Science Literacy Week

CALLING ALL EDUCATORS! We’ve re-developed our popular school programs to bring you the best of the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre directly to you and your studen...ts through new interactive online learning. Our blended learning programs provide your students with structure to explore ideas with their classmates, and to experience our programming through an interactive online experience with our educators. For more information, visit spacecentre.ca/online-programming

World Space Week #WSW2020 is... NEXT WEEK! Find out how satellites can #ProtectOurOceans during a LIVE and interactive videochat session with Canadian Space Agency Senior Engineer Taryn Tomlinson! ... When? Tuesday October 6 at 1:30 pm (ET) Register now http://ow.ly/WS3950BGaJI Prepare your questions and ask away on Tuesday In collaboration with: Canadian Space Agency, Canadian Commission for UNESCO / Commission canadienne pour l'UNESCO Little Inventors

Dr. Nemer’s reappointment as ’s Chief Science Advisor ensures that #science continues to have a prominent place in Canada. http://ow.ly/7h0P50BHfsI : Nov 20, 2019

C O N T E S T Haven’t entered our #NationalScienceReadingDay contest yet? There’s still time! $3,000 in books and magazines are up for grabs - find out ...how to enter below: -- HOW TO ENTER: Did you celebrate National Science Reading Day by reading science-themed literature? Visit owlkids.com/sciencereadingday and tell us what you read for the chance to win! National Science Reading Day is presented by NSERC / CRSNG as a part of Science Literacy Week. Contest opens September 22. Prizes provided by Nimbus Publishing and Vagrant Press, Annick Press, Adventure Press, Common Deer Press, DK Books, Simon & Schuster Canada, Groundwood Books and 4 Canoes.

WATCH: A brand new Heritage Minute for #WomensHistoryMonth focuses on Elsie MacGill, feminist, polio survivor, and the world’s first female aeronautical engineer. MacGill was the chief engineer overseeing Canada’s production of Hawker Hurricane aircrafts during the Second World War.

World Space Week is coming soon don’t miss your chance to chat with Canadian Space Agency senior engineer Taryn Tomlinson! Register now at https://bit.ly/2S5...Tidr You don’t need to live by the oceans for them to matter. Oceans are vital to our ecosystem, and we rely on them for so much more than food and fun. Join us on October 6th to discuss how Earth observation satellites help us monitor and protect our oceans. nserc.littleinventors.org Canadian Commission for UNESCO / Commission canadienne pour l'UNESCO NSERC / CRSNG Canadian Space Agency

Paging all educators! @IngeniumCanada is launching Virtual Field Trips this Fall! Interact with a museum educator during these fun and engaging programs, all ...from the comfort of your home or classroom. #DistanceLearning #VirtualFieldTrips #FieldTrips #ScienceAtHome

Do you often read bedtime stories to your kids? Let’s flip the narrative! Encourage your kids to do the reading as a part of Science Literacy Week. There i...s such as broad array of topics that science covers, from astronomy to chemistry to zoology that your kids may not even realize. http://ow.ly/sn2950BxVDj #SciLit #ChooseScience Science Literacy Week NSERC / CRSNG

"People tend to think that we know everything about volcanoes and how they work. But the truth is, they're a huge mystery." Follow Kayla Iacovino as she unearth...s mysteries deep within volcanos. 'Breakthrough' is the latest mini-series from Science Friday & HHMI Tangled Bank Studios telling the stories of inspiring #WomenInScience.

C O N T E S T Haven’t entered our #NationalScienceReadingDay contest yet? There’s still time! Head to owlkids.com/sciencereadingday and enter for a chan...ce to win tons of cool prizes! -- HOW TO ENTER: Did you celebrate National Science Reading Day by reading science-themed literature? Visit owlkids.com/sciencereadingday and tell us what you read for the chance to win! National Science Reading Day is presented by NSERC / CRSNG as a part of Science Literacy Week. Contest opens September 22. Prizes provided by Nimbus Publishing and Vagrant Press, Annick Press, Adventure Press, Common Deer Press, DK Books, Simon & Schuster Canada, Groundwood Books and 4 Canoes.

Pictures from our last Science Saturdays session with Let's Talk Science in Ottawa! In honour of Science Literacy Week, our theme for this week was biodiversit...y. We started reading "The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss. Claire, a volunteer with Let's Talk Science Ottawa, taught us how to make butterfly biodiversity mobiles. Make sure to join us next Saturday, October 3rd at 10:00 am for a story and some more fun STEM crafts! #letstalkscience #frontiercollege #LearningForLife #ReadOnCanada #scienceliteracy

#Bibliovideo presents a Q&A with questions from kids and a read-aloud with The Bug Girl, Sophia Spencer! The Bug Girl is one of many great kids books on ...biodiversity, nature, and science you'll find in the booklist from Clearwaterkids and the CCBC. Thanks to the NSERC / CRSNG for their support. The Bug Girl is written by Sophia Spencer and Margaret McNamara, illustrated by Kerascoët, and published by Tundra Books. #ReadWriteWatch #BringingTheArtsToLife https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmPFa-RLIKc

Thanks to all the parents, teachers, youth and volunteers who joined us virtually for Science Literacy Week! Did our activities and stories inspire you to try some #STEM at home or in the classroom? Show us in the comments!