Day: March 1, 2016

Classroom Ideas, Educator Spotlight

Educator Spotlight: Trees Through the Seasons

Dawn Vatuna, this week’s Educator of the Week, encourages her students to observe their natural environment and its seasonal changes. Dawn is an early education teacher at Phillipsburg Early Childhood Learning Center in Phillipsburg, New Jersey. She is also a National Board Certified Teacher and a National Geographic Certified Educator. Activity: Trees Through the Seasons Grade Level: Pre-K and Kindergarten Time Commitment: Adaptable for one season, one hour, … Continue reading Educator Spotlight: Trees Through the Seasons

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Australians Spent 50,000 Years Isolated from the Rest of Us

SCIENCE Australia was one of the first regions modern humans reached after leaving Africa some 50,000 years ago. And no one visited them for a long time. (Christian Science Monitor) Use our resources to trace our “global human journey” out of Africa. Scroll down for a quick list of key resources in our Teachers’ Toolkit. Discussion Ideas The new paper discusses genetic research on the … Continue reading Australians Spent 50,000 Years Isolated from the Rest of Us

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