Looking for some inspiration to jump-start learning at home or through your virtual classroom? The education team at the Canada Science and Technology Museum has gathered some of our favourite links to educational, playful, and hands-on resources — which can be done online or offline. We’ve divided the resources into suggested age groups (but note there are overlaps): 5+ 8+ We’ve also separated them into categories: Science experiments Computer skills Creation challenges Applications Lectures

Recently, the media has been flooded with warnings about climate change, and wildly contrasting predictions about the promise and pitfalls of AI. What you may not know is how AI and climate change are linked.

The annals of history are filled with the accomplishments of remarkable people: discoverers of scientific phenomena and innovators of new technologies. But for the most part, history only celebrates the achievements of men. Granted, our high school textbooks teach us about Joan of Arc and Marie Antoinette, but what about women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)? Their absence is proof of centuries of marginalization and gender discrimination. It shouldn’t be surprising then to

In 2017, I had the honour of travelling to Iran — the country that's world famous for its hand-woven carpets — to study women’s traditional practises of Persian carpet weaving. I visited collective and home carpet-weaving workshops in Kashan, where I interviewed local women who were involved in carpet weaving. Frames of astonishing designs, mixed with attractive colours using traditional tools, have been fixed in my memory. Traditional tools used for carpet weaving, ToranjMehrab carpet weaving

New week, new ideas.

To be honest, I was not completely sure what I would be doing in my internship here at the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum. There had been mentions of a cool project, but I really had no idea what I was getting into.