![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.
![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.
![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.
![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.
![guppies](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-09/Guppies_0.jpg?itok=GxqR4Z2f)
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!
![fossil plants and animals](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-09/fossil_plants_and_animals.jpg?itok=jdZrg_LM)
Why Scientists Believe in Evolution
STEM Explained
Scientists have accumulated so much evidence in the theory of evolution that it is one of the most widely-accepted theories in science.
![How do animals hide?](/sites/default/files/2019-08/pexels-cameleon.jpeg)
How do animals hide?
Hands-on Activities
Play a game of hide and seek to discover how animals can hide in plain sight!
![Polar bear and two cubs](/sites/default/files/2020-12/polar-bear-and-her-cubs.jpg)
How do animals stay warm in the winter?
Hands-on Activities
Animals have some unique adaptations to stay warm. Discover what conduction of heat and insulation have to do with staying warm!
![Woodpecker on a tree](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-10/woodpecker-in-the-snow.jpg?itok=WmWgTEIl)
Do Woodpeckers Get Concussions?
STEM Explained
Pecking puts a lot of force on a woodpecker’s brain. But scientists think woodpecker bodies are adapted to help keep them from being injured during pecking-related collisions.
![Toad camouflage matches stone it is on](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-01/Toad_on_bricks.jpg?itok=ooEHAAhZ)
Animal Adaptations
Lessons
Students develop and apply collaboration & communication and computational thinking skills to learn the ways in which animals adapt to their environments.
![White Swan White Swan](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/whiteswan.jpg?itok=2eblWv_e)
Birds: Aquatic
Picture Collections
12 images of some birds such as seagulls, puffins, ducks and Canada Geese that live on or around freshwater or saltwater habitats