The Living World

Learn about how people impact the ecosystems of lakes and rivers.

Learn how biomass can be used to generate electricity.

Learn how energy from fossil fuels can be used to generate electricity.

Students will explore career profiles and relate them to what they are learning in science class.

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.

Insects and other animals that are pollinators of plants play an important role in ecosystems.

If I asked you to name a few things that all life on the planet couldn’t live without you could probably come up with some good answers, but I bet you’d never think to say dirt.

Mussels are a kind of invertebrate that filter food out of the water they live in. This makes them a great tool for monitoring environmental water quality and tracking bioaccumulation in aquatic food webs.

Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of tropical rainforest biome.

In this introductory activity, students will read two articles about the issue of fish mislabelling and complete two graphic organizers to identify the issue, its implications and possible solutions. They will complete the organizers individually and in pairs, and then discuss the results with the whole class.

Water is a precious natural resource. What happens if it gets polluted? Learn how water can be cleaned with this hands-on activity?