Overcoming Math Anxiety with Confidence
Backgrounders
Learn about math anxiety, including what it is, why it happens, and how you can overcome it.
L. Creighton Avery (she/her)
Career Profiles
Osteoarchaeologist
Go for the Gold with STEM
STEM Explained
Learn about how STEM powers the Winter Olympics.
Just Breathe: Lungs and Asthma
Backgrounders
Learn about asthma and what scientists are doing to study it.
Introduction to Homeostasis and Regulation
Backgrounders
Learn about homeostasis and how the body regulates temperature, blood pressure, blood pH and blood sugar.
How Animals Digest Their Food
Backgrounders
Learn about how different animals digest their foods and the organs of their digestive systems.
Respiratory System in Vertebrate Animals
Backgrounders
Learn about how different animals breathe, from fish to humans.
Musculoskeletal Systems in the Animal Kingdom
Backgrounders
Learn how animals move themselves with the help of their muscles and skeletons.
Resources on Brains
STEM Explained
Resource page including articles, videos, and career profiles related to brains.
Query a Career Profile
Lessons
Students will explore career profiles and relate them to what they are learning in science class.
Stress and the Brain
Backgrounders
Stress is more than a feeling. Understanding the importance of stress can help you to manage it. It can even lead to an improvement in your mood and how you think!
Facial Recognition and the Brain
STEM Explained
Learn how your brain recognizes faces and why you sometimes see them in places they don’t exist!
Organ Transplantation
Backgrounders
Learn about organ transplantation - what it is, how it can save lives, how your immune system responds, and how the matching process works.