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In this video segment, adapted from Navajo Technical College, two Navajo Elders speak about climate change and differences in the environment that they have observed.
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Journey into the largest tract of tropical rainforest on our planet —Amazonia — the forests and wetlands of the Amazon River basin and Guiana Shield in South America — is invaluable to human well-being: We need it to breathe, store carbon and provide critical medicines.
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LIFE SCIENCE, BIODIVERSITY, RESOURCE... Free on iTunes!
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As a school librarian, I know that it makes sense to teach multimedia literacy skills collaboratively with the classroom teacher rather than in isolation. So I have been very lucky to collaborate with my colleague, Lisa Ross, 3rd-grade classroom teacher. Lisa decided to introduce her class of 14 students to the Amazon rainforest. After reading…
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Explore the variety of life with the latest maps of the world's biodiversity, including birds, mammals, and amphibians. GIS data available.
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Amazon Binocular Project: BirdsEye Supports Bird Education in the Peruvian Amazon! Give your gently used binoculars a new lease on life in the Amazon and help promote bird education programs in remote rainforest classrooms! We are excited to announce the kickoff of the Amazon Binocular Project. The project is a collaborative effort between the Educator Academy in the Amazon, EcoTeach Foundation, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, BirdsEye, and students at Tualatin Valley Academy
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An incredible photo essay by Isabel Rios of her stay at the #LosAmigos biological research station in Peru
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This would be a wonderful project for our returning students to replicate!
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What advice to you give other women in science? Haley got the chance to visit the California Academy of Sciences for the #SciWomen16 Summit. Here is what the women there had to say.
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Scientific organizations around the world are turning to digital technology to reveal collections that have long been hidden.
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Bring museum collections right to your students - right to your classroom!
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If you could help save the world's greatest rainforest, would you? Visit http://amazonaid.org to learn how you can make a difference this Earth Day. Anthem f...
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Ever feel powerless to help a cause you believe in because its troubles are a great distance away? Just because you're far from the Brazilian rainforest or the polar ice caps or Mt.
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Brazilian biologist Marcela Uliano da Silva is using cutting-edge DNA sequencing technology to prevent the golden mussel from destroying the Amazon River’s biodiversity.
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ATTENTION SCIENCE EDUCATORS! Looking for a role model for your students? Wondering how to bridge the gap between genetic sequencing and environmental conservation? Wondering how to connect Amazon issues to your local classroom? Here you go!
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One of the most life-changing experiences I’ve had was being in the Amazon for ten days. From a distance, the forest may seem like a big uniform patch of green, but the Amazon consists of many worlds…
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Bloomsbury September 2017 ISBN 9781408885284 RRP $16.99 We all know some young explorers; the ones who love adventure, the ones who watch Bear Grylls for the survival tips, the ones who pore over atlases and illustrated books of exotic places. These are the ones who will adore this new book from Katherine Rundell with its…
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Amazon Adventure tells the epic, true story of explorer Henry Bates' fascinating 11 year journey, through the biodiverse Amazon rainforest, as a young man who risks his life for science in the 1850’s.
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Peruvian environmental authorities will release 500,000 yellow spotted Amazon river baby turtles back into the wild through mid-November.
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Habitat Network focuses on actions that people can take, often with a relatively small effort, to make a big impact for wildlife.
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Sorry about the delayed videos, back to uploading regularly now! Hoping to post at least one a week! :D Episode 2 will be posted in the next few days! Mak
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The Amazon rainforest is one of the world's most unique and important ecosystems. Yet the health of the rainforest and the people who live there i
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Rick Schwartz, a national spokesperson for the San Diego Zoo, responds to a conversation that started between him and parents on social media in the wake of the death of one of the last northern white rhinos left in the world.
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North America's most beautiful singer may have a problem.
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A great overview of the importance and challenges of field work. Read and listen!
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A heartening testament to the power of undivided intention.
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Rachel Carson’s bombshell 1962 work, ‘Silent Spring,’ inspired the formation of environmental protection groups.
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