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Canada Science and Technology Museum

Canada Science and Technology Museum: An Exhibit on Communications

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the development of telecommunications from the earliest times to the most advanced technologies! Useful research tool highlighting the telegraph, telegram, telephone todigital networks and computing in Canada.
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Other

The Center for the Study of Technology and Society

For Students 9th - 10th
This online magazine offers the latest news and information concerning the relationship between society and available technologies.
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Handout
Other

Mc Cord Museum:operator. May I Help You?: Bell Canada's 125 Years

For Students 9th - 10th
What if you didn't have a cell phone or Internet access? This site explores the history of telecommunications from the invention of the telephone to the technology we have now.
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Website
New York Times

New York Times: Sept. 11: One Year Later

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The New York Times Learning Network provides a variety of archived news articles, lesson plans, and resources concerning the issues and events that surfaced from the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Rescue at Sea

For Students 9th - 10th
Companion website to the PBS documentary on the collision of two ships in 1909 and the reliance on the newly invented telegraph for rescue.