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Cluster 4: Weather Dynamics

Our climate is changing

Introduction to Climate Change

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Learn more about the causes and impacts of global climate change.

Joel Stacey au travail sur un toit

Joel Stacey

Career Profiles

Construction Superintendent

Joel Stacey is a Construction Superintendent for Solvest Inc.
ceberg under the midnight sun in Greenland

Climate: Polar Regions

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Learn about the unique climate found in Earth’s polar regions.

Wind turbine and electrical cord

Generating Electricity: Wind Power

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Learn how moving air can be used to generate electricity.

Solar power illustration

Generating Electricity: Solar Cells

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Learn how energy from the Sun can be used to generate electricity.

Hut on a tiny island

How can we build a structure that protects toy people from wind?

Hands-on Activities

How could you design and build a structure that protects toy people from the wind?

Weather map of Canada

Weather: Atmospheric Pressure

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Learn about the layers of the atmosphere, atmospheric pressure, pressure systems and fronts.

Windy hillside

Weather: Wind

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Learn what causes wind and how to measure it.

Timothy Burkhart

Query a Career Profile

Lessons

Students will explore career profiles and relate them to what they are learning in science class.

Snowflake

Weather: Precipitation

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Learn about humidity and the many forms of precipitation.

Clouds seen from an airplane

Weather: Clouds

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Learn how clouds form and how they can be grouped into different categories

Screen capture from the MinuteEarth video “Why are there clouds?”

How Do Clouds Form?

STEM Explained

Learn how cumulus clouds form.

Cow

Cows, Methane, and Climate Change

STEM Explained

How do beef and dairy cows contribute to climate change? Livestock agriculture is a source of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.

Krysten Rutherford

Krysten Rutherford

Career Profiles

PhD Candidate, Oceanography

Krysten Rutherford is a PhD Candidate of Oceanography at Dalhousie University.
Dense tropical rainforest

Tropical Rainforest Biome

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Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of tropical rainforest biome.