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Tropical forests are critical for the planet, but they’re in danger. Each year, an area the size of Portugal is deforested in the tropics. Fortunately, U.S. legislators and consumers can protect tropical forests. Learn how here.
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Read and search the full texts of more than 12,000 of Charles Darwin’s letters, and find information on 3,000 more. Discover complete transcripts of all known letters Darwin wrote and received up to the year 1878.
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The most diverse group of organisms on the planet are in trouble, with recent research suggesting insect populations are declining at an unprecedented rate.
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By Amy Cowan, April 16th, 2014 "From creating systems to desalinate water using solar energy to growing rooftop gardens to increase food supply and regulate building temperature, environmental engineers tackle all kinds of problems and innovate new solutions to help create a more sustainable world. Students and classes can explore environmental engineering with a range of hands-on science projects.
Talk with your students about environmental engineering and help them see how many different challenges there are that engineers can tackle by brainstorming and testing solutions. The engineering design process can help students visualize how to work on a project, step by step!
This week (April 13-19) is National Environmental Education Week (EE Week). Sponsored by Samsung, this year's EE Week celebrates the theme Greening STEM: Engineering a Sustainable World and encourages students in all grades to learn more about the ways in which engineering can be used to develop sustainable solutions.
On the EE Week website, teachers will find a plethora of resources and tools for use with students, all of which celebrate the ways in which environmental engineers tackle real-world challenges as they "make, move, and improve" the world around them. The downloadable Educator Toolkit: Engineering a Sustainable World highlights a collection of environmental engineering science projects from various online science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) sites. Suggestions for environmental engineering projects in areas of Biomimicry, Sustainable Energy & Design, Recycling & Reusable Materials, and Environmental Conservation are listed by grade to make it easy for teachers to locate projects relevant to their classes. Science Buddies is proud to have projects included in this resource to support and encourage teachers to integrate hands-on environmental engineering lessons and activities in the classroom. In addition to project summaries, the resource includes an infographic and an overview of games and apps related to environmental engineering."...
For full post with links to the above mentioned resources, please click title above or here: http://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/2014/04/green-engineering-national-environmental-education-week.php?from=TW Via Roxana Marachi, PhD
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Responding to the challenges created by climate change will take an all-hands-on-deck approach—and educators of every stripe, working in settings across the educational spectrum, will have a big role to play.
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Study is based on 20,860 sketches drawn by children over 5 decades
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Sharing 20 Middle Grade Books on the Environment & Climate Change for sustainably-minded tweens looking for fiction and nonfiction.
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Amazon Rainforest - what makes it so special? This video tells the story of the Amazon - its formation, composition, history, demographics, and environmental damage (deforestation, fires, agriculture, cattle ranching) from human intervention.
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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest broke all records for the month of April, an alarming situation.
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Grippingly written by award-winning author, Anita Ganeri, and vibrantly illustrated by Margaux Carpentier, Forest Fighter tells the inspiring story of Chico Mendes, who was not afraid to speak up for others and worked tirelessly to protect the rainforest. It depicts the incredible wildlife and peoples who co-exist there and shows why it is so important that all rainforests are protected.
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Migratory birds are getting smaller as temperatures climb, studies had showed. New evidence shows dozens of tropical, nonmigratory species are, too.
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A student friendly take on new research on the impact of climate change on rainforest wildlife.
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Archaeological discoveries reveal long-forgotten ancient civilizations in the Amazon.
#NOVAPBS Official Website https://to.pbs.org/3HX6oTP Recent stunning discoveries are exploding the myth of the Amazon as a primeval wilderness, revealing traces of ancient civilizations that flourished there for centuries. Dense settlements indicate populations in the millions, supported by sophisticated agricultural systems, while huge geometric earthworks and roadways bear witness to complex religious ideas and social networks. The evidence is now clear that, far from being an untouched wilderness, the Amazon has been shaped by human hands for millennia. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:55 The Amazon Rainforest Human History 04:35 Bolivian Amazon Archeology Efforts: Llanos de Mojos 09:50 Results of 2019 LIDAR Survey of Mound 14:19 Working with the Indigenous People of the Amazon 18:10 Evidence of the Arrival of First Humans in the Amazon 26:43 Uncovering Agriculture Practices of Early Amazon Civilizations 34:20 Peruvian Amazon Archaeology Efforts: Monte Grande 44:19 What Happened to the First Amazonians? 45:26 Indigenous People Getting Involved in Local Archaeology Efforts 51:00 Conclusion © 2023 WGBH Educational Foundation All rights reserved This program was produced by GBH, which is solely responsible for its content. This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate/ Enjoy full episodes of your favorite PBS shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: https://to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR Stay up to date on the latest science discoveries, full episodes, articles, videos, and more by signing up for NOVA's newsletter here: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/newsletter/ FOLLOW US: NOVA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/novaonline Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NOVApbs Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novapbs/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@novapbs PBS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PBS/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PBS/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PBS/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/PBS/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pbs Shop: https://shop.pbs.org/ #amazonrainforest #peru #bolivia #pyramid #archeology #firsthumans #ancientcivilizations
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New research suggests that awe is beneficial for our physical and mental well-being. In this lesson students will learn how to cultivate more of it.
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At BSCS, we have the opportunity to work closely with K-12 science teachers all over the country. Each year, we meet teachers who want to tap into students’ interests and ideas about the world around them. We meet teachers who want to engage students in meaningful ways. And we meet teachers who want to make […]
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The amphibians pull off a death-defying magic trick to stay hidden while they sleep.
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Bring science to life at the touch of a fingertip. Download the latest iBooks Textbooks from KQED! Explore STEM topics and careers through real-world examples.
Via Roxana Marachi, PhD
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Natural Curiosity is an educational resource that builds children's understanding of the world through environmental inquiry, environmental education, and Indigenous perspectives. We are housed in the Dr.
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It is increasingly reported that the largest rainforest in the world, the Amazon, is rapidly approaching a tipping point. As repeatedly highlighted by the late Tom Lovejoy (see Acknowledgements), t…
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Natural Curiosity 2nd Edition is an educator resource that builds children's understanding of the world through environmental inquiry and indigenous perspectives. We are housed in the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study, a laboratory school of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.
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An excellent resource for integrating inquiry and indigenous perspectives into instruction!
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Biodiversity Blitz features three PLT activities for educators of students in grades 3-5 that invites learners to investigate the variety of species in an ecosystem, and learn how this variety helps sustain life on Earth.
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The largest peatlands in the Amazon rainforest, which hold a vast, concentrated amount of carbon, are under increasing threat from changing land use, research suggests.Peruvian palm swamp in the LPAPalm swamp in lowland Peruvian Amazonia. Credit: Ian
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SYNOPSIS Ainbo is the story of a girl who was born and grew up in the deepest jungle of the Amazon in the village of Colonia. One day she discovers that her homeland is being threatened and realizes that there are other humans in the world besides her people. Using the help of her spirit guides, the skinny armadillo “Dillo” and the heavy-set tapir “Vaca”, she embarks on a journey to seek help from the most powerful Mother Spirit of the Amazon, Turtle “Motelo Mama”. As she fights to save her paradise against the greed and exploitation of logging and illegal mining, she struggles to reverse this destruction and the impending evil of the “Yacaruna”, the darkness that lives in the Amazon. Guided by her mother’s spirit, Ainbo is determined to save her land and save her people before it’s too late.
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This film looks like it has potential!
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Learning From the Miniature Societies of Army Ants as a Model for Understanding Group Behavior and Natural Selection. (Age level: Middle School)
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Great way to connect the Amazon to your classroom with this activity featured in the NSTA's May Science Scope.
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