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The National Teens make history as first graduates from small community
Three teenagers have made history as the first graduates from a small community in the Northwest Territories. The students from Ulukhaktok, a hamlet with a population of 400, successfully obtained all their high school credits and will be going on to post-secondary education, thanks in large part to distance learning. CBC News takes a look at how the groundbreaking moment ...
- 2018
- 00:02:30
- 9-12
- Added on: 05/23/2018
The National Queen honours Canadian for making prosthetics for refugees
Queen Elizabeth honoured a young Canadian for her work in making prosthetics for refugees. Midia Shikh Hassan, a Syrian-Canadian, was given the Queen's Young Leader Award in London. She's worked to develop 3D-printed prosthetic limbs for refugees in camps. The prosthetics only cost $20 to produce, much less than previous alternatives.
- 2018
- 00:03:30
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/23/2018
The National Stopping killer robots before they get to us first
Stopping killer robots before they get to us first sounds like fiction, but experts fear they could be a reality in the very near future. This month, governments convened in Geneva at the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons to discuss concerns over lethal autonomous weapons systems, also known as “killer robots.” The National takes a look at the advancements in technology, what ...
- 2018
- 00:05:24
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/02/2018
The National New technology gets fresh food to remote Canadian communities | The Fix
New technology is helping get fresh food to remote Canadian communities. It's a portable hydroponic garden system called the 'Growcer' and it could be the fix these communities have been looking for to keep food costs down and lead a healthier lifestyle.
- 2018
- 00:04:53
- 13-14
- Added on: 04/12/2018
The National What is a 5G network and how can it change your life?
5G cellular networks — the next step up from 4G — are being developed for testing in some cities but won't be fully functional until 2020. It's touted as being 100 times faster than 4G, but while 5G's benefits have the potential to change the way cities work, implementing it could prove to be quite costly.
- 2018
- 00:07:20
- 13-14
- Added on: 04/09/2018
CBC News The educational value of Assassin's Creed
There's educational value within the video game Assassin's Creed, underneath the violence and gore. Assassin's Creed is a video game series developed by Ubisoft Montreal, praised not only by both gamers for its gameplay, but also by teachers for its rich and accurate historical detailing. In fact, the story has so much educational value that the game's developers are adapting ...
- 2018
- 00:02:43
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/27/2018
News in Review - February 2018 Tomorrow’s Energy: The Race for Fusion Power
The production of electricity remains an expensive and often dirty industry. Just think of fossil fuels or nuclear reactors. But nuclear fusion may hold the key to the world’s energy problems. It’s clean and sustainable. The only thing is, nobody’s been able to create it yet. So, the race is on. Frédéric Zalac of CBC/Radio-Canada's Découverte looks at companies in California and ...
- 2018
- 00:21:05
- 13-14
- Added on: 02/22/2018
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The National ViewPoint | Self-driving cars and moral dilemmas
Self-driving cars must be programmed to consider moral dilemmas, reports technology futurist and researcher Jesse Hirsh. These robots on wheels will doubtlessly face scenarios where human life will be at risk, so among other considerations, Jesse argues that car companies will need to allow transparency around programming cars for moral decisions.
- 2017
- 00:02:39
- 13-14
- Added on: 11/28/2017
Canada: The Story of Us Connected (1824-1890s)
Inventors and entrepreneurs dream of uniting the country through the latest design and technology – and make their fortunes. An extraordinary generation will revolutionize transportation, engineering and communications, making Canada the high-tech superstar of a newly-wired world. Features stories/events include: building the Welland Canal, Cunard steamships, the Victoria Bridge, telegraphy, newspapers. Important note for teachers: This series is intended to ...
- 2017
- 00:44:16
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/10/2017
News in Review - September 2017 Battery Power: Canadian Technology Powering The Future
Lithium-ion batteries are the heart of new technology. They’re used to power everything from cell phones to electric cars and many consumer electronics. And it’s a Canadian firm, Electrovaya, that’s leading the way, producing clean, safe lithium-ion batteries. In order to grow their business, they’re expanding overseas to develop their products. Now they’re poised to become global leaders in the ...
- 2017
- 00:11:47
- 9-12
- Added on: 09/26/2017
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On the Money Fighting Sexism
Keith Mann did a great job of getting the online marketplace Witchsy up and running — except he's a complete fabrication created by company co-founders Penelope Gazin and Kate Dwyer who were finding that sexism was a barrier to their progress as a start-up.
- 2017
- 00:06:29
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/18/2017
The National Computer Coding Concepts Explained
Algorithms, loops, "if" statements – what do they actually mean? Paul Gries, senior lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Toronto, explains these coding basics.
- 2015
- 00:01:45
- 9-12
- Added on: 09/15/2017
Dot. The Holiday Tree
Dot is horrified to discover she’s accidentally gotten rid of all the decorations for the town tree; she works round the clock to make new ones and discovers the joy that comes with giving and sharing.
- 2016
- 00:11:02
- 5-8
- Added on: 09/08/2017
Dot. A Song for Everyone
Dot and her friends work together to write a song for the Winter Concert that will speak to the entire town, regardless of what holiday they celebrate, but their performance is threatened by a snow storm.
- 2016
- 00:11:02
- 5-8
- Added on: 09/08/2017
Dot. Dinner for Thirty
Over-excited at the chance to use a 3D food printer, Dot accidentally prints far too many dog bones and has to ask for help when her house goes to the dogs.
- 2016
- 00:11:02
- 5-8
- Added on: 09/07/2017
Dot. Ghoul Away
When a ghost moves into Mister Sherman’s house, Dot takes on the job of getting rid of it in the hopes she can sway her neighbour into liking Halloween again.
- 2016
- 00:11:02
- 5-8
- Added on: 09/07/2017
Dot. Scaremaster 2.0
Dot gathers the crew together to give her Dad, the self-acclaimed “Scaremaster”, a fright he won’t soon forget… but in the end, it’s the one person she didn’t see coming who delivers the final Halloween scare.
- 2016
- 00:11:02
- 5-8
- Added on: 09/06/2017
CANAdooDAday Alexander Graham Bell Invents the Telephone
The story of Alexander Graham Bell and Canada’s greatest invention is told in a teen pop song. In this version of the story, Bell only sees the fun advantages of the telephone he created — calling his dog, phoning his teacher to play hookey and of course, ordering pizza.
- 2017
- 00:03:18
- 5-8
- Added on: 06/19/2017
World's Toughest Fixes 20-Ton Eye
How do we see far off galaxies, discover new planets and stars and study the secrets hidden in space? Riley goes to Chile to visit the world's largest, most advanced optical combined telescope, which provides astrophysicists with some of the answers to questions about the Big Bang, the nature of matter and the origins of the universe. But at the ...
- 2008
- 00:47:28
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/09/2017
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World's Toughest Fixes Deep Sea Thruster
It's high stakes on the high seas. Riley slips into a wetsuit, throws on an air tank and joins a commercial dive team on a very big fix: a mid-ocean engine swap-out on a huge deepwater construction vessel. If they fail to remove a 30-ton piece of barnacle-encrusted machinery from the bottom of the hull and replace it with a ...
- 2008
- 00:47:18
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/09/2017
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World's Toughest Fixes Going Nuclear
Before entering the radiological control zone and the next tough fix, Riley puts on a full suit of protective clothing and gets his daily rad check. He's going to need to keep a close eye on the Geiger counter for this radioactive gig: a steam turbine upgrade in a nuclear power plant. The job: shut down the reactor, bring in ...
- 2008
- 00:47:28
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/09/2017
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World's Toughest Fixes Operation Cruise Ship
An enormous, 90,000-ton cruise ship is steaming towards the dry dock. They need to install a huge new diesel generator, but first they have to land this ship, and that's when the fun starts. It's all hands on deck as a huge crew opens the hull, pulls out the piping, makes room for an addition, struggles to cram a massive ...
- 2008
- 00:47:31
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/09/2017
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World's Toughest Fixes Pipeline Shutdown
North of Fairbanks, in the middle of the tundra, a crew prepares to cut into the Trans Alaska Pipeline (TAPS) while 800 miles of oil continues to course through its arteries. A giant valve is underperforming and the risk of failure – and threat of an oil spill – looms large if the weak link in the chain is not ...
- 2008
- 00:47:30
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/09/2017
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Master of Disaster Avalanche
In the 2007-2008 winter season alone, 52 people died in avalanches in the U.S. and Canada, and more than double that number worldwide. As more and more people head into to unpatrolled backcountry, these numbers are on the rise. In this episode, Tim Samaras will bring his expertise and tools to try and measure the forces inside an avalanche – ...
- 2008
- 00:47:26
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/09/2017
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