This week, we learned …

… Fantasia’s dinosaurs were the cutting edge of paleontology in the 1940s.

How has paleontology changed in the last 77 years?

 

… an anonymous buyer paid $14,600 for a dish of mold.

Why was the mold so valuable?

 

… Africa’s resilient cities are planning for the future.

What are the most pressing issues for Africa’s growing urban geography?

 

… how to make scientifically accurate cakes.

Learn a little about our eight-planet system!

 

… a small city in Iowa is devoting 1,000 acres of land to America’s vanishing bees.

How can you attract pollinators to your class garden?

 

… why facts don’t change our minds.

We give you the facts, and want you to evaluate them for yourself!

 

… Peru and Bolivia are working to clean up Lake Titicaca.

What prompted the concern about Lake Titicaca?

 

… you can buy a biodegradable, seaweed-based glitter egg—just in time for Easter.

How did the ancient Maya use mica ‘glitter’ to make their temples gleam?

 

… ‘which came first: the chicken or the egg’ is still a really contentious question.

Can you complete these egg-speriments?

 

… corn first entered the U.S. through the Sierra Madre mountains.

What is corn?

 

… 53 ways to check for understanding.

How does your evaluation fit in with our Learning Framework?