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Design your own bacteria!
Hands-on Activities
How could you design a new type of bacteria that helps people?
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Colouring Clothing with Bacteria
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Learn about using bacteria to colour clothing.
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Overcoming Math Anxiety with Confidence
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Learn about math anxiety, including what it is, why it happens, and how you can overcome it.
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Plastic-Eating Bacteria: Nature's Recyclers
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Learn how bacteria can help solve the world’s plastic problem.
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L. Creighton Avery (she/her)
Career Profiles
Osteoarchaeologist
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Sara Matthews
Career Profiles
Researcher - Environmental Microbiology
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Allison Guitor
Career Profiles
Researcher - Antibiotic Resistance
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Jasmin Chahal
Career Profiles
Assistant Professor
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Go for the Gold with STEM
STEM Explained
Learn about how STEM powers the Winter Olympics.
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Dr. Rod Russell
Professor of Virology and Immunology
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Just Breathe: Lungs and Asthma
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Learn about asthma and what scientists are doing to study it.
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Introduction to Homeostasis and Regulation
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Learn about homeostasis and how the body regulates temperature, blood pressure, blood pH and blood sugar.
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How Animals Digest Their Food
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Learn about how different animals digest their foods and the organs of their digestive systems.
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Respiratory System in Vertebrate Animals
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Learn about how different animals breathe, from fish to humans.