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).
Fifth-grade students at Blue Point Elementary School and their teachers Stacey Loeffler, Trish Lee, and Krysta Sidoti, speak to CanopyMeg about science. They are located in Blue Point, New York.
Sophie Lit, who is a middle school student in Tiburion CA, was a citizen scientist on Dr. Lowman’s summer Amazon expedition. She follows up with a short interview about all the biodiversity that she observed.
Teacher Lana Brady writes the following to Canopy Meg: “Just wanted to say thank you for taking time to skype with our students. Your words and adventures have inspired them to get out and do good to help the environment!” The fifth-graders are students at Conway Elementary School in Escondido, California.
Photo legend: CanopyMeg speaking about rain forests to all the 5th graders at Greece Central School district in upstate New York.
CanopyMeg spoke with the fifth grades of Laura Smeallie and Kate Yvars/Nancy Brown at Boulevard Elementary, Gloversville, NY
Below is a report from JASON Learning regarding the progress and preparations for the 2017 Penang Hill BioBlitz Argonaut Expedition. [gview file=”https://treefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/JASON-Learning-TREE-Foundation-Report-20171009-1.pdf”]
The Most Beautiful Roof in the World: Exploring the Rainforest Canopy” by Kathryn Lasky is now utilized as a key component in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) learning units in several states. The story is of particular interest to this website because it is based on the journey of ‘CanopyMeg’ and her children into the rainforest, and addresses the specific scientific investigations they undertook in a novel format.
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