![Monument Valley, Arizona](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/Monument_valley.jpg?itok=OVV6_Owd)
Desert Biome
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Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the desert biome.
![Wild elk in boreal forest, Banff National Park](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/wild-elk-banff.jpg?itok=3aL59Nl5)
Boreal Forest/Taiga Biome
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Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the boreal forest/Taiga biome and meet Anne-Claude Pépin who is a fire management technician.
![Frobisher Bay near Baffin Island](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/arctic-in-spring-baffin-island.jpg?itok=4FtztWsL)
Arctic Tundra Biome
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Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the arctic tundra biome.
![Large diamond refracting light](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/big-round-cut-diamond.jpg?itok=KF0PkwqM)
Reflection and Refraction
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Learn about reflection and refraction and meet Emily Altiere, a PhD student in physics who studies lasers.
![Eyeglasses and a visual test chart](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/eyeglasses-on-visual-test-chart.jpg?itok=YSJ1M3Ow)
How We See
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Learn about how human vision works as well as some common types of vision problems.
![Sandwich variations](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/sandwich_variations.jpg?itok=9zrrcaZq)
Combinatorics
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Learn about the branch of mathematics involved with how things can be arranged known as combinatorics.
![Encryption is used to protect data](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/encryption.png?itok=4PF_g-HK)
Keeping Data Safe: Introduction to Encryption
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Learn about the branch of mathematics involved with keeping data safe known as encryption.
![Boy looking through telescope at night](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/telescope-boy-night.jpg?itok=13zWe-Od)
Optical Telescopes
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Learn about the history of telescopes and the function of refracting and reflecting optical telescopes.
![Radio Telescope array at night](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/radio-telescope-at-night.jpg?itok=Xj9MDhpb)
Radio Astronomy
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Learn about radio astronomy, a type of astronomy that studies objects in space using radio waves and radio telescopes.
![Close-up of the Arecibo Observatory radio telescope](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/close-up_arecibo-observatory.jpg?itok=CTR21nm6)
SETI - The Search for extraterrestrial Intelligence
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Some astronomers are not looking for stars, planets or galaxies. They are searching for intelligent life in the universe beyond our planet.
![Ultrasound treatment on knee](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/ultrasound_treatment_knee.jpg?itok=093wi43j)
Ultrasonography
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Learn about the history, function, uses, benefits and risks of Ultrasonography as a medical imaging technology.
![hermographic image a woman’s head and neck](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/woman_thermographic_image.jpg?itok=a3KKwvMC)
Thermal Imaging
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Learn about uses of thermal imaging as a medical imaging technology.
![dental x-ray](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/dental_x-ray.jpg?itok=wjovCVYk)
Radiography & X-ray Imaging
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Learn about radiography and x-rays as a form of medical imaging technology.
![Ophthalmic imaging equipment](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/digital_optical-instruments.jpg?itok=M4T6iHWy)
Ophthalmic Imaging
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Learn about the history, function, uses, benefits and risks of ophthalmic imaging as a medical imaging technology.
![Colour-enhanced MRI of brain and eyes](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/mri-brain_and_eyes.jpg?itok=nvD1FxxQ)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Learn about the history, function, uses, benefits and risks of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) as a medical imaging technology.