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
Career Profiles
Health, Safety, Environmental Coordinator
Edith Tobe
Career Profiles
Executive Director
Osmosis and Its Role in Human Biology and Health
STEM Explained
Learn how and where osmosis takes place in the digestive system and excretory system and the role of osmosis in kidney dialysis.
Julie Koloff
Career Profiles
Wetland Specialist
Tropical Rainforest Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of tropical rainforest biome.
Savanna Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the savanna biome.
Desert Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the desert biome.
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.
Arctic Tundra Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the arctic tundra biome.
Plant Functions
Backgrounders
Learn about the important plant functions of photosynthesis, respiration and transpiration
Carly Silver
Career Profiles
Associate Ecologist
How Do Plants Survive in the Desert?
STEM Explained
Plants need to exchange gases and water with their environment as part of photosynthesis. Some plant cells have evolved specifically for this purpose.
What is Acid Rain?
STEM Explained
Acid rain is any precipitation that has an unusually low pH. It can be rain, snow, fog, etc. But what is a low pH and why is this a problem?