ecology

Backyard Bird Study To Build Critical Thinking

Spring has arrived, and what better time to shift the learning outdoors and take advantage of the living lab that is your own backyard. There’s a lot to explore, but this post’s focus is on birds, and how to turn kids’ observations into exercises in critical thinking. The activities below are designed to help kids […]

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Ecology and Environmental Science

Free textbooks, virtual labs, interactives, and activities for building units on ecology or environmental science:  Here’s a downloadof free Earth Day activities. Ecology in your Own Backyard: Check out the free resources at EcologyOnline, with free videos and activities for exploring the ABCs of Ecology; and Watersheds. There’s also CK-12’s Intro to Ecology, with 35

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Free Educational Ebook Libraries

The following is a list of sites with libraries of free ebooks, both fiction and non-fiction, K – 12. Follow the links to the sites and input the provided usernames and passwords.  Tumblebooks: Has storybooks, graphic novels, videos, games, etc.  username: miltonlibrary password: miltonps BookFlix: Scholastic site that pairs classic storybooks (animated) with related nonfiction

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