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.
Generating Electricity: Wind Power
Backgrounders
Learn how moving air can be used to generate electricity.
Generating Electricity: Solar Cells
Backgrounders
Learn how energy from the Sun can be used to generate electricity.
Query a Career Profile
Lessons
Students will explore career profiles and relate them to what they are learning in science class.
Megan Laracy
Career Profiles
Geologist
Heather E. McFarlane
Career Profiles
Assistant Professor & Canada Research Chair in Plant Cell Biology
The Solutioneers Week 9: Renewable Energy
Interactives
This week's episodes and hands-on activity explore renewable energy.
Algae Biofuel: Can Pond Scum Power the Planet?
STEM Explained
Learn about the potential of algae as a material for making biofuel.
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.
Adam Tofani
Career Profiles
Offshore Completions Engineer
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.