This program covers the discovery of radioactivity, what makes atoms radioactive and methods for detecting radioactivity. The types of radiation including alpha, beta, gamma and positron radiation, types of decay, radiation dose & dose equivalence are explained. With application to real-life situations, the effects of radiation on living things, the environment and the uses of radiation in medicine are also discussed. This program is a comprehensive look at radiation that originates in the nucleus of an atom.
Grade levels: Senior High (10-12)
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Safety Net
Safety Net is a new program which sets out to explain what the internet is, where the potential dangers lie and how to reduce exposure to them.
Topics covered include:
– The Internet described.
– Email and chat rooms: being careful about distributing your address.
– Knowing who you’re talking to, being discreet, knowing who could see your information.
– Social networks: how to use them, what not to publish, commercial use of your information, internet dating.
– Online bullying: who to trust and how to be safe.
– Technical safety: Firewall, viruses, malware and spyware, sites to avoid.
– Privacy: understanding issues of personal privacy. -
Labour Pains
The documentary tells the history of the birth of the labour movement in Canada with an emphasis on the 1937 General Motors strike in Oshawa and the 1945 Ford of Canada strike in Windsor. Both of these strikes are highlighted as seminal forces in the creation of the United Auto Workers (now the Canadian Auto Workers) and throughout the hour we meet all of the key players involved, which include the politicians of the time as well as strike organizers and other union members. The program concludes with the famous Rand Formula, which eventually became the prescription for the modern day union.
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Talking Union
Writer/producer Richard Nielsen recollects his experiences in the union movement from the 1946 Stelco strike to the role of unions in contemporary society.
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Canada’s Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
Donald Britain directs and co-writes with Richard Nielsen this docu-drama of an American gangster brought in to Canada to destroy the Canadian Seaman’s Union. A co-production with the National Film Board. Winner of the 1987 Annick Award.
WARNING: This program contains language that may be offensive to some people. Please review before use in the classroom.
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Smart Trashcan
Minoru Kurata invented the world’s first trashcan that can track and catch your trash.
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Swumanoid
Engineers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology built this humanoid robot to study the mechanics of swimming.
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Kenshiro
Students at he University of Tokyo’s JSK Lab built the world’s most anatomically correct robot, complete with 160 “muscles” and an almost complete skeleton.
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Ford C-Max Energi
Gil Portalatin, Chief Program Engineer at Ford Motor Company, takes us for a ride in Ford’s latest plug-in hybrid car.
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Ford’s Flexible Plant
Daryl Sykes takes us on a tour of the world’s most flexible manufacturing facility. The assembly line at this Ford automotive plant has the capability to make seven different vehicles at the same time.