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Winging It: Birding as a Contact Sport?

Winging It:  Birding as a Contact Sport? | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
It’s all fun and games until you get birds and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology involved…then mayhem, hilarity, and learning ensue! Last summer, birding in the Amazon became a full contact sport as U...
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Hot of the press, our latest blog post featuring Cornell Lab of Ornithology's BirdSleuth program and our collaborative teacher training program in the Peruvian Amazon! Join us July 1-11, 2015 for our next Educator Academy in the Amazon.http://www.amazonworkshops.com/educator-academy.html

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Amazon Rainforest Day Five: Where the Teacher becomes the Learner

Amazon Rainforest Day Five:  Where the Teacher becomes the Learner | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
This morning I woke up very tired. Last night, Julie and I has a creature in our room. We were laying there trying to go to sleep listening to the animals "talking" from a distance. Then we heard a...
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Role reversal in the Amazon - teachers become learners and worlds get rocked during the Educator Academy in the Amazon! http://www.amazonworkshops.com/educators--naturalists.html

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K-12 Educators Caught Moonlighting as Amazon Super Heroes!

K-12 Educators Caught Moonlighting as Amazon Super Heroes! | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it

We've heard it once, we've heard it a thousand times...the future of the planet depends on the students sitting in our classrooms.  As educators, the task of nurturing this next generation to appreciate the role of science in addressing local as well as global problems often falls to us. At times this may seem like a super human task that requires a spandex suit and a cape. 

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K-12 Educators caught moonlighting as Amazon Super Heroes.  Traded in their capes for rain ponchos, field notebooks, and i-buttons!

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10 Things to Do in the AMAZON!

10 Things to Do in the AMAZON! | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
Untamed Science presents a video of the Top 10 Things to Do in the Amazon. Filmed on a recent trip to the Peruvian Amazon with Dr. "CanopyMeg" Lowman.
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Great little video that highlights our study sites in Peru!  Thanks @untamedscience and @canopymeg for all you to to help us build Amazon Awareness! 

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"Community Clean Water Systems" -- News from the Amazon Rainforest October 2013

"Community Clean Water Systems" -- News from the Amazon Rainforest October 2013 | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
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Service Learning and STEM project based learning - a brilliant combination that could involve your students in solving water equity issues in the Amazon! 

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