Unit 1: Interactions Within Ecosystems

Students will develop critical thinking skills as they investigate STEAM careers locally and internationally.

Students complete a matching activity to explore how interests and education relate to careers.

Students learn about how to gain experience and be exposed to, or “test the waters,” of careers that align with their personal occupational goals.

Students will use online tools and job search engines to explore career possibilities and the job market.

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!

Students reflect upon the influences on their career path journeys to date and summarize these in an autobiographical poem or Powerpoint presentation.

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.