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Rainforest CLASSROOM
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Inspire your students with the instrucational resources.
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Help CONAPAC and the Morpho Institute bring binoculars to student birders in the remote Amazon. 
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Through the Biomimicry Launchpad, we’re supporting hundreds of entrepreneurs as they take nature-inspired innovations to market, deploying the solutions we need right now to work towards halving carbon emissions in the next decade.
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Imagine you're a member of the Cephalotes goniodontus species, an arboreal ant with a Darth Vader-like head that has inspired humans to call you "turtle ants." You're moving along a branch of the tangled tree canopy in Jalisco, Mexico, following a scent trail left by other ants from your colony, but you hit an abrupt end where the branch is broken. How do you know where to go?
Via Janine Benyus
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Get an overview of the Biocube biology project. Teachers can use biocubes to enable students to explore biodiversity in their own backyards.
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NEW RESOURCE! We will definitely be adding this to the Educator Academy in the Amazon tool kit!
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This 7 day unit includes authentic listening resources to connect students with the rainforest in Panama and to help them connect the rainforest with the
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If enough students are motivated to take action, there should be no shortage of human energy to tackle the environmental challenges ahead. How do your students plan to make a difference this Earth Day and beyond?
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Want to identify that feather you found on a hike? Or find out what kind of tracks a hermit crab leaves along a beach? These links can help you do that, and more.
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A recent study confirms the long held assumption that camouflage protects animals from being eaten, and offers insights into the most important aspects of camouflage.
The Morpho Institute's insight:
Still things to learn and discover and investigate - even on a topic as seemingly 'settled' as camouflage!
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More than 3,000 world languages face extinction. Linguists are turning to mobile apps and other tech tools to preserve these endangered languages.
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How a year-long study of decomposition turned a class of Kindergarten students into unlikely environmental stewards.
The Morpho Institute's insight:
Wonderful lessons from the great folks at @GreenTeacher!
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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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These fun, educational apps focus on topics such as climate change, trees, conservation, and weather, which complement Project Learning Tree’s lesson plans.
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Amazon Adventure: How Tiny Fish Are Saving the World’s Largest Rainforest by Sy Montgomery. 2017. Photographs by Keith Ellenbogen. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Genre: Illustrated nonfiction chapter book. Levels: Grade 4 through adult. Features: Outstanding illustrations from the wild habitat of the Amazon rainforest, intriguing details backed by impressive firsthand field research, selected bibliography…
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Nature needs you … to do science. Whatever your passions or your preferences, there is a project out there for you. A new series on PBS gets you started.
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Habitat Network focuses on actions that people can take, often with a relatively small effort, to make a big impact for wildlife.
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Students will analyze a real-world environmental case of building a road through the Amazon rain forest. They will explore the geographical, cultural, and environmental context of building the road, identify the stakeholders and their role and impact, and map out the intended and unintended consequences from the decision that they make.
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To help teachers incorporate Earth Day into the classroom, Matt Davis has compiled and curated some of the best classroom resources from around the web.
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Looking for fun, hip, and engaging women in science AND great bug resources for your classroom? Here you go!
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‘It’s learning-by-living rather than chalk-and-talk’ – Matthew Jenkin explores the schools at the cutting edge of sustainability Nestled among the swaying palms and lush jungle of Bali is an international school where children learn in bamboo...
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As World Water Day 2014 approaches, here are some useful ideas, links and lesson resources to help you teach your students about this precious resource Water bottles, drinking fountains, toilet trips and hand washing – in many schools, it is easy...
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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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