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April 15, 2020 11:12 AM
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Best Earth Day Books for Kids, As Chosen By Teachers

Best Earth Day Books for Kids, As Chosen By Teachers | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
Are you looking for great environmental stories to share on Earth Day and beyond? Look no further than our list of earth day books for kids.
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April 15, 2020 11:23 AM
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Bugdork University = Video Workshops with the Bug Chicks

Bugdork University = Video Workshops with the Bug Chicks | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
1-hr on-demand video workshops where students can learn from entomologists! Learn about arthropods and see them under a microscope. New sessions each week!
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The Bug Chicks join the Morpho Institute for our annual Educator Academy in the Amazon PD program in Peru.  Now you can bring them into your distance learning classroom!
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March 20, 2020 12:02 PM
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Science & Nature Activities for Cooped Up Kids from Cornell Lab of Ornithology K-12

Science & Nature Activities for Cooped Up Kids from Cornell Lab of Ornithology K-12 | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it

Science & Nature Activities for Cooped Up Kids" guide from Cornell Lab of Ornithology K-12.. These K-8 activities are inspired by the amazing birds on our planet and our Wall of Birds interactive. Teachers, we hope you'll share them with your students' families as a way to promote engaged, independent learning. to edit the content

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April 15, 2020 11:09 AM
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Explore Amazon Rainforest Biodiversity! 

Explore Amazon Rainforest Biodiversity!  | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it

Explore Rainforest Biodiversity with The Morpho Institute's iNaturalist Amazon Rainforest Biblitz Photos! 

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Do you have3 ideas for how to use our digital collection of Amazon biodiversity observations in the classroom?  We would love to hear from you! 

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April 15, 2020 10:54 AM
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Create your own Google logo for Earth Day - Create your own Google logo for Earth Day - CS First

Create your own Google logo for Earth Day - Create your own Google logo for Earth Day - CS First | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
"Create your own Google logo for Earth Day" is part of the "Create your own Google logo for Earth Day" activity from CS First, one of the many Google initiatives focused on computer science education.

Via John Evans
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FUN!  Please share the logos you create with us! 

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April 15, 2020 10:42 AM
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Interactive Learning Sites to Help Students Celebrate Earth Day!

Interactive Learning Sites to Help Students Celebrate Earth Day! | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
Interactive Learning Sites for Education
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April 15, 2020 10:40 AM
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21 Great Websites and Apps for Earth Day

21 Great Websites and Apps for Earth Day | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
April 22nd is Earth Day. Celebrate it with your students by letting them visit these websites: Breathing Earth Breathing Earth YouTube Video--of CO2 use, population changes, and more Conservation G...

Via Dr. Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
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April 15, 2020 11:00 AM
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Earth Day 2020 - Find Digital Events Near You!

Earth Day 2020 - Find Digital Events Near You! | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
The enormous challenges of acting on climate change have distinguished the issue as the most pressing topic for the 50th anniversary.
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Earth Day 2020 is going digital.  Find events near you using earthday.org's handy tool! 

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April 15, 2020 9:56 AM
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Become a Citizen Scientist

Become a Citizen Scientist | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
Earth Challenge 2020 is the app fueling the world’s largest citizen science effort, available on Android and iOS devices.

Earth Challenge lets you gather important scientific data near you. It has two elements for you to measure — air quality and plastic pollution — with more on the way.
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Perfect app for getting outside and making a difference on Earth Day 2020.  

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April 15, 2020 12:06 PM
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45 Useful Earth Day 2020 Tips 

45 Useful Earth Day 2020 Tips  | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
Earth Day is once a year, but these lifestyle changes could be beneficial for the other 364 days. Here's how to be more eco-friendly and change your habits at home.
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Great ideas that are easy for your students and their families to implement!

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September 12, 2019 5:07 PM
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Educator Academy in the Amazon - professional development for teachers

Educator Academy in the Amazon - professional development for teachers | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it

Join us in Peru for our annual Educator Academy in the Amazon, July 1-11.  Get the details here:  https://morphoinstitute.org/educator-academy/

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March 23, 2020 11:36 AM
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Best Rainforest Books for Kids, As Chosen by Educators

Best Rainforest Books for Kids, As Chosen by Educators | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
Here are 49 rainforest books to help you introduce your students to the beauty and powerful diversity of this amazing region of the world. ...
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April 17, 2016 9:18 AM
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Amazon Watch - K-12 Lesson Plans & Teacher Guide

Amazon Watch - K-12 Lesson Plans & Teacher Guide | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
As an organization that works to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin, we were thrilled when Kimberly Todd and Valerie Robert, two talented and socially conscious teachers, reached out to us with...
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April 15, 2020 11:58 AM
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Why Care About the Amazon? Earth Day Video

Why care about the Amazon Rainforest?  Find out with Untamed Science! 




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April 15, 2020 11:26 AM
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Virtual Vitamin Z from the Detroit Zoo 

Virtual Vitamin Z from the Detroit Zoo  | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it

Bringing the Detroit Zoo to You Check out our educational video lessons and our animal live cameras below In these uncertain times, we’re working hard to spread some much-needed cheer as we figure out how to navigate life on our end during this public health situation. 

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Great distance learning resources from our friends at the Detroit Zoo!  

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April 14, 2020 4:40 PM
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Why You Should Care About Earth Day During the Global Coronavirus Pandemic

Why You Should Care About Earth Day During the Global Coronavirus Pandemic | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
Amid the COVID-19 public health disaster, the April 22 Earth Day climate strikes might feel irrelevant. But these two crises are related.
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Help your students make the connection with this article from Teen Vogue
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April 15, 2020 11:43 AM
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30 Days of Reconnection – Fantastic Resources from Biomimicry.org

30 Days of Reconnection – Fantastic Resources from Biomimicry.org | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
In the spirit of reconnecting with the natural world that surrounds us, (and as we are home, looking for more things to do other than binge-watch Netflix), our team has put together some of our most favorite biomimicry activities to share with our wonderful community.Through these activities, we hope to give you a greater sense of our Biomimicry Ethos and to learn how to tap into nature’s wisdom. How does nature create resiliency? How does nature communicate? How does nature embed sustainability in all of its systems?
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Don't pass this collection of resources up.  It's a fantastic source of inspiration during these challenging times!

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April 15, 2020 11:48 AM
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Do you know the history of Earth Day?

Do you know the history of Earth Day? | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
It's the largest secular holiday in the world, yet most people don't really know why or how it started. This video gets you up to speed.
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April 14, 2020 9:21 AM
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Project Learning Tree Resources for Earth Day 2020

Project Learning Tree Resources for Earth Day 2020 | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
Amid the recent COVID-19 global pandemic, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day has gone digital. project Learning Tree has teamed up with Earth Day Network, Project WET, and Project WILD to share their available education resources to advance climate education.
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Great Earth Day Resources!

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April 14, 2020 5:09 PM
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Earth Day turns 50: NASA throws an online celebration

Earth Day turns 50: NASA throws an online celebration | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
Learn how NASA helps the environment by creating green tech and documenting climate change, interact with astronauts, get at-home science activities, and more during the virtual Earth Day event.
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April 15, 2020 10:59 AM
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Young Voices for the Planet | Award-Winning Film Series and Curriculum 

Young Voices for the Planet | Award-Winning Film Series and Curriculum  | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
Young Voices is a series of short films featuring children and young people using science and data to reduce the carbon footprint of their homes schools communities states and planet
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Youth Solutions to Climate Change by Kids, Teens, Students and Teachers

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April 8, 2020 9:51 AM
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Nature Lab:  The Nature Conservancy's youth curriculum platform.

Nature Lab:  The Nature Conservancy's youth curriculum platform. | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
Nature Lab is our hub for youth curriculum that gives teachers, students, and families customizable, interactive lesson plans to explore and understand nature.
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Great, ready to roll, teaching resources from @thenatureconservancy @tnc

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April 15, 2020 12:06 PM
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Earth Day Tips from NatGeo

Earth Day Tips from NatGeo | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
Celebrate Earth Day with these tips for helping our environment.
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NatGeo has some great ideas for connecting your students to #EarthDay2020

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April 15, 2020 10:39 AM
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23 Great Websites and Apps for Earth Day via AskaTechTeacher

23 Great Websites and Apps for Earth Day via AskaTechTeacher | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
April 22nd is Earth Day. Celebrate it with your students by letting them visit these websites: Breathing earth– the environment Breathing Earth YouTube Video–of CO2 use, population changes, and mor…

Via Dr. Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
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Watch! Under The Canopy 

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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