Introduction to Climate Change
Backgrounders
Learn more about the causes and impacts of global climate change.
Joel Stacey
Career Profiles
Construction Superintendent
Generating Electricity: Biomass
Backgrounders
Learn how biomass can be used to generate electricity.
Ian Cook
Journeyman Sheet Metal Worker
Climate: Polar Regions
Backgrounders
Learn about the unique climate found in Earth’s polar regions.
Generating Electricity: Fossil Fuels
Backgrounders
Learn how energy from fossil fuels can be used to generate electricity.
Jean Paquin
Water Resources Analyst Engineer at Rio Tinto
Generating Electricity: Solar Cells
Backgrounders
Learn how energy from the Sun can be used to generate electricity.
Weather: Atmospheric Pressure
Backgrounders
Learn about the layers of the atmosphere, atmospheric pressure, pressure systems and fronts.
Query a Career Profile
Lessons
Students will explore career profiles and relate them to what they are learning in science class.
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
Sheila Sadler
Sheet Metal Journeyperson
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.