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Let's Talk Great Lakes Resources
Backgrounders
Discover a set of resources designed to give you good background knowledge on all things Great Lakes!
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7 ways Satellites Help Fight Climate Change
Backgrounders
Discover 7 ways satellite Earth observation helps fight climate change.
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Diversity of Canada’s Marine Coastal Habitats
Backgrounders
Learn about the plants and animals in Canada’s marine coastal habitats, and what you can do to protect them.
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Ashley Noseworthy
Career Profiles
CEO/Founder of Edgewise Environmental
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Life in the Deep Sea
Backgrounders
Learn about the unique creatures that live in deep sea ecosystems.
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Tomato Taxonomy
Backgrounders
A look at the taxonomic classification of the tomato plant and the origin, history and development of tomatoes.
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Are Whales Beaching Themselves Stressed By Sonar?
STEM Explained
Read about why sonar could be causing some whales to beach themselves.
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Summer Symposium Series: Climate Career Resources
Backgrounders
A career focused on climate change and sustainability would let you help people by working to help solve the biggest problems of our time.
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Introduction to Climate Change
Backgrounders
Learn more about the causes and impacts of global climate change.
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Jean Paquin
Water Resources Analyst Engineer at Rio Tinto
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Query a Career Profile
Lessons
Students will explore career profiles and relate them to what they are learning in science class.
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Where Did Viruses Come From?
STEM Explained
Viruses are not living things - so where did they come from? Scientists have proposed three different hypotheses.
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Light Pollution
STEM Explained
Light can be a type of pollution. Learn about the damage it causes to people and living things as well as how you can prevent it.
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Pollinators are Important!
STEM Explained
Insects and other animals that are pollinators of plants play an important role in ecosystems.
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The Dirt on Soil Conservation
STEM Explained
If I asked you to name a few things that all life on the planet couldn’t live without you could probably come up with some good answers, but I bet you’d never think to say dirt.