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Engineering & Technology

Science Odyssey 2021: Ingenium museums offer inspiring, virtual experiences

A woman wearing an astronaut’s helmet holds a rabbit up to the camera of a laptop, which is open in front of her. Children’s faces are visible on the laptop screen via videoconferencing.

Virtual field trips offer a breath of fresh air amidst pandemic restrictions

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Wanted: Canada’s brightest young minds

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Business & Economics

Connecting during COVID: How museums are rethinking engagement in a time of physical distancing

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Science Literacy Week offers online learning opportunities

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Code in Place: Learning Python during a pandemic

Kristy von Moos

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

When the global COVID-19 pandemic struck, two Stanford University Computer Science professors decided to engage in a unique experiment; offer 10,000 students from all over the world the opportunity to learn to code using Python — online, for free.

Inspiring educational resources

Inspiring educational resources

Catherine Émond

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

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

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Virtual tour: Explore a Dairy Farm

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Looking for a great educational tool to teach students about dairy farming and where food comes from? The Canada Agriculture and Food Museum has partnered with Google Arts & Culture to develop “Explore a Dairy Farm,” a virtual reality (VR) expedition available through the Google Expeditions app.

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New museum program brings the farm right into the classroom

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

It’s hard to tune out a science lesson when there’s a chicken on your desk. Thanks to a new mobile education program from the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, teachers in the Ottawa area can bring a bit of farm life — and a lot of excitement — right into the classroom.

Cows walk in front of a building at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum.

Virtual reality brings the farm life experience to students worldwide

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Field trip planning just got a whole lot easier. Thanks to the power of virtual reality, teachers based anywhere in the world can now take their students on an educational tour of the dairy barn at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum — which is also a working farm in Ottawa, Canada. The museum has partnered with Google Arts & Culture to develop “Explore a Dairy Farm,” a virtual reality (VR) expedition available through the Google Expeditions app. Nadine Dagenais Dessaint, who works as an