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Diana Chomack

Diana Chomack

Environmental Planner

Diana Chomack is an Environmental Planner for Jacobs, located in British Columbia.
Dense tropical rainforest

Tropical Rainforest Biome

Backgrounders

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

African savanna

Savanna Biome

Backgrounders

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

Photo de Krista Pooley

Krista Pooley

Environmental Assessment Coordinator

Krista Pooley is an Environmental Assessment Coordinator for the Government of Canada.
Carly Silver | Écologiste associée

Carly Silver

Career Profiles

Associate Ecologist

Carly Silver is an Associate Ecologist for Stantec Consulting Ltd.
Scoop of potting soil

What is Soil?

Backgrounders

Learn about soil, soil texture and the various layers of soil.

guppies

Why are Guppies so Diverse?

STEM Explained

Different members of a species can have different traits. You can see this in a species found at your local pet store - guppies!

A melting world-shaped glacier

What is Ocean Warming and Why Does It Matter?

STEM Explained

Oceans absorb the greatest amount of solar radiation on Earth. Ocean warming can lead to glaciers melting and ocean acidification.

What makes soil hard and compacted?

What makes soil hard and compacted?

Hands-on Activities

Explore how walking on soil changes how water soaks into the ground and why that matters to gardeners and farmers.

hand holding soil

What is soil made of?

Lessons

Students will explore the composition and characteristics of different local soils and learn about what makes soil healthy.

Boreal Forest

Plants: Biomes

Picture Collections

9 images of plants in some large naturally occuring habitats called biomes such as tundra, grasslands and boreal forests

Lion

Mammals: Carnivores

Picture Collections

14 images of warm-blooded vertebrate animals such as cats, polar bears and wolves that eat meat and other animal tissue

Head of an Elk

Mammals: Herbivores

Picture Collections

15 images of some warm-blooded vertebrate animals such as cows, deer and giraffes that eat plant vegetation

Fox

Mammals: Omnivores

Picture Collections

10 images of some warm-blooded vertebrate animals such as brown bears and chimpanzees that eat a diet of plants and animals

Barbary Macaque Monkeys [Infants]

Mammals: Primates

Picture Collections

6 images of some mammals classified as primates such as monkeys, apes and humans and characterized by nails on their hands and feet