![Duckling testing the water](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-08/duck_testing_water.jpg?itok=Zywgw6uR)
Testing the Waters
Lessons
Students learn about how to gain experience and be exposed to, or “test the waters,” of careers that align with their personal occupational goals.
![Girl dreaming about flying](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-09/child-pilot-aviator-with-airplane.jpg?itok=U7hmbBQd)
What do you want to DO when you grow up?
Lessons
Students will use online tools and job search engines to explore career possibilities and the job market.
![Girl reading an adventure book](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-08/choose_your_own_adventure.jpg?itok=DWGW2dHC)
Choose Your Own Adventure Autobiography
Lessons
Students reflect upon the influences on their career path journeys to date and summarize these in an autobiographical poem or Powerpoint presentation.
Melony Catana
Career Profiles
Environmental Technologist & CEO
![Skyglow from a city and highway](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-06/night_sky_and_highway.jpg?itok=5QVvQWHE)
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.
![Hollee Heal sur un site de travail](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-06/Hollee%20Heal.jpg?itok=qn4x8UaI)
Hollee Heal
Career Profiles
Health, Safety, Environmental Coordinator
![Edith Tobe à un site restauré](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-05/Edith%20Tobe2.jpg?itok=YKUAuOja)
Edith Tobe
Career Profiles
Executive Director
![Julie Koloff au travail à l'extérieur](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-03/Julie%20Koloff.jpg?itok=qZgc-bIK)
Julie Koloff
Career Profiles
Wetland Specialist
![Diana Chomack](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-03/Diana%20Chomack.png?itok=O8q4UM2T)
Diana Chomack
Environmental Planner
![Mussels on a rocky coastline](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-03/mussels-on-rocky-coastline.jpg?itok=4PnEYQCV)
Using Mussels to Monitor the Environment
STEM Explained
Mussels are a kind of invertebrate that filter food out of the water they live in. This makes them a great tool for monitoring environmental water quality and tracking bioaccumulation in aquatic food webs.
![Dense tropical rainforest](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/tropical-dense-cloud-forest-coverd-in-fog.jpg?itok=hZ-ak9O8)
Tropical Rainforest Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of tropical rainforest biome.
![African savanna](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/African_savanna.jpg?itok=47nbBHlh)
Savanna Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the savanna biome.
![Monument Valley, Arizona](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/Monument_valley.jpg?itok=OVV6_Owd)
Desert Biome
Backgrounders
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
Backgrounders
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
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the arctic tundra biome.