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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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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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Biodiversity & Climate Change

Biodiversity & Climate Change | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C; IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land; IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services; IPBES Assessment Report on Land Degredation and Restoration
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A helpful summary of the recent IPCC Special Reports on Climate Change and Biodiversity  

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32 new nature-inspired solutions to climate change �

32 new nature-inspired solutions to climate change � | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
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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Navajo Elders' Observations on Climate Change

Navajo Elders' Observations on Climate Change | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
In this video segment, adapted from Navajo Technical College, two Navajo Elders speak about climate change and differences in the environment that they have observed.
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Tracking The Climate Impact of A Hamburger - Below 2C

Tracking The Climate Impact of A Hamburger - Below 2C | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
What is the climate impact of a hamburger on the planet? We can help the planet by making a different choice the next time we're at the food counter.
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TEACH Middle-Schoolers Climate Change Without Terrifying Them

TEACH Middle-Schoolers Climate Change Without Terrifying Them | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
One science teacher in Miami knows how sea-level rise could affect her students' lives when they are her age. She is determined to teach them to take that seriously, with optimism.
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I Wish for You... Jeremy Irons is a Grandfather With A Beautiful Message for His Granddaughter

I Wish for You... Jeremy Irons is a Grandfather With A Beautiful Message for His Granddaughter | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
5 minutes | 'War Horse' author Michael Morpurgo and actors Jeremy Irons and Maxine Peake have joined forces to make a powerful new 5 minute film especially for you. Please watch and share.

Don't lose what...
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beautiful! 

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Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change

Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
The issue can be overwhelming. The science is complicated. We get it. This is your cheat sheet.
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National Geographic Explores Bill Nye's Climate Change Denial - and Arnold Schwarzenegger's Analysis

National Geographic Explores Bill Nye's Climate Change Denial - and Arnold Schwarzenegger's Analysis | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
Bill Nye the Science Guy is rescued from “climate change denial” by his therapist, Arnold Schwarzenegger, in a new National Geographic program.
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Great classroom resource - compliments the latest edition of Nat. Geo. magazine's cover story on climate change. 

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Voices from the climate frontlines | UNICEF - YouTube

"This is not the time to just talk and talk, but this is the time to put action into our countries, into our societies, and look for ways that are going to s...
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Kids, Rainforests, & Climate Change

Kids, Rainforests, & Climate Change | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
Educators! Here's a BIG list of classroom friendly climate change resources from Amazon Rainforest Workshops that you can use to host a Climate Change Summit in YOUR CLASSROOM!
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Six Reasons Why Climate Science Should Definitely Be On the School Curriculum - Breitbart News

Six Reasons Why Climate Science Should Definitely Be On the School Curriculum - Breitbart News | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
Breitbart News Six Reasons Why Climate Science Should Definitely Be On the School Curriculum Breitbart News Yet according to "experts" cited by organisations like WWF - eg Harvard biologist EO Wilson - as many as 27,000 species may be vanishing...
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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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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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Fun and Educational Science Apps for Elementary Students

Fun and Educational Science Apps for Elementary Students | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
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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How environmental education affects children’s connections, empathy, and responsibility

How environmental education affects children’s connections, empathy, and responsibility | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, “This is what it is to be happy.Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar What are the positive benefits of natu…...
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Animal + plant superpowers inspire winning teams

Animal + plant superpowers inspire winning teams | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
Game-changing ideas begin by seeing the possibilities for a sustainable world reflected in the living systems that surround us. That’s what we celebrate each year in the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge - a competition that asks innovators to create radically sustainable human designs inspired by the natural world.
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CULTURE: Indigenous People of the Amazon and Climate Change

CULTURE: Indigenous People of the Amazon and Climate Change | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it

Indigenous peoples of the Amazon and Climate Change. Interactive Calendar infographic brings together river level and rainfall measurements and the seasons of the year as informed by indigenous researchers of the region, together with the names of the astronomical constellations as identified by Tukano elders.

Instituto Socioambiental - ISA with the team of InfoAmazonia.

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This is pretty darn cool! 

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How Climate Change Could Starve the Monkeys

How Climate Change Could Starve the Monkeys | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
Julia Rothman is an illustrator and author who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Her latest book is Nature Anatomy.
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This is a really wonderful teaching tool / story!  

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136 Years of Rising Temperatures on Earth in 30 Seconds

136 Years of Rising Temperatures on Earth in 30 Seconds | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
Scientists said Wednesday that 2015 was the planet’s hottest year on record.
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How do we #SaveTheWorld

How do we save the world? How do we save the planet? There is no one easy solution, but we wanted to start the global discussion. Tell us which one you think...
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So great!  Love that it features the Amazon and was shot on location during one of our field workshops hosted by Dr. Meg Lowman and her colleagues from the California Academy of Sciences 

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Amazonia Under Threat - Great New Resource from Nat. Geo!

Amazonia Under Threat - Great New Resource from Nat. Geo! | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
Journey into the Amazon region, where thousands of species live in a delicate balance that’s imperiled by logging, mining, agriculture, roadbuilding, oil, and gas drilling.
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Hot off the press - the Nov. 2015 of Nat. Geo. Magazine focuses on climate change with a special feature on the AMAZON!  

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Hot off the press!  The Nov. 15 Nat. Geo magazine is all about climate change with a special section on the AMAZON!  Check out this online resource that compliments the print magazine. 

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Tropical Rainforest and Climate - YouTube

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Out of the laboratory and into the Amazon

Out of the laboratory and into the Amazon | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it

WondWorking in the field always makes research more challenging, and doing atmospheric science deep in the rainforest is especially tricky. Ben Langford describes how mosquito repellent, gaffer tape and children's balloons helped keep his project on track.

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Wonderful feature on the rewards and challenges of taking science out of the lab into the field.  Great teaching resource for science career lesson! 

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