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Golden orb-web spiders (Nephila clavipes) are sit-and-wait hunters that accumulate prey larders on their webs. These larders are sometimes stolen by other spiders. If prey items are removed from their webs, golden orb-web spiders search for them. They search longer when they have lost more prey items as well as when they have lost larger… 
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Why not farm like a prairie? Perennial polyculture is productive, resilient, self-fertilizing, self-weeding, and it improves the soil.
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Biomimicry is an excellent way to bring STEM into your life science and bio classes. Here is a great resource to get you inspired!
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"When you walk through the gates of a large botanical garden, you might be surprised to learn that, amid the beautiful flowers and glorious trees, there's a thriving hub of scientific activity."
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An analogy I draw upon increasingly to help with my thinking about teaching, learning and school leadership, is the contrast between a plantation and a rainforest. In general terms I feel that our...
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AWESOMENESS! This is a fantastic piece on how the systems and processess of a functioning rainforest can be applied to educational reform. EXCELLENT!
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We often see orb-web spiders during our rainforest workshops. Here's a great example to share with students of how the simple act of slowing down and making observations can lead to new questions, new discoveries, and fascinating natural history stories.