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Testing the Waters
Lessons
Students learn about how to gain experience and be exposed to, or “test the waters,” of careers that align with their personal occupational goals.
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What do you want to DO when you grow up?
Lessons
Students will use online tools and job search engines to explore career possibilities and the job market.
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Choose Your Own Adventure Autobiography
Lessons
Students reflect upon the influences on their career path journeys to date and summarize these in an autobiographical poem or Powerpoint presentation.
Melony Catana
Career Profiles
Environmental Technologist & CEO
![Hollee Heal sur un site de travail](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-06/Hollee%20Heal.jpg?itok=qn4x8UaI)
Hollee Heal
Career Profiles
Health, Safety, Environmental Coordinator
![Edith Tobe à un site restauré](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-05/Edith%20Tobe2.jpg?itok=YKUAuOja)
Edith Tobe
Career Profiles
Executive Director
![Julie Koloff au travail à l'extérieur](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-03/Julie%20Koloff.jpg?itok=qZgc-bIK)
Julie Koloff
Career Profiles
Wetland Specialist
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Tropical Rainforest Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of tropical rainforest biome.
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Savanna Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the savanna biome.
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Desert Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the desert biome.
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Boreal Forest/Taiga Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the boreal forest/Taiga biome and meet Anne-Claude Pépin who is a fire management technician.
![Frobisher Bay near Baffin Island](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/arctic-in-spring-baffin-island.jpg?itok=4FtztWsL)
Arctic Tundra Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the arctic tundra biome.
![Carly Silver | Écologiste associée](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2019-09/Carly%20Silver.jpg?itok=DpeTJqH5)
Carly Silver
Career Profiles
Associate Ecologist
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Marine Microbiology: Meet the Microbes of the Sea!
STEM Explained
The ocean is full of very small but very useful creatures called microbes. Without them, none of the sea plants or animals you’ve seen would exist!
![How does water move up a plant?](/sites/default/files/2019-08/how-does-water-move-up-a-plant.jpg)
How does water move up a plant?
Hands-on Activities
Do an experiment with celery to learn about the structures that help plants take up water.