Root & STEM is a free print and online STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) resource to support K–12 educators in teaching digital skills. Each issue features articles, activities, and lesson plans with a specific focus on STEAM education through creativity.
Latest Issue
Root & STEM: Issue 11
The theme for this issue of Root & Stem is Solar Power, and we take you all across the country to see how small communities are harnessing the power of the sun for their own use. From hobbyists in Iqaluit to major First Nation solar developments on the East Coast, we cover it all. As always, these stories come complete with lesson plans to make…
Magazine
Root & STEM: Issue 11
The theme for this issue of Root & Stem is Solar Power, and we take you all across the country…
Powered By Root & STEM
The Powered By Root & STEM: Grade 10 Computer Studies edition is a special issue under the Root & STEM…
Root & STEM: Issue 10
This issue of Root & STEM explores the ways in which we can foster curiosity and problem-solving skills through cutting-edge…
Latest Podcast
Brandon Bunnie: Growth Through Gaming
Ampere’s Interactive Game Design Lead, Brandon Bunnie, sits at the intersection of storytelling, technology and culture, making games that invite players to explore language, make mistakes and find their own way forward. Brandon met up with Ampere’s Digital Media Specialist John Stewart to chat about his work.
Podcast
Brandon Bunnie: Growth Through Gaming
Ampere’s Interactive Game Design Lead, Brandon Bunnie, sits at the intersection of storytelling, technology and culture, making games that invite…
Building Digital Citizens
In this episode of Root & STEM, Beth, a classroom teacher from Cambridge Bay, NU, Beth Sampson shares her journey…
Beth Sampson: Innovating Education in Nunavut
In this episode of Root & STEM, Beth, a classroom teacher from Cambridge Bay, NU, Beth Sampson shares her journey…
Lesson Plans
Renewable Energy with a Focus on Solar
Students will be able to identify renewable and non-renewable energy sources.
Lightworks: Art Inspired by Northern Solar Power Stories
Students will be able to compare and contrast the differences in solar energy potential in various parts of Canada.
Solar Relay
Students will be able to communicate and explain the different reasons we need and use renewable energy sources.
Activities
Snakes and Ladders: Online Safety
Navigating the internet can feel tricky sometimes, much like a game of Snakes and Ladders. But in this version of…
Can You Hack It?
Can you Hack it?
STEAM SCIENCE: Spin and Win(d)
The premise of this experiment is that wind around us can be harnessed,…
Games
Rover Driving Academy Simulation / Simulation de l’Académie de conduite de véhicules lunaires
Get ready to join a research team on their lunar mission- remotely controlling a rover to explore- investigate intriguing areas-…
Rover Fleet Luna
In Rover Fleet Luna you will be an autonomous rover that has awakened…
Isumakkaq
Isumakkaq is a game about guessing a secret word. The player will have…
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Environmental Steward Kits: Learning on the Land
Connecting the land, technology and Inuit principles, learners in the North are using new kits provided through Pinnguaq to explore…
