Diana Chomack
Environmental Planner
Using Mussels to Monitor the Environment
STEM Explained
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.
Krysten Rutherford
Career Profiles
PhD Candidate, Oceanography
Tropical Rainforest Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of tropical rainforest biome.
Savanna Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the savanna biome.
Desert Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the desert biome.
Boreal Forest/Taiga Biome
Backgrounders
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.
Arctic Tundra Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the arctic tundra biome.
Leah Clark
Provincial Cattle Specialist
Mike Dixon
Career Profiles
Professor and Director of CESRF
Sheridan Thompson (she/her/they/them)
Career Profiles
Doctoral Candidate
Introduction to the Fish Market Survey
Lessons
In this introductory activity, students will read two articles about the issue of fish mislabelling and complete two graphic organizers to identify the issue, its implications and possible solutions. They will complete the organizers individually and in pairs, and then discuss the results with the whole class.
Christopher Noble
Corporate Engagement
Chelsey Peutert
Agricultural Environmental Engineer
Carly Silver
Career Profiles
Associate Ecologist