![Weather Vane](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-12/weather_vane.jpg?itok=JUERBD4o)
Tools: Weather Instruments
Picture Collections
15 images of various instruments such as rain gauges, wind vanes and weather satellites used to inform us about the weather
![Colourful Maple Tree](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-12/Colours_of_a_Maple_Tree.jpg?itok=A1hH0Sf3)
Trees: In Autumn
Picture Collections
10 images showing some scenes with coniferous and deciduous trees in the fall or autumn season
![New Leaf Growth New Leaf Growth](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/photo-1415650397341-5e39d7a20b12.jpg?itok=XnZWUhBd)
Trees: In Spring
Picture Collections
10 images of some coniferous and deciduous trees showing new growth in the spring season
![Hazy Summer Day By The River Hazy Summer Day By The River](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/photo-1446714276218-bd84d334af98.jpg?itok=zlv8lQbm)
Trees: In Summer
Picture Collections
9 images showing some scenes with coniferous and deciduous trees in the summer
![Trees: In Winter](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/photo-1444136755757-b24e7e5c4cd5.jpg?itok=_B1xrqz1)
Trees: In Winter
Picture Collections
10 images of various winter scenes showing some coniferous and deciduous trees in snowy conditions
![City at night with transmission lines](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-09/City_at_night_with_transmission_lines.jpg?itok=UiKbdb4e)
Understanding Electricity Supply and Demand
Backgrounders
Electricity demand changes constantly. Suppliers need to generate more electrical energy when demand is high, and less when demand is low.
![Nitrogen symbol from periodic table](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-03/the-periodic-table-element-nitrogen.jpg?itok=bs_Xbeg4)
Understanding the Nitrogen Cycle
STEM Explained
What is the nitrogen cycle? How do human activities such as using fertilizer affect the nitrogen cycle? How can this cause greenhouse gases?
![Like trees, brains grow and develop](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-10/How_a_brain_is_like_a_tree.jpg?itok=K6H2lR4a)
Understanding the Teen Brain
STEM Explained
Teen brain development prepares teens for adulthood, but also affects their emotions.
![Wall of clocks](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-10/wall-of-clocks-for-time-zones.jpg?itok=eq3iHPZT)
Universal Coordinated Time
Backgrounders
Today, you know it's the same time everywhere in your time zone thanks to Universal Coordinated Time. But when humans used the Sun to tell time, they couldn’t tell time precisely.
![Thermal images of people and objects](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-10/Thermal_images_of_people_and_objects.png?itok=5vLkf21V)
Thermopower and the Body Heat-Powered Flashlight
STEM Explained
Can your body be a source of electricity generation? Maybe, if you understand heat transfer. Explore this concept through a 2013 invention by a Canadian teen.
![Red Onion, Parsnips, Lettuce Red Onion, Parsnips, Lettuce](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/ropl.jpg?itok=v3BvJdhW)
Vegetables
Picture Collections
14 images of some plants such as carrots, cabbage and leeks whose roots, stems or leaves are used for food
![Two students talking in a classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2023-02/ThinkPairShare6x9.png?itok=GZwDiGnG)
Think-Pair-Share
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students develop collaboration skills as they think about topics individually, in pairs and as a large group.
![Student viewing a video](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-10/Video_Review_Learning_Strategy.jpg?itok=sWS_ifXi)
Video Review
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students reflect upon and assess a video.
![Person thinking](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-11/Think-Discuss-Decide.jpg?itok=Mx3h3iS6)
Think-Discuss-Decide
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students develop decision-making skills as they think about and discuss issues with the aid of a graphic organizer.
![Vocabulary Preview Learning Strategy](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-10/Vocabulary_Preview.jpg?itok=IOiG-8fI)
Vocabulary Preview
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students to become familiar with vocabulary before reading or viewing unfamiliar material.