The practice of observing detail over time, analyzing deeply and applying different perspectives helps students appreciate the richness of the world we live in.
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"As a child, I collected picture books of animals and mapped out trips I hoped to take as an adult. I spent my entire childhood longing for the opportunity to travel to somewhere exotic where I could stand in awe of and photograph real nature and real wildlife. I was infatuated with the vast landscapes of the Serengeti and the hidden world of the Amazon rainforest. I never realized my backyard was home to countless exotic creatures living in highly complex ecosystems.
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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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The Amazon rainforest is famous for its diverse wildlife. And the number of tourists who want to take selfies with its fascinating animals is rising fast. Sadly, this has led to the exploitation of sloths, caimans, pink river dolphins, anacondas, and many more animals, who belong in the...
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Attn Educators: Teachable moment. What's wrong with taking wildlife selfies? Plenty!
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Download these six Project Learning Tree activities to support "teachable moments" related to this classic children's book and film.
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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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Get an overview of the Biocube biology project. Teachers can use biocubes to enable students to explore biodiversity in their own backyards.
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NEW RESOURCE! We will definitely be adding this to the Educator Academy in the Amazon tool kit!
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Like many kids, I dissected owl pellets when I was in school - but I never realized they can be used by scientists to learn about certain aspects of an ecosystem. And today, paleontologists like Matt McDowell are using these pellets to learn about the history of an environment, to preserve them for the future
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It’s often the ants that we spend the most time around that we know the least about. What kind of ants show up at your picnic? Why are they there?
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Thanks to Curtin University and the University of Western Australia for sponsoring this video. Also, special thanks to Kingsley Dixon and the Orchi
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What gorgeous bird mates for life? These free plants and animals in the tropical rainforest biome cards are absolutely amazing!! You will love learning about tropical rainforests and the Amazon with them!
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BrainPOP, Book Creator, and Adobe Voice can help students articulate their ideas and share their Earth Day-related projects about living in balance with nature.
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If enough students are motivated to take action, there should be no shortage of human energy to tackle the environmental challenges ahead. How do your students plan to make a difference this Earth Day and beyond?
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"PEI workshops include FieldSTEM® guides for educators providing frameworks for how to implement rigorous, integrated, outdoor field experiences with students."
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Excited to be adding this great guide from Pacific Education Institute to the resource kit for the Educator Academy in the Amazon! You can get it NOW as a free download https://pacificeducationinstitute.org/work/fieldstem-resources/
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Citizen science helps scientists and society. There are projects in astronomy, physics, biochemistry, and more. Find out what it is and how to get involved.
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Amazon Adventure: How Tiny Fish Are Saving the World’s Largest Rainforest by Sy Montgomery. 2017. Photographs by Keith Ellenbogen. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Genre: Illustrated nonfiction chapter book. Levels: Grade 4 through adult. Features: Outstanding illustrations from the wild habitat of the Amazon rainforest, intriguing details backed by impressive firsthand field research, selected bibliography…
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Imagine you're a member of the Cephalotes goniodontus species, an arboreal ant with a Darth Vader-like head that has inspired humans to call you "turtle ants." You're moving along a branch of the tangled tree canopy in Jalisco, Mexico, following a scent trail left by other ants from your colony, but you hit an abrupt end where the branch is broken. How do you know where to go?
Via Janine Benyus
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School gardens are on the rise in the United States with more than 7,000 school gardens growing across the country, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm to School census. Organizations and studies report a list of long list of benefits to school gardens including an increase in stu
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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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From artificial Christmas trees to running shoes, we look at some of the ways you could be spreading invasive species.
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Students will analyze a real-world environmental case of building a road through the Amazon rain forest. They will explore the geographical, cultural, and environmental context of building the road, identify the stakeholders and their role and impact, and map out the intended and unintended consequences from the decision that they make.
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Natural history is vanishing from the academic ecosystem, and it may be harming our ability to make big theoretical advances
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Part 3 of the Outdoor Education series. Teach your students science by engaging with your local wildlife!
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One of the invasive plants found in the experiment, Centaurea stoebe. The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student Activity, Graph Type A,
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Great ecology unit resource!
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