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Prairie Visions
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"Although our region was once covered with 18 million acres of prairies, only one percent of those remain," explains White Bear Lake, MN, school parent volunteer Anne Reich. "Our students...
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Growing Wildlife Habitats
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"There is such a push to teach kids about biodiversity and interdependence through studying rainforests that are thousands of miles away, but it's much more powerful and effective to...
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Creating a Habitat
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A creature's habitat is a place where individuals of that species or type can usually be found. It contains all the components the organism needs to survive.
At the most basic level,...
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Courtyard Allure
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"One day when the sun was high and there were clouds in the sky -- but not many -- we went to the courtyard. I saw leaves gleaming in the sun. I saw fragrant flowers. I also saw...
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Schoolyard Metamorphosis
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"Kids can rally around these vibrant, ephemeral creatures," explains Collegeville, PA, teacher Sandy Sweeney. "And by creating habitats for butterflies, students inadvertently invite...
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Learning Soars in Butterfly Garden
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"Our students have certainly learned the basics about butterflies and the plants they depend on, but our butterfly garden has yielded an even richer harvest than that," says fifth grade,...
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Milkweed Mavens
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"My tenth graders had paired up with elementary students to fill a butterfly nectar garden with butterfly bush, black-eyed Susans, and so on, then realized the need for larval host...
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Gardens to Entice Feathered Friends
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"When my ninth graders decided to increase the diversity of life on our school site, they were particularly interested in attracting birds, since we were participating in Cornell's...
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Digging Deeper with Wildlife Habitats
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The feature, "Growing Wildlife Habitats," highlight ways in which educators and youngsters can transform schoolyards, backyards, and community locations to deepen their understanding...
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Cultivating Decision Makers
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An outdoor garden that began with an offer of help from a landscape architect parent turned into much more for a group of second graders in Athens, GA.
"Since my school had adopted...
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