![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.
Laslo Pfefer
Engineering Manager
![Kara Layton sous l'eau en habit de plongée sous-marine](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-01/Kara%20Layton.jpg?itok=CQIT6mnu)
Kara Layton
Postdoctoral Fellow
![Exploring Occupational Clusters](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-12/Exploring_Occupational_Clusters.jpg?itok=fJEsaCjZ)
Exploring Occupational Clusters
Lessons
Students will recognize the variety of careers available in each occupational cluster.
Students will recognize that many of these careers require or benefit from a background in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
Students will make personal connections between their interests and current skills to the people profiled.
Krista Pooley
Environmental Assessment Coordinator
![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.