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Exploring Careers in STEM Grade 8
Lessons
Students will expand their knowledge of STEM career types related to a topic they are studying in science.
![Coyote walking through a park in Quebec](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-09/coyote-in-omega-park-quebec.jpg?itok=7lPI0Uy_)
Coyotes: Coming to a town near you?
STEM Explained
Learn why coyotes are spreading in Canada and how this affects their relations with humans.
![Group of students working together](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-08/tug%20of%20war.jpg?itok=7Q5XN5h-)
Team Tower Challenge
Lessons
Students will explore what it means to be a member of a team and highlight the skills and qualities that make one a good team member.
![Bee pollinating blueberry flowers](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-07/blueberries-flower-bee.jpg?itok=gtJCkjbA)
Bee Helpers
Lessons
Students will learn about the importance of bees and the human impacts on bee populations.
![Frothing water](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-03/Water-Main.jpg?itok=NLYemVVc)
Earth Month: Water
Backgrounders
Discover the issues surrounding water today, and learn what you can do to help.
![Tomato plants grow in a greenhouse](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-03/tomato_plants_in_greenhouse.jpg?itok=7fWUbZkU)
Bias and Sources of Error
Backgrounders
Learn how scientists identify and minimize bias and sources of error to produce accurate results.
![Three types of tomatoes](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-03/tomato_variables.jpg?itok=WEo4n-3S)
Identifying Variables
Backgrounders
Learn how scientists define independent, dependent and controlled variables in experimental inquiry.
![Student colouring a mandala](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-01/coloring-picture-id516930466.jpg?itok=XNg9XaeG)
Math & Mandalas
Lessons
In this lesson, students explore the connection between arts, math and mindfulness as they create mandalas.
![Unrolling paper scroll](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-01/old-vintage-scroll_0.jpg?itok=7UVtHRMf)
Annotated Text Scrolls
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students comprehend large blocks of text by looking at and annotating the text in a continuous scroll format.
![Woman with Canadian flag near the ocean](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-01/woman-by-the-ocean-with_flag.jpg?itok=n5v6CogA)
Monitoring the Ocean with Radar
Backgrounders
Learn about how a special type of radar helps monitor and protect Canada’s oceans.
![TTC subway train](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-01/TTC_subway_train.jpg?itok=QfivOwCN)
Planning for Equity in Public Transit
Backgrounders
Learn about how we can use spatial analysis to plan for more equitable public transit.
![Chat discussion icons](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-01/chat-discussion-icons.jpg?itok=-OG8KfJC)
Say Something
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students participate actively in group discussions.
![Two students having a discussion](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-01/further-education-candid.jpg?itok=vWGNgyMo)
AB Each Teach
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students identify key ideas from a text, video, or other content and share these with a partner.
![Student makes notes in a book he is reading](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-01/study-at-home.jpg?itok=6msGXWXT)
Marking Text
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students make sense of the text they are interacting with.
![Tomatoes of different shapes, sizes and colours](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-02/colorful-tomatoes-of-different-sizes-and-kinds.jpg?itok=2SxEaLKl)
Tomato Taxonomy
Backgrounders
A look at the taxonomic classification of the tomato plant and the origin, history and development of tomatoes.