Amy Williams is an astrobiologist and geologist, and a professor at the University of Florida. She is a science team member on both of the active NASA Mars rover missions, Curiosity and Perseverance. In this talk we will explore the major discoveries of these missions and what is ahead in Mars exploration.
What happens to food scraps and yard trimmings after they leave the bin? Is it food waste, yard waste, or wasted natural resources? Join Clinton Sander, Marketing Manager at A1 Organics, on October 6 at 12:30 p.m. ET to explore how organic materials and food from school cafeterias can be transformed into nutrient-rich compost that ...
Have you ever noticed that AI chatbots almost always agree with you? Designed to be ultimate people pleasers, AI tools are programmed to validate our opinions rather than challenge them, a phenomenon known as AI sycophancy. But is a machine that always says yes actually helping us think clearly? In this interactive session, students will ...
Learn about how we explore and understand cultures from all of human history with Dr. Eren! Dr. Eren runs the cutting edge Experimental Archaeology Laboratory, where faculty and students re-create and then reverse engineer ancient technologies! Dr. Eren's research has been regularly featured in international media, including PBS NOVA, the History Channel, the BBC, the ...
What happens when you try to build several groundbreaking spacecraft at the same time, and get them ready on a tight timeline? Join JPL engineer Ravi Prakash to explore 4 new missions launching in 2028, and discover how JPL is changing the way we tackle big engineering challenges to make them possible. Ravi Prakash has ...
Do cities have to be all concrete and glass? Most definitely not! In fact, natural spaces help keep cities healthy! Join us on October 28th as Raja shares The Meadoway story. How did a hydro corridor become a biodiverse haven for bees, butterflies, rabbits, snakes, and more? What other benefits does this native plant meadow ...
The Waterton Glacier Dark Sky Preserve is a night-time paradise for nocturnal animals. Register now to discover who is hooting and howling when the sun goes down in Paahtómahksikimi.
Celebrate World Lemur Day with the Duke Lemur Center in Madagascar! Join a community outreach event to raise awareness and excitement about the world famous lemurs!
Sam Ryan from Memorial University of Newfoundland will be introducing the basics of quantum physics and where it's used in daily life, the wacky nature of particles and how they act differently when you watch them, as well as the many unexplained phenomena of quantum physics!
Kristen Lear is a bat conservationist and environmental educator. She got her start in bat conservation at age 12, when she built and installed bat houses for her Girl Scout Silver Award project. Since then, she has traveled the world, including the US, Australia, and Mexico, to learn how to protect endangered bats and to ...
Paul is a scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature whose explorations have taken him across Inuit Nunangat studying the biodiversity of this important region, working across Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon. His adventures have even taken him to Mars (well, Utah actually, but he did have to wear a space suit)! His ...
Venture into some of the darkest and most unique places inside the Earth: Caves formed where glacier ice and volcanic heat interact, creating otherworldly environments that are both cold and hot at the same time. Christian Stenner has explored largest and deepest of these glaciovolcanic caves in the world. Caves that tell us about volcanic ...
Animals have different sizes and shapes of teeth, claws and bones to help them to feed and survive, and dinosaurs were no different! In this virtual tour the Tate Geological Museum education specialist will show the students dinosaur teeth, claws, eggs and other fossils from a variety of prehistoric animals and explain how we can ...
The dinosaurs went extinct about 66 million years ago, but what did their world look like, and how do we know? Join paleontologist Caelan Libke to explore the world that dinosaurs lived in right before the mass extinction. Caelan will also showcase some of the incredible other creatures that lived alongside the dinos, including amazing ...
Why do the Northern Lights dance, and where do their amazing colours come from? In this session, students will explore the connection between the Sun and our night sky. They will discover how tiny particles from the Sun interact with Earth’s magnetic field and gases high in the atmosphere, making them glow green, red, and ...
As a PADI Divemaster, Dana loves exploring underwater worlds and sharing their wonders with others! She’s excited to help folks discover what kelp is, why kelp forests are so important for ocean life, and why kelp forests are disappearing from our coastlines. Dana will also share how Ocean Wise is working to help the kelp ...
Join Alex Nelson, fossil preparator and dinosaur educator extraordinaire in this special show where you can ask ANYTHING! What’s the biggest dinosaur? How long did dinosaurs rule the earth? Did any dinosaurs survive the meteorite impact? Let your imagination run wild and get your most dino-tastic questions answered!
Join us live from Churchill Manitoba as we join our favourite polar bear researcher, Alysa McCall, live from a tundra buggy. The polar bears are back in Churchill, let's see who's out on the tundra!!! Alysa is a conservation biologist specializing in polar bears; she is based out of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada but spends ...
Waterton Lakes National Park is a unique place where the prairie grasslands meet the mountains. It is often the towering mountains that pique people’s interest first, but the grasslands are an equally amazing ecosystem brimming with biodiversity as well as cultural importance for Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot) people. Join in to experience this ecosystem from a whole ...
Dive into a world where mermaids, sea monsters, and ocean legends come to life! In this interactive program, we’ll uncover the real marine animals that inspired mythical tales and explore how science reveals their secrets. Along the way, we’ll discover how choosing sustainable seafood helps protect these ocean wonders for the future.
The urgent threat of global climate change requires us to work and see in new ways. Working from medium-sized sailing research vessels offers a new lens: we can decarbonize our research methods, develop strong relationships with people and place, increase the efficacy of our fieldwork, and, while living in small spaces doing challenging things, build ...
Dr. Eleanor Moreland is a planetary geologist at Rice University who has always loved solving mysteries, and today, she studies clues hidden inside rocks: minerals! Ellie works on methods to identify mineral fingerprints in rocks and applies these methods to planets beyond Earth. As part of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover Science Team, her research ...
Sam Ryan from Memorial University of Newfoundland will be diving into one of the universe's most interesting and baffling phenomena – black holes! Sam will talk about their formation, how they impact the space around them, and all the unanswered questions that continue to puzzle scientists today!
Shorouk Elkobrosi is a wildlife cinematographer, underwater camerawoman, and science storyteller. Her visuals are rooted in visceral still photography and cinematic observation born of slow kinship with people and wildlife. For over a decade, she has brought science, storytelling and conservation together. Today, she works with Re:wild to help people connect with endangered wildlife and ...
