![Ian Cook](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2021-01/Ian%20Cook.jpg?itok=L8Z4nvIF)
Ian Cook
Journeyman Sheet Metal Worker
![ceberg under the midnight sun in Greenland](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-01/iceberg-at-sunset-greenland.jpg?itok=AZBV8A-Z)
Climate: Polar Regions
Backgrounders
Learn about the unique climate found in Earth’s polar regions.
![Coal and natural gas fueled generator near Hanna, Alberta, Canada](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-12/coal_power-generating-station.jpg?itok=cFUVGxpm)
Generating Electricity: Fossil Fuels
Backgrounders
Learn how energy from fossil fuels can be used to generate electricity.
![Wind turbine and electrical cord](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-12/wind_turbine_electrical_cord.jpg?itok=i_itaA0Q)
Generating Electricity: Wind Power
Backgrounders
Learn how moving air can be used to generate electricity.
![Solar power illustration](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-12/solar_power_illustration.png?itok=PaRrwSTJ)
Generating Electricity: Solar Cells
Backgrounders
Learn how energy from the Sun can be used to generate electricity.
![Weather map of Canada](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-11/canada-weather-map.jpg?itok=uuMVh7Yv)
Weather: Atmospheric Pressure
Backgrounders
Learn about the layers of the atmosphere, atmospheric pressure, pressure systems and fronts.
![Timothy Burkhart](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-11/Timothy_Burkhart.jpg?itok=_rID7Ano)
Query a Career Profile
Lessons
Students will explore career profiles and relate them to what they are learning in science class.
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The Solutioneers Week 9: Renewable Energy
Interactives
This week's episodes and hands-on activity explore renewable energy.
![Cow](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-03/Cow.jpg?itok=K9RkR2Rv)
Cows, Methane, and Climate Change
STEM Explained
How do beef and dairy cows contribute to climate change? Livestock agriculture is a source of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.
Krysten Rutherford
Career Profiles
PhD Candidate, Oceanography
![Photo de Sheila Sadler au travail](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-02/Sheila%20Sadler.jpg?itok=kQFTQRgb)
Sheila Sadler
Sheet Metal Journeyperson
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Tropical Rainforest Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of tropical rainforest biome.
![African savanna](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/African_savanna.jpg?itok=47nbBHlh)
Savanna Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the savanna biome.
![Sheridan Thompson sur une falaise rocheuse](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-01/Sherida%20Thompson.jpg?itok=rfrdPBCc)
Sheridan Thompson (she/her/they/them)
Career Profiles
Doctoral Candidate
![Variety of plant groups in Banff National Park, Alberta](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-01/plant_taxonomy_banff.jpg?itok=xQe0JVAi)
Plant Taxonomy
Backgrounders
Learn about the categories, or phylum, of the plant kingdom with examples from each.