Unit 4: Diversity of Life

In this episode, Eric uses a hula-hoop to count and catalog all the creatures he finds in that space! Biodiversity represents the variety of living things in any ecosystem - including in your own backyard!

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Learn about the categories, or phylum, of the plant kingdom with examples from each.

The What is an Insect? e-book explores the amazing world of insects while showing the characteristics and diversity of insects.

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

14 images of some plants such as carrots, cabbage and leeks whose roots, stems or leaves are used for food

10 images of some cold-blooded vertebrates such as snakes, lizards and alligators typically having dry, scaly skin

The ocean is full of very small but very useful creatures called microbes. Without them, none of the sea plants or animals you’ve seen would exist!

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

6 images of some seedlings sprouting as one of the stages towards full plant growth