Terri-Lynn Woods of OCNI shares how projects like these impact both Indigenous communities and the energy sector.

Later this month will mark a year since the Ontario government announced sweeping changes to the province's math curriculum.

Let's take a look back at the NII Explore Mission to Mars Spring Break Competition!

Having worked in post-secondary education for nearly two decades, I became accustomed to making May 1st the new year.

As space enthusiasts look to the skies in the coming week for May’s Super Moon (also known as the Flower Moon), remote learning students in Cobourg will have their eyes on Mars while thinking back on their winning (virtual) mission to the red planet. Part of the winning Team Aquila in the NII Explore Mission to Mars Spring Break Competition, brother and sister Michael James and Sarah Inglis took home the grand prize for their project that answered the question of how humans c

With this most unusual school year coming to an end, NII Explore’s second week of Science in the Classroom programming is underway.

The countdown to next week begins as teams prepare to compete in NII Explore’s Spring Break Mission to Mars challenge.

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Note from February 11: with an extremely positive response, we have reached the registration limit on this camp. As well, with the province postponing March Break to April 12-16, we will postpone the camp until that time. To help parents and caregivers with that dreaded “I’m bored!” from children this March Break, the Nuclear Innovation Institute (NII) and Bruce Power are excited to announce the launch of the virtual Best Ever March Break Camp. This free online educational

Elementary school-aged lessons free for download With Ontario’s changing mix of remote and in-person learning this winter, the Nuclear Innovation Institute (NII) has launched a full catalogue of free STEM lesson plans to support teachers and homeschooling caregivers. Focused on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) topics, the lessons align with curriculum goals for grades two to eight. Each lesson is complete with learning goals, step-by-step instructions, and vid

What does a 12th century mathematician have to do with a pineapple? Today is Fibonacci Day — November 23, or 11/23, the first numbers in the Fibonacci sequence (1, 1, 2, 3). Born in Italy around 1170, Leonardo Bonacci (nicknamed Fibonacci) never would’ve even laid eyes on a pineapple, but the sequence of numbers he discovered can be seen throughout nature, from seashells to pine cones to the human ear. And the sequence is used in everything from financial trading on the stock