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Piers Evans
Career Profiles
Municipal Sustainability Coordinator
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Tara Boyd
Director, Operations & Administration
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Introduction to Climate Change
Backgrounders
Learn more about the causes and impacts of global climate change.
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Introduction to Rivers & Streams
Backgrounders
Learn about the physical geography, chemistry and ecology of rivers and streams.
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Water Treatment
Backgrounders
Learn about how water is treated at municipal water treatment plants.
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Humans and Freshwater Ecosystems
Backgrounders
Learn about how people impact the ecosystems of lakes and rivers.
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Careers in the Great Outdoors
Lessons
Students explore careers related to outdoors and the land and then design and build a water filter prototype.
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Generating Electricity: Biomass
Backgrounders
Learn how biomass can be used to generate electricity.
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Ian Cook
Journeyman Sheet Metal Worker
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Generating Electricity: Fossil Fuels
Backgrounders
Learn how energy from fossil fuels can be used to generate electricity.
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Introduction to Lakes & Ponds
Backgrounders
Learn about the geology, chemistry and ecology of lakes and ponds.
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Jean Paquin
Water Resources Analyst Engineer at Rio Tinto
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Generating Electricity: Solar Cells
Backgrounders
Learn how energy from the Sun can be used to generate electricity.
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Crack the Code: Water Treatment
Lessons
Students learn about the water treatment process as they complete a digital “escape room” on a Google site.
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Pollinators are Important!
STEM Explained
Insects and other animals that are pollinators of plants play an important role in ecosystems.