December! Inviting all Cheetah, Monkey, and llama lovers! Why not add some caring for animals and wildlife to all the sparkling and festive activities? Tracking animals in snow A woodland or park coated in snow is one of winter’s most magical images. Take a closer look at the footprints that animals leave as they moveContinueContinue reading “December in the Nature Classroom”
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May in the Nature Classroom
Save the Rhino Day – May 1st Save the Rhino Day, celebrated globally on May 1, highlights ways to help this fantastic ecosystem engineer. There has been a sharp increase in poaching activity and illegal trade of rhino horns. Today, many subspecies of rhinos have been declared extinct, and the entire rhino population is listedContinueContinue reading “May in the Nature Classroom”
Giraffologist!
Say the word “Giraffologist” slowly and imagine what it would be like to spend your days studying these gentle giants with long necks and big hearts. The book Anne And Her Tower Of Giraffes: The Adventurous Life of the First Giraffologist, by Karlin Gray and illustrated by Aparna Varma, explores the life of the world’sContinueContinue reading “Giraffologist!”
Inspired by Gentle Giants – Giraffes
Cool Giraffe Neck Twister Game Giraffe Jaws Giraffe Long Tongue Robot Come up with an idea for a giraffe invention. A useful or not-so-useful innovation inspired by the beautiful animals with long gracious necks, dark long tongues and four stomachs to help them digest their food. Illustrate your idea with instructions and diagrams. Build aContinueContinue reading “Inspired by Gentle Giants – Giraffes”
Biomimicry Inspiration from Africa with Crocolicious Love
As Roald Dahl memorably put it in Dirty Beasts, “No animal is half as vile as Crocky-Wock, the crocodile” — a fittingly dramatic introduction to an animal that’s inspired more real science than his poem gives it credit for. We had a period when we read rhymes from Dirty Beasts every night. In the end,ContinueContinue reading “Biomimicry Inspiration from Africa with Crocolicious Love”
The Twelve Months of Endangered Animals Songs- Cool & Hot Zebra Socks
On the eighth day of August we saved eight elegant zebras. Black and white stripes. For years, scientists thought this striking pattern worked like a natural air conditioner — the idea was that the black stripes warm up in the sun faster than the white ones, creating tiny air currents that cool the zebraContinueContinue reading “The Twelve Months of Endangered Animals Songs- Cool & Hot Zebra Socks”