Jose Chiriboga (he/him)
Career Profiles
Senior Scientific Support Associate
Carbon Dioxide: Outdoors and Indoors
Backgrounders
Learn about the importance of carbon dioxide, its sources and how people control it indoors.
Humidity: Outdoors and Indoors
Backgrounders
Learn about the importance of humidity, its sources and how people control it indoors.
Dr. Harpreet Kochhar
Career Profiles
President, Public Health Agency of Canada
Yetong Dong
Career Profiles
Research Assistant/Graduate Student
Plant Pigments
Backgrounders
Why are there so many colours of plants? Learn about plant pigments and their role in plants.
Tropisms in Plants
Backgrounders
Learn about the different ways that plants move in response to their environments.
Specialized Cells of the Leaf System
Backgrounders
Learn about the structure and function of the cells in leaves.
Light & Plants
Backgrounders
Learn about the process of photosynthesis and how it is affected by light levels.
Respiratory System in Vertebrate Animals
Backgrounders
Learn about how different animals breathe, from fish to humans.
Experiment with plants!
STEM Explained
List of hand-on activities connected to plants
Resources on Stem Cells
STEM Explained
Resource page including articles and career profiles related to stem cells.
Helping Patients through Drug Discovery
STEM Explained
Learn how researchers from Amgen are developing new drugs for cancer.
Osmosis and Its Role in Human Biology and Health
STEM Explained
Learn how and where osmosis takes place in the digestive system and excretory system and the role of osmosis in kidney dialysis.
Introduction to Bacteria
Backgrounders
What exactly are bacteria? What types of bacteria are there? And are they really as bad as people think they are?