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Energy4Travel Educator Resources Detailed Overview For Environmental ScienceEducator Resources

A detailed overview of the Energy4Travel Action Project for Environmental Science. Read More »

Moving Oil Case StudyEducator Resources

In this case study, students will analyze visual images, compare information to determine a position and complete structured research to create viable arguments to support their point of... Read More »

BARENAKED LADIES ON TOURBackgrounders with Starting Points

Learn about how the band Barenaked Ladies reduces their environmental impact while on tour. Read More »

Catalytic converters: How platinum and other “noble metals” keep the air cleanArticles with Starting Points

Catalytic converters installed in cars use precious metals as catalysts to speed up chemical reactions. In the process, they convert harmful emissions into more benign (less harmful) ones. Read More »

Car Chemistry: What Is a Catalytic Converter and How Does It Work?Articles with Starting Points

Catalytic converters reduce emissions of harmful compounds found in car exhaust. Read More »

The dating habits of archaeologists, part 1: Radiocarbon datingArticles with Starting Points

Radiocarbon dating is the most common method for determining the age of organic materials found at archaeological sites. Read More »

Na Na Na Na (Hey Hey Hey) Sodium!Articles with Starting Points

You need to consume sodium regularly in the form of table salt—sodium chloride (NaCl)—but too much salt can lead to serious health problems. Read More »

Ringwoodite: The missing link in Earth's water cycleArticles with Starting Points

The water in the oceans has travelled vast distances, including time spent deep below the surface of the Earth trapped inside the mineral ringwoodite. Read More »

Man-made diamonds – better than nature’s original?Articles with Starting Points

Diamonds have long been associated with luxury, wealth and importance, and are often considered the most desired of all the gemstones. In fact, wars have been started because of diamonds,... Read More »

The processes that shape landformsArticles with Starting Points

Let's Talk Geology! You've definitely heard of mountains and valleys, and you may be familiar with plateaus and plains, but what do all of these have in common? They are all types of landforms! Read More »

Keystone XL: Pipeline to controversyArticles with Starting Points

Debates about the potential impacts of the Keystone XL pipeline have made headlines around the world. Read More »

A fractious energy debateArticles with Starting Points

What exactly is fracking—and why has it attracted so much controversy? Read More »

Facts about FrackingVideos with Starting Points

Hank gives us a summary of the important facts about fracking: what it is, why we do it, and how it actually isn't all butterflies and cupcakes. Read More »

What are carbon offsets?Articles with Starting Points

This article explains what carbon offsets are, their pros and cons and what to consider before purchasing a carbon offset Read More »

The Carbon Hokey PokeyArticles with Starting Points

You put the CO2 in (to the atmosphere), you take the CO2 out...or at least you shake it all about! Read More »

Misconceptions about climate change by VeritasiumVideos with Starting Points

When discussing scientific results it is common that not everyone agrees, and it is therefore important to be able to evaluate scientific evidence yourself. What YOU think? Should we be... Read More »

Turning the tides on renewable energyArticles with Starting Points

Would you believe there is a form of renewable energy that generates power almost entirely from the gravitational pull of the Moon? Read More »

Plastic Soup: The Great Pacific Garbage PatchArticles with Starting Points

What if instead of oats and marshmallows in your cereal bowl you woke upone morning to find tiny bits of plastic floating in your milk? This is what's happening to the creatures living in... Read More »

Marine plastics pollute every ocean on EarthArticles with Starting Points

Scientists estimate that there are more than 5.25 trillion plastic pieces floating on the surface of oceans. Read More »

Carbon, carbon, everywhereArticles

Whether it’s in diamonds, in you, or in the air, carbon is everywhere and life wouldn’t be possible without it. Read More »

The Carbon Problem: From fossil fuels to greenhouse gases Articles

The average Canadian produces the equivalent of about 20.3 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year, or about the weight of four adult African elephants! Read More »

Reducing vehicle emissions with diesel exhaust fluidArticles

Diesel exhaust fluid helps diesel engines run cleaner. Read More »

Cleaning up coalArticles

There are ways of reducing the amount of pollution caused by burning coal, even if coal remains a relatively dirty source of energy. Read More »

Investing in Clean Energy TechnologiesArticles with Starting Points

From the popularity of ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ to our crazy December east/west weather reversal, our government is finally paying attention and putting money where their mouth is, but where... Read More »

What is acid rain/deposition?Articles with Starting Points

Acid rain is any precipitation (rain, snow, fog, etc.) that has an unusually low pH. But, what is a low pH and why is this a problem? Read More »

What is a crystal?Articles

What all crystals have in common is an extremely well-organized molecular structure and this crystal structure is just as important to the crystal as the molecules it contains. Read More »

Who were the very first animals to set foot on the earth?Articles

The first animals on earth actually appeared about 400 million years earlier than dinosaurs and they were discovered right here in Canada! Read More »

Deepwater Horizon vs. the Mighty MississippiArticles

While the bad news keeps flowing — along with the oil — from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, a glimmer of good news surfaced last week. Read More »

Cleaning up a spillArticles

When an oil spill occurs in the ocean, like the catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, what do scientists do to clean up the toxic mess? Read More »

Spring Fever!Articles

Chinook winds are a type of wind that comes to Alberta, over the Rocky Mountains, about 30 days a year. A Chinook is a warm, dry wind that can melt and evaporate snow. Read More »

What is wind and what does it do?Articles

Wind. Although you can't see it, you can feel it - it can make things move and create weather conditions from a mild breeze to a hurricane. Behold the powers of wind! Read More »

Bracing for DisasterArticles

Where do hurricanes come from and how are they formed? Read on to find the answer to these stormy questions... Read More »

How do cyclones form?Articles

In summer and fall, tropical bodies of water have been warmed by the sun and store fantastic amounts of energy as heat. Tropical cyclones use that energy as their driving power... but what... Read More »

Wind farms: Offshore equals moreArticles

Energy production from offshore wind turbines is normally higher than from land-based turbines. Read More »

The sunshine vitaminArticles

You generally get vitamins from food. Vitamin D, however, can also be synthesized in the skin from sunlight! Read More »

What would Earth’s temperature be without any greenhouse effect?Articles

Earth’s radiative equilibrium temperature can be calculated with a bit of basic physics and some algebra. Read More »

Ocean balancing actArticles

The oceans and our atmosphere work together to form the Earth's climate. Throw humans into the mix and the debate begins. While the atmosphere quickly adjusts to our changes, the oceans are... Read More »

Do you speak isotope?Articles with Starting Points

Isotopes are a lot like a foreign language. Once you know how to interpret them, you can learn a lot more about the world around you. Read More »