermicomposting 101: Learn to Compost indoors with worms

Join Renée-Claude Goulet and special guest Akil Mesiwala for a fun, informative Zoom session about vermicomposting

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Draw with Rob Canada

Try these fun draw-along videos to inspire your curious minds about agriculture topics.

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Online Resources for Science at Home

Spark the imaginations of curious minds with these at-home activities!

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One Membership, Three Museums

An Ingenium membership opens the door to discovery at all three of Canada’s museums of science and innovation!

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John Deere 720 LP Tractor - Ingenium 1983.0360

John Deere 720 LP Tractor - Ingenium 1983.0360

Canada has a long and rich history of innovation in science and technology. The artifacts collected, preserved, and displayed in the three museums of Ingenium showcase this history. Each artifact tells a fascinating story of innovation and illustrates how science and technology have contributed to the transformation of Canada. Find out more about many of these artifacts here.

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Three images side by side, erosion rills in a field, venus, and a black-footed ferret,
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Agriculture

3 things you should know about soil, Venus, and the black-footed ferret

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Apr 1, 2021
For the April edition, we dig into soil erosion, our nearest planetary neighbor, Venus, and the plight of the black-footed ferret.
An apple with green skin is cut in half against a white background. Of the exposed apple, half of the face is white, the other is brown.
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Agriculture

Everyday science: Why do cut apples turn brown?

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Mar 18, 2021
If you’ve ever wondered why that happens — and if there’s anything you can do to stop it — you’ve come to the right place! Let’s dive into the everyday science of why cut apples turn brown.
An advertisement from Langlais & Frère Incorporée of Québec, Québec, extolling the merits of the Zetor 25 tractor. Anon. “Advertising – Langlais & Frère Incorporée.” L’Action catholique, 3 March 1951, 14.
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Agriculture

They shall beat their swords into plowshares; or, A brief look at the Czech state-owned firm Zbrojovka Brno Národní Podnik

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Mar 14, 2021
Yours truly must admit that I racked my brains to find an agricultural topic for this issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee. The grayness which affects our little corner of the Milky Way is getting a bit heavy. This being said (typed?), I think I found a little something in the 3 March 1951 issue
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