![Charlotte Cockburn standing in front of signs indicating distance to a variety of locations from Alert, Nunavut.](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2023-07/Charlotte%20Cockburn.jpg?itok=wqADLIdD)
Charlotte Cockburn (she/her)
Career Profiles
Physical Scientist
![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
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Learn about the unique climate found in Earth’s polar regions.
![Hut on a tiny island](/sites/default/files/2020-12/hut-on-desert-island.jpg)
How can we build a structure that protects toy people from wind?
Hands-on Activities
How could you design and build a structure that protects toy people from the wind?
![Warm and cool Earth](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-10/warm_cool_earth.png?itok=qRcdXWiM)
Weather: Temperature
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Temperature affects the way we live, the clothes we wear and activities we do. But how does temperature vary across the globe?
![Snowflake](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-10/snowflake.jpg?itok=DpMn15sa)
Weather: Precipitation
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Learn about humidity and the many forms of precipitation.
![Clouds seen from an airplane](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-04/Clouds_seen_from_airplane.jpg?itok=tBkpJ-LY)
Weather: Clouds
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Learn how clouds form and how they can be grouped into different categories
![Soonwoong Kwon | Spécialiste en météorologie tactique (SMT)](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2019-09/Soonwoong%20%20Kwon.jpg?itok=LuApy2oT)
Soonwoong Kwon
Tactical Weather Specialist (TWS)
![Vanessa Russell | Gestionnaire de projet du programme d'apprentissage](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2019-09/Vanessa%20Russell_0.jpg?itok=SzPrrzJp)
Vanessa Russell
Apprenticeship Program Project Manager
![Keven Bruce | Tactical Weather Specialist](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2019-09/Kevin%20Bruce.jpg?itok=-QI0mlRn)
Keven Bruce
Career Profiles
Tactical Weather Specialist
![Holly Wortman | Technicienne en météorologie](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2019-09/Holly%20Wortman.jpg?itok=09ULO4op)
Holly Wortman
Meteorological Technician
![Alan Bezanson | Instructeur principal en météorologie](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2019-09/Alan%20Bezanson.jpg?itok=dAofygLK)
Alan Bezanson
Senior Meteorological Instructor
![Weather station in Iceland](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-09/weather-station-in-iceland.jpg?itok=YCQjngav)
Measuring and Forecasting Weather
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Learn about different weather instruments that meteorologists use to measure weather.
![Two faces each with one eye visible](/sites/default/files/2022-06/two%20eyes%20to%20see.jpg)
Why do we need two eyes to see?
Hands-on Activities
Ever wondered why we have two eyes (and not one, three or more)? Find how your two eyes work together in this hands-on activity.