Rainforest CLASSROOM
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A young scientist in Panama devises a novel way to study ticks and disease
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Love seeing the next generation of field biologisits doing great work and being featured by the Smithsonian! Great role model for the Nature Girls in your science classrooms too! 
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Have you ever been awe-struck by nature's engineering prowess and thought to yourself, "how in the world is that possible?" or "wouldn't it be great if humans could do that?" Did it ever occur to y...
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Seeking adventurous educators to join us for the 2014 Educator Academy in the Amazon as we explore the rainforest for inspiration to create k-12 biomimicry classroom connections!
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#basics of climate change http://t.co/eq5MstaAFA
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Great resources coming out of Rainforest Alliance!
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A Science Icon Died 17 Years Ago. In His Last Interview, He Made A Warning That Gives Me Goosebumps.
His dark prediction about the future has become our present.
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Yowzer! 17 years ago Carl Sagan clearly outlined today's lack of understanding, appreciation, and knowledge of science - and its impact on our society!
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Educating residents, teachers and youth in a costal community in Costa Rica to use geospatial technologies to investigate, map and make a difference.
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Really cool project using GIS to help a Costa Rican Community better understand, manage, and take action to make their community sustainable for today and in the future!
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Jesi Hessong of Fairfax doesn't have far to go to reach her dream of studying abroad, and you can help.
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Great idea for how to raise funds for travel! Big ideas get big money!
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We’re inspired by Natalie Angier’s article on “ugly animals” today to publish a roundup of 12 years of lesson plans on mammals, marine life and insects.
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Awesomeness Alert! Refresh your next animal unit with these animal lesson plans!
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More than 1,500 participants descend on a region of the Amazon to demonstrate cultural rituals and compete in traditional sports
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Love this photo...check out the young man in the front row with his camera. This seems to be a very cool way to keep indigenous traditions alive while embracing life on an increasingly globlaized planet.
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Soaring over a dense canopy of trees, a flying, insect-like robot developed by Wake Forest researchers will give an unprecedented look at Peru's tropical cloud forest, one of the world's most biodiverse ecosystems.
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Talk about a great STEM project! Putting drone technology to good use in mapping the most remote and inaccessable areas of the Amazon!
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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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http://youtu.be/LfUP6ejMnzs To mark the 50th birthday of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) back in March, thousands of leafcutter ants at the Cologne Zoo were enlisted in a novel "Ant Rally" to ...
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AWESOMENESS ALERT! Fantastic and fun, this video clip is a great way to launch an Amazon Awareness campaign in your classroom. (If it works for the World Wildlife Fund, it will work for you!)
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Analyzing the DNA of dangerous butterflies who copy other unpalatable species, scientists have found that some shared color-controlling genes, signaling past interbreeding.
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Environmental education connects people and nature, prepares students for the future, empowers environmental stewards of all ages, builds community, and chan...
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Great new video from our friends at NAAEE!
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Educators from the John Stanford International School, in Seattle, Washington, have provided these resources and tools for teaching global competence.
Sample global competence unit plans for various grade levels provided by Seattle Public Schools. Each unit contains state standards, global perspective, essential questions, timetable for the unit, and student and teacher goals. Via Dean J. Fusto
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"Of the 28 students' fundraising accomplishment, Ella said she felt, "Really, really, really, really, really awesome because you're saving millions of trees, animals and plants. You're so little and you think you can't do it, but you really can change something big."
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Knowledge is power and in this case a powerful group of 3rd graders used their new knowledge to make a difference for the world's rainforests! Love it!
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Until recently, most educators didn’t believe that the Amazon had any connection to their classrooms and curricula.
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Thematic STEM learning - the Amazon rainforest provides a great source of ideas and inspiration - from Biomimicry to sustainable development. Join our 2014 Educator Academy in Peru next summer and learn more! http://www.amazonworkshops.com/educators--naturalists.html
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A Biome Rich in Diversity The first thing you’ll notice when you visit a tropical rainforest is the abundance of plants, both in shear biomass and total biodiversity.
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Fun video introduction to tropical rainforests. Great for upper elementary and MS students
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Instead of fighting over water what if each state's boundaries let it get water from one source? Check out the Watershed States of America.
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Great focal point for cross-curricular, project based learning. This is a very very interesting map...especially when you factor in the socio-economic implications of climate change, a growing world population. Will water become the next thing we go to war over?
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What image does Barbie bring to your mind? How about a young woman outfitted in a climbing helmet and harness and wearing rugged boots instead of high heels? How about a rainforest canopy researcher? Meet TreeTop Barbie!
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Want to encourage girl scientists? Here's a unique idea - take the icon of "girly-ness" and give her a career as a field researcher - complete with rough-and-tumble climbing pants, field vest, field shirt, helmet, boots, and all the appropriate climbing gear.
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Working Together to Raise Global Children
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Teens Who Took Educational Trips Get Better Grades, Have Higher Incomes ...
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You bet! Respondents to a recent survey think that taking educational trips -- defined as “trips taken with school or family that incorporated learning activities” -- made them more interested in learning and influenced their career choice. And that's enough to make educational trips seem pretty darn powerful.
Some of the survey’s more encouraging finds: 89% of survey respondents said educational travel had a “positive impact” on their education and/or career.86% said travel made them more intellectually curious. 80% said travel made them more interested in what they learned at school. 59% said travel helped them get better grades. 52% said travel influenced their career choice. 34% said travel made them a better person. 90% said their trips were educational, fun, engaging and/or inspiring.
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Great new ed tech tool from the bird experts at Cornell Lab of Ornithology!