![Winter in the woods](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2023-12/winterinthewoods%20no%20text.jpg?itok=yyk4SENY)
Winter in the Woods Interactive
Interactives
Click around the interactive image below to learn more about animals that hibernate in Canadian winters.
![portrait de Brock Fenton](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2023-05/Brock%20Fenton.jpg?itok=FmbS1A_m)
Brock Fenton (he/him)
Career Profiles
Emeritus Professor
![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!
![Coyote walking through a park in Quebec](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-09/coyote-in-omega-park-quebec.jpg?itok=7lPI0Uy_)
Coyotes: Coming to a town near you?
STEM Explained
Learn why coyotes are spreading in Canada and how this affects their relations with humans.
![Bee pollinating blueberry flowers](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-07/blueberries-flower-bee.jpg?itok=gtJCkjbA)
Bee Helpers
Lessons
Students will learn about the importance of bees and the human impacts on bee populations.
![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.
![Coral reef](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-12/scuba-diver-is-exploring-and-enjoying-coral-reef.jpg?itok=45-6mEe4)
Coral Ecosystems
Backgrounders
Learn about coral ecosystems and why they are important as well as what you can do to help keep them healthy.
![3D Illustration of human lungs](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-10/Human-lungs.jpg?itok=8tcxai2_)
Respiratory System in Vertebrate Animals
Backgrounders
Learn about how different animals breathe, from fish to humans.
![Anatomical images of different animals](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-11/Anatomical%20images%20of%20different%20animals.jpg?itok=Kcp5gaoe)
Musculoskeletal Systems in the Animal Kingdom
Backgrounders
Learn how animals move themselves with the help of their muscles and skeletons.
![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.
![Jeremy McNeil, docteur en entomologie](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-12/Jeremy%20McNeil.jpg?itok=BmoATK9Y)
Dr. Jeremy McNeil
Career Profiles
Professor
![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!
![Mussels on a rocky coastline](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-03/mussels-on-rocky-coastline.jpg?itok=4PnEYQCV)
Using Mussels to Monitor the Environment
STEM Explained
Mussels are a kind of invertebrate that filter food out of the water they live in. This makes them a great tool for monitoring environmental water quality and tracking bioaccumulation in aquatic food webs.
![Dense tropical rainforest](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/tropical-dense-cloud-forest-coverd-in-fog.jpg?itok=hZ-ak9O8)
Tropical Rainforest Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of tropical rainforest biome.