5th graders from New York learn about rain forests from CanopyMeg
June 4, 2019
5th graders in Mr. Miller’s and Mrs. DeMitry’s ICT class at Dundee Central School in Dundee, New York, care about the Rain Forest!
5th graders in Mr. Miller’s and Mrs. DeMitry’s ICT class at Dundee Central School in Dundee, New York, care about the Rain Forest!
This publication is the product of the TreeCare Conference 2019, Augsburg. So great to experience so much enthusiasm for trees in Europe! A few posts from the conference: Die Deutschen Baumpflegetage 2019 bieten Internationale Themenvielfalt mit starkem Praxisbezug Deutsche Baumpflegetage in Augsburg Baumpflegetage: sensible Riesen & die„Mutter der Baumkronen-Forschung Deutsche Baumpflegetage 2019
Prelude — On August 10, 2010, approximately ten of us will embark for the northeast corner of Ethiopia. Our mission: to work with local foresters to survey the biodiversity of their church forests and to inspire an innovative forest conservation scheme. We are a diverse group of students, teachers, entomologists, ecologists, zoologists, natural history buffs, […]
Book’s press release taken from savetheredwoods.org: BERKELEY, CA (November 15, 2018) In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Save the Redwoods League, Heyday is proud to present The Once and Future Forest: California’s Iconic Redwoods, a stunning book that showcases both the grandeur of the redwood ecosystems that sustain California and the deep love they […]
5th Graders at Ronald Reagan School in Yuma, Arizona care about the Rain Forest! The students are holding the book, The Most Beautiful Roof in the World: Exploring the Rainforest Canopy. Deb Childs, the students’ teacher, writes the following: We are 5th Graders from Ronald Reagan Elementary in Yuma, Arizona. We were able to raise […]
Meg Lowman (aka CanopyMeg) participates in the WINGS WorldQuest Science Communication Panel Discussion in partnership with The New York Academy of Sciences’ 1000 Girls, 1000 Futures program. “WINGS WorldQuest recognizes and supports extraordinary women in science and exploration.” “1000 Girls, 1000 Futures is a groundbreaking initiative designed to engage young women interested in science, technology, […]
From The Hindu: Documentary filmmaker Puja Aparna Kolluru shares the experience of capturing inspiring facets of the life of American biologist ‘Canopy Meg’ in her first project A woman who climbs trees A week before her graduation in Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota (Florida) in the US, she had no inkling about her […]
Gail Coffman and her fifth-grade students from Catt/LV School District have a Skype session with Canopy Meg.
Kindergarten students at Epiphany School and their teacher, Scott Starkoski, are studying the rain forest, and they asked great questions during a Skype session with CanopyMeg. Mr. Starkoski writes: In the pic, the students are wearing hats they made out of paper plates and paper bowls, and binoculars they made out of toilet paper and […]
Dr. Meg Lowman is featured in this episode of Science In The Extremes, where she talks about the importance of rainforest canopies, biodiversity, and the amazing rainforest extremophiles, tardigrades (aka waterbears).