This is just a window into a few months of an eight-month program, and those eight months are just a small slice of a decade of science education. Schoolyard Science has grown and evolved over that ...
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Bird Watching for Kids

If you want to find an outdoor screen-free family activity, consider birdwatching for kids. It's an easy, low-cost way to spark curiosity about the natural world, and it's something you can do whether ...
MARION — Jane Seitz, executive director of the Illinois Raptor Center in Decatur, and Jacques Nuzzo, program director at the center, visited The Hub to teach children in kindergarten through fifth ...
Many Eastern Cape children have never seen an endemic and endangered parrot living in the forests near their homes. It takes ...
Scientists discovered that bird siblings, not parents, play the biggest role in teaching survival skills and shaping behavior.
As kids are heading indoors and settling in for the cold weather, many young birds are preparing for the journey of a lifetime. Hatched in the spring, these fliers—and their parents—are getting ready ...
Spring brings warmer temperatures, fresh greenery, and the return of birdsong. Songbirds are known for performing species-specific tunes to attract mates and defend their territories. But how do birds ...
Here’s something worth tweeting about: Being around more birds can boost your family’s happiness. A German study of more than 26,000 Europeans found that the cheeriest folks lived near natural areas ...
Where did you learn about the birds and bees? From your adolescent peers? How did that work out for accuracy? The same is true today for users learning about the cloud. You’re the CIO, shouldn’t they ...
Just like babies in utero who get accustomed to their parents' voices from inside the womb, baby birds hear and absorb their parents' chirping and singing commands while waiting to hatch from eggs, ...