Humans and Freshwater Ecosystems
Backgrounders
Learn about how people impact the ecosystems of lakes and rivers.
Careers in the Great Outdoors
Lessons
Students explore careers related to outdoors and the land and then design and build a water filter prototype.
Generating Electricity: Biomass
Backgrounders
Learn how biomass can be used to generate electricity.
Ian Cook
Journeyman Sheet Metal Worker
Generating Electricity: Fossil Fuels
Backgrounders
Learn how energy from fossil fuels can be used to generate electricity.
Introduction to Lakes & Ponds
Backgrounders
Learn about the geology, chemistry and ecology of lakes and ponds.
Jean Paquin
Water Resources Analyst Engineer at Rio Tinto
Dr. Jeremy McNeil
Career Profiles
Professor
Crack the Code: Water Treatment
Lessons
Students learn about the water treatment process as they complete a digital “escape room” on a Google site.
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.
Pollinators are Important!
STEM Explained
Insects and other animals that are pollinators of plants play an important role in ecosystems.
Hollee Heal
Career Profiles
Health, Safety, Environmental Coordinator
Anne Simonen
Career Profiles
Civil Engineering Technologist
The Dirt on Soil Conservation
STEM Explained
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.
Martina Bona
Career Profiles
Process Discipline Specialist