Tag: Education - Page 3
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Mos Def Sings About Butterflies and Trees in New Children’s Project, Pacha’s Pajamas (Video)
Rap stars singing about saving the environment isn’t something we hear about everyday.
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Mobile Greenhouse Runs on Waste Vegetable Oil, Teaches Kids Sustainable Practices (Interview)
A box-truck that has been converted into a mobile greenhouse is traveling across the country teaching kids about sustainable agriculture.
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Preschool Children Aren't Getting Enough Time Outdoors, New Study Reports
A study of study of nearly 9,000 preschoolers finds they are not spending enough time outdoors with parents or at school.
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Hi Kids! Biotech Industry Gets Into the Education With "Biotechnology Basics Activity Book"
A book from the Council for Biotechnology Information, "Look Closer at Biotechnology," is meant to be used by agriculture and science teachers.
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Don't You Know that Grandma's the Fix-It Girl?
Most people don't get into computer repair by driving a school bus, but Jodi Spangler is definitely not most people.
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Campus Permaculture Project Up for White House Recognition
Umass Amherst students have been convertig a campus lawn into an edible food forest. Now the White House is taking notice.
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Grab Your Cameras! New Graduate Program for Conservation Photographers
A new course will teach visual artists how to hone messages for the environmental movement.
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Study: Depictions of Nature in Children’s Books Down By Half Since 1960
A disturbing trend is revealed: Children books concentrate on manmade things rather the nature.
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Modular "Classroom of the Future" Is Mobile, Prefab and Passively Heated & Cooled
This futuristic proposal for a new kind of classroom envisions mobile, site-specific learning, in climatically-adapted units that consume as little energy as possible.
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Students, Join the Green Your School Challenge!
DoSomething.org launches their annual Green Your School Challenge
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How Oil Money is Corrupting Our Children's Education
State legislators are pushing an anti-science agenda. But that agenda has been literally written by the representatives of Big Oil. Here's how.
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A NYC School Teams Up with Columbia to Build a Rooftop Garden and Classroom
A public school in New York City is doing amazing things to promote a love for gardening and local food, and is working with Columbia students to build a garden on its roof.
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Hold the French Fries! School Lunch Just Got Healthier with USDA Ruling
“Parents can now imagine their children coming home from school with a newfound love for spinach, sweet potatoes and whole-wheat spaghetti."
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Ever Broken a Textbook Beyond Repair? Now, with iBooks, You Can!
On Thursday, Apple announced iBooks 2, iBooks Textbooks, and iBooks Author. If all your textbooks are on your iPad, what happens when it breaks?
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Climate Educators Defend Themselves Against Political Attacks
Defending Climate Science Education is Not About Climate Science. It's About Science. Period.
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Urban Chinese Kids Meet the Natural World
New nature camps and other programs are introducing children from China's cities to the great outdoors and fostering a love for the environment.
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The Putney School: A High School that Combines Labor, Art, Education -- and Sustainability
The school's progressive approach ensures that sustainability isn't just a concern in the classroom but a central part of daily life.
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NYC and Solar One Challenge Schools: Save Energy, Win Money
The city is challenging schools to compete with each other to save energy, and schools that slash their energy consumption the most win grants from a pool of $30,000.
