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Introduction to Climate Change
Backgrounders
Learn more about the causes and impacts of global climate change.
![White water rafting on the Fraser River in British Columbia](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-12/white-water-rafting-on-the-fraser-river.jpg?itok=ou_sM1-M)
Introduction to Rivers & Streams
Backgrounders
Learn about the physical geography, chemistry and ecology of rivers and streams.
![Water treatment plant near Kitchener, Ontario](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-01/grand-river-water_treatment_plant.jpg?itok=9hBQ6tW_)
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.
![Joel Stacey au travail sur un toit](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2021-01/Joel%20Stacey.jpg?itok=azSHLTzz)
Joel Stacey
Career Profiles
Construction Superintendent
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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.
![Ian Cook](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2021-01/Ian%20Cook.jpg?itok=L8Z4nvIF)
Ian Cook
Journeyman Sheet Metal Worker
![ceberg under the midnight sun in Greenland](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-01/iceberg-at-sunset-greenland.jpg?itok=AZBV8A-Z)
Climate: Polar Regions
Backgrounders
Learn about the unique climate found in Earth’s polar regions.
![Coal and natural gas fueled generator near Hanna, Alberta, Canada](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-12/coal_power-generating-station.jpg?itok=cFUVGxpm)
Generating Electricity: Fossil Fuels
Backgrounders
Learn how energy from fossil fuels can be used to generate electricity.
![Jean Paquin outside](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-12/Jean%20Paquin%20RTA-web.jpg?itok=9XAoLiFz)
Jean Paquin
Water Resources Analyst Engineer at Rio Tinto
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Weather: Atmospheric Pressure
Backgrounders
Learn about the layers of the atmosphere, atmospheric pressure, pressure systems and fronts.
![Timothy Burkhart](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-11/Timothy_Burkhart.jpg?itok=_rID7Ano)
Query a Career Profile
Lessons
Students will explore career profiles and relate them to what they are learning in science class.
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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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Light Pollution
STEM Explained
Light can be a type of pollution. Learn about the damage it causes to people and living things as well as how you can prevent it.