Find outreach resources below for the following audiences:
Online Resources for Elementary Students:
- GEERing Up! UBC Engineering & Science for Kids: Engineering and science in-school workshops, summer camps, outreach programs
- YES Mag: Canada’s Youth Engineering and Science magazine (last published in 2012 – check your local library for old issues!)
- KNOW Mag: Canada’s Kids Engineering and Science magazine (last published in 2012 – check your local library for old issues!)
- Think Mech for Kids
- eGFI: Engineering, Go For It!: Find out about opportunities as an engineer
- CAGIS: Canadian Association for Girls in Science
- Science.gc.ca Activity Book: Over 30 science games, experiments and activities tailored for different age groups and skill levels.
- Design Squad Nation: Design your world with PBS Kids.
Online Resources for High School Students:
- Think Mech
- GEERing Up! UBC Engineering & Science for Kids: Engineering and science summer camps and volunteer program.
- Engineer Your Life: A guide for high school girls.
- WOW: Welcome Orientation for Women – UBC Physics and Astronomy: a 1-day introduction for women interested in physics and astronomy.
- Career videos. WISEatlantic: Women in science, engineering and the trades share what they do at work.
- Electricity Human Resources Canada – Bridging the Gap: Twelve videos on occupations in the electricity and renewable energy industry.
- Science.gc.ca Activity Book: Over 30 science games, experiments and activities tailored for different age groups and skill levels.
- National Engineering Month: Canada’s biggest celebration of engineering. Over 500 coast-to-coast events for young Canadians to learn about the exciting, fun and rewarding world of careers in engineering.
- Tomorrow’s Engineers: What is engineering? Engineers shape the world we live in, by designing, creating, testing, and improving almost every product or process you can think of.
- Future Morph: Become someone – career opportunities in science and maths.
- Check out engineering role models on the Wiles Magazine 2014 Hot List
NSERC/Pratt & Whitney Canada Chair for Women in Science and Engineering – Ontario:
- Kids and parents: Information for young women and interested parents or teachers. Including your future in science and engineering, choosing a degree program, field trips, and rainy day activities.
- 30 Inspiring Women for 30 Days of National Engineering Month: Explore the achievements and contributions of inspirational engineers.
- WinIT Month: Celebrate the achievements of women in tech in Ontario. WinIT Month coincided with the Ontario Celebration of Women in Computing.
- Women in Aerospace: Read about 51 showcased women in Canadian aerospace. A presentation and the profiles were created for the 2013 CASI AERO conference.
Educators
- WWEST workshops for secondary school teachers
- Teach Engineering: Providing standards-based engineering lessons and hands-on activities for use in science, engineering and math classrooms.
- STEM Equity Pipeline: Information from the US National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity.
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