Strand E: Natural Resource science and Management

The fracking process gets natural gases out of rocks. This process can have effects on freshwater, water quality and even earthquakes!

Products of the rock cycle are visible all across Canada.

The water in the oceans has travelled vast distances. It has even time spent deep below the surface of the Earth, trapped inside the mineral ringwoodite.

Sodium is a useful chemical element. You consume it as table salt regularly. Learn about salt mining, sodium uses, and what problems too much sodium can cause.

This backgrounder explains the four main ways that oil is moved over land and water.

Learn about how craters are formed and about some of Canada's impact craters.

When a species ends up outside of its natural zone, the consequences on other species, ecosystems and human industries can be severe. Climate change and human activities can introduce species into new zones.

Aquaculture is seen as a sustainable way to produce fish. But are farmed salmon better than wild fish?

4 images of some fish such as koi that live in freshwater river and lake environments and in freshwater aquariums and garden ponds

14 images of some fish such as lion fish, grouper and sharks that live in saltwater environments like oceans, saltwater lakes and aquariums

Scientists can observe birds to get useful information about the health of, and changes in, an ecosystem.

5 images of some work related to the scientific study of climate such as using instruments to measure changes in climates