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Online Resources for Science at Home

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Ingenium sparks the imaginations of curious minds! This page is a doorway to an array of engaging and online resources — perfect for parents, teachers, and students. Browse online educational programs by museum name or by type. Explore new spaces through our virtual tours, or visit digital exhibitions through Ingenium’s partnership with Google Arts & Culture.

Sign up for our Teacher Newsletter to stay in-the-know about all our education resources! You’ll be rewarded with timely, topical information that will inspire your students.


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STEM Education Toolkit

Explore an approach to teaching and learning that incorporates co-creation, 21st-century learning, innovation and design thinking.

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Digital Learning Kits

Discover curricula-linked teaching materials, including printable worksheets and suggested activities, images, and websites to share with students.
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Try This Out

Go ahead... DO try this at home! Explore science and technology in your own home with fun, hands-on experiments and activities.
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Virtual Field Trips

Experience Ingenium’s museums on a virtual field trip! Students can meet with museum educators from the comfort of their home or classroom.
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Games and Apps

Blend science or history with your child’s gaming habit! Fly like a honeybee, go on a mission to Mars, or take to the skies as a pilot with our games and apps.
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Recipes

From apples to zucchini, the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum’s alphabetized recipe collection is sure to inspire your next kitchen creation.
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Tell Me About

Find the answers to commonly asked questions about sound, astronomy, illusions, wearable technology, and much more!
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3D Educational Resources

Bring artifacts into your home or online classroom with downloadable 3D files and activity sheets.

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Explore a Dairy Farm

Take a virtual tour of rarely seen areas of the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum! Follow the museum’s herdspeople as they complete their afternoon chores on this working dairy farm.

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360 tour of the Governors General rail cars

Take an immersive, virtual walking tour inside two rail cars used by Canada’s Governors General, Royal parties, and various dignitaries.


Visit Digital Exhibitions on Google Arts and Culture

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A Day in the Life

This exhibition chronicles the path of the first vial of COVID-19 vaccine — from production to the arm of a Canadian healthcare worker.

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Nurturing Nature, Creating an Icon

Learn about the discovery and evolution of the world-famous McIntosh Red apple.

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Elsie MacGill - the first female aeronautical engineer

Meet Elsie MacGill — engineer, businesswoman, advocate for women’s rights…and the first female aviation engineer in the world.

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How the snowmobile reinvented winter

Hop on board Joseph-Armand Bombardier’s snow machines and discover how one man conquered the Canadian winter.

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Once Upon a Try

Embark on a journey of invention and discovery with CERN, NASA, and more than 100 museums around the world.

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The Art of Science: Documenting Canada’s Central Experimental Farm

Discover the rich history of Canada’s Central Experimental Farm, dating back to 1886.

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Canada’s Jet-Age Dream: The Avro Arrow

Designed to defend Canada against bomber attacks from the Soviet Union, the ill-fated Avro CF-105 Arrow represented remarkable achievements in flight technology.


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Read Articles on the Channel

The Ingenium Channel is a storytelling portal that explores the human side of innovations in science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM). Check out the Channel boards — which group content by theme — including a board dedicated to educational and inspiring resources!

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Digital Archives

The Digital Archives portal offers access to the digitized archives of our museums, enabling users to conduct research from a distance.


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C.R. Percival’s Microscope Slide Collection

C.R. Percival spent his life capturing the beauty of nature so others could study it. His skill at collecting and preparing samples meant his slides were shared worldwide.

The conservation team at the museum has taken micrographs (photographs through a microscope) of these slides.

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