November is Manatee Awareness Month! In 2005, the United States designated this special month to raise awareness about these stunning animals and their importance to the marine ecosystem. Their moving bodies are fascinating and fun to watch. Manatees and dugongs are endangered species. This Christmas resource includes dugongs, perfect if your children are fascinated byContinueContinue reading “November in the Nature Classroom”
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Endangered Pangolins: Save These Scaly Wonders
Pangolins, often called scaly anteaters, are unique mammals in Asia and Africa. They might look like reptiles, with overlapping scales made of keratin, a protein found in human fingernails and hair, but they are mammals and not closely related to anteaters. The scales cover most of their bodies, offering essential protection against predators. Behaviour andContinueContinue reading “Endangered Pangolins: Save These Scaly Wonders”
Regrowing Limbs
Imagine having materials that could fix and heal themselves. What if bridges could repair their cracks? What if paints could deal with the impact of different sorts of weather and seal up scratches? What would you design? Developing self-healing capabilities is popular and fascinating! If something gets hurt, it can fix and repair itself. ForContinueContinue reading “Regrowing Limbs”
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”