Daria Iskakova (she/her)
Career Profiles
Senior Laboratory Technologist
![Western Toad](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-12/western%20toad%20header.jpg?itok=uc2qWrjt)
Frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts, oh my!
Backgrounders
Learn about amphibians, their life in the coastal temperate rainforest biome, and how you can help them out!
![Pier on one of the Great Lakes](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-01/Event%20Card%20Template%20-%20STEM%20Storytime%20copy%207.png?itok=RvynpvTC)
Let's Talk Great Lakes Resources
Backgrounders
Discover a set of resources designed to give you good background knowledge on all things Great Lakes!
![Image of a tide pool](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-01/tide-pool.jpg?itok=68D9zjuV)
Diversity of Canada’s Marine Coastal Habitats
Backgrounders
Learn about the plants and animals in Canada’s marine coastal habitats, and what you can do to protect them.
![Red jellyfish](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-12/red_jellyfish.jpg?itok=DSV9jFPU)
Life in the Deep Sea
Backgrounders
Learn about the unique creatures that live in deep sea ecosystems.
![Aerial view of a wetland](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-12/aerial-view-of-wetland.jpg?itok=10Pw8Qca)
Introduction to Freshwater Wetlands
Backgrounders
Learn about the geology, chemistry and ecology of freshwater wetlands.
![Eric with hula hoop](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-09/Eric_with_hula_hoop_1.jpg?itok=ZdQIrUoF)
ScienceXplosion - The Circle of Life
Interactives
In this episode, Eric uses a hula-hoop to count and catalog all the creatures he finds in that space! Biodiversity represents the variety of living things in any ecosystem - including in your own backyard!
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Tropical Rainforest Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of tropical rainforest biome.
![African savanna](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/African_savanna.jpg?itok=47nbBHlh)
Savanna Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the savanna biome.
![Monument Valley, Arizona](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/Monument_valley.jpg?itok=OVV6_Owd)
Desert Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the desert biome.
![Wild elk in boreal forest, Banff National Park](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/wild-elk-banff.jpg?itok=3aL59Nl5)
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.
![Frobisher Bay near Baffin Island](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/arctic-in-spring-baffin-island.jpg?itok=4FtztWsL)
Arctic Tundra Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the arctic tundra biome.
![Variety of plant groups in Banff National Park, Alberta](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-01/plant_taxonomy_banff.jpg?itok=xQe0JVAi)
Plant Taxonomy
Backgrounders
Learn about the categories, or phylum, of the plant kingdom with examples from each.
![Dragonfly](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-11/What_is_an_insect.jpg?itok=JKD6nofn)
What is an Insect?
Interactives
The What is an Insect? e-book explores the amazing world of insects while showing the characteristics and diversity of insects.
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Why are Guppies so Diverse?
STEM Explained
Different members of a species can have different traits. You can see this in a species found at your local pet store - guppies!