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Children search for the shapes and colors that define both our natural and built environments.
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Students will learn about the first celebration of Earth Day on April 22nd, 1970, and why scientists, politicians, farmers, gardeners,teachers, and other concerned citizens came together to CALL...
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Students will learn about the origin and composition of magnets, the concepts of attraction and repulsion, and about the larger idea of the magnetism of the Earth. After discussions led by the teacher...
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Students in upper elementary/early middle school learn about the engineering basics involved in high-performance footwear by following the design process (online or hands-on) to build prototype...
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On this episode of NatureScene, Rudy and Jim visit Sumter National Forest. This area offers a wide variety of habitats, and springtime is the best time to visit these rolling hills. Here at the flood...
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This area features a wide variety of trees, such as beeches and maples. Lots of wild flowers popping up in this area as well, like Dwarf iris, and Rue anemone. Buckeye shrubs and Sweet shrubs can also...
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Rudy and Jim move to the Long Cane Division of Sumter National Forest. Here, Umbrella magnolia is starting to bloom. Christmas fern and Jack-In-The-Pulpit, Faded trillium, Wild germanium, Baneberry...
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Columbo plants can remain in a vegetative state for up to thirty years before it sends up a flower stalk. Morel mushrooms and Devil’s Urn are species of fungi, which help break down dead materials in...
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Rudy and Jim see the tell-tale signs of a beaver, coming in the form of chew marks on the base of a large tree. A skeleton of a gray fox is found nearby. A gray fox has ridges on the skull, whereas a...
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Here close to a stream, there is a high population of Mountain laurel trees, rhododendrons, Tuliptrees, Fraser magnolias, Halberdleaf violets, Rattlesnake plantains, Heartleaf, Poor Robin’s plantain...