![CO2 symbol in front of a school](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2024-06/2024_Original_CO2IndoorsOutdoors_Bil_ResourceHeader.jpg?itok=DIU5YP4K)
Carbon Dioxide: Outdoors and Indoors
Backgrounders
Learn about the importance of carbon dioxide, its sources and how people control it indoors.
![Hand reaching up through numbers](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2023-11/math-anxiety-header.png?itok=hVyER8ay)
Overcoming Math Anxiety with Confidence
Backgrounders
Learn about math anxiety, including what it is, why it happens, and how you can overcome it.
Alyssa Smith
Career Profiles
PhD Candidate in Cognitive Science
![Seedling with sunlight](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-04/seedling_sunlight.jpg?itok=FWDgKDZv)
Light & Plants
Backgrounders
Learn about the process of photosynthesis and how it is affected by light levels.
![Shelina Babul](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2022-01/shelina%20babul_0.jpg?itok=kOyNGkHb)
Dr. Shelina Babul (she/her)
Associate Director, BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit
![Medical equipment used to check homeostasis](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-11/medical-equipment-and-instruments.jpg?itok=U2tm9YmB)
Introduction to Homeostasis and Regulation
Backgrounders
Learn about homeostasis and how the body regulates temperature, blood pressure, blood pH and blood sugar.
![Working at laptop with stethoscope on desk](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-02/national-cancer-institute-NFvdKIhxYlU-unsplash.jpg?itok=DE1SoRTn)
Summer Symposium Series: Health Sciences Career Resources
Backgrounders
A career in the health sciences would let you help people directly in a very 'hands-on' way!
![3D illustration of a human brain](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-04/abstract_image_brain_connections.jpg?itok=pNICKPoz)
Resources on Brains
STEM Explained
Resource page including articles, videos, and career profiles related to brains.
![X-ray image of head in hands](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-07/xray-image-human-head-with-pain.jpg?itok=ZDvSApM6)
Stress and the Brain
Backgrounders
Stress is more than a feeling. Understanding the importance of stress can help you to manage it. It can even lead to an improvement in your mood and how you think!
![Do you see a face in that electric socket? (michaeljmc, iStockPhoto)](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-07/green-wall-with-a-power-socket.jpg?itok=y7Atbmyc)
Facial Recognition and the Brain
STEM Explained
Learn how your brain recognizes faces and why you sometimes see them in places they don’t exist!
![Photo de Maggie MacLellan](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-06/Maggie%20MacLellan.jpg?itok=BMTuPYHU)
Maggie MacLellan
Communications Specialist
![Mahadeo Sukhai](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-06/Mahadeo%20Sukhai.jpg?itok=KalcMoxm)
Mahadeo Sukhai
Vice President of Research & International Affairs and Chief Accessibility Officer
![Skyglow from a city and highway](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-06/night_sky_and_highway.jpg?itok=5QVvQWHE)
Light Pollution
STEM Explained
Light can be a type of pollution. Learn about the damage it causes to people and living things as well as how you can prevent it.
![Field of tobacco plants, which are a source of nicotine](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-04/field_of_tobacco_plants.jpg?itok=BE-oEUDd)
How do alkaloids cause addiction?
STEM Explained
Alkaloids are found in some of the most addictive substances that humans consume. What are alkaloids, and how do they cause addiction?
![Human kidney cross-section](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-04/human-kidney-cross-section.jpg?itok=3VpDHDAd)
Osmosis and Its Role in Human Biology and Health
STEM Explained
Learn how and where osmosis takes place in the digestive system and excretory system and the role of osmosis in kidney dialysis.