SAN ANTONIO – It’s all about “hands on” learning. Castle Hills teacher Steven Kirkpatrick says his motto is “you have to touch science to learn it.” And, that seems to be working for the fifth graders ...

Washington, DC—As many teachers virtually welcome their students back to school this month, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) offers a variety of free digital educational resources for students of ...

Brenda Powers’ Commentary about what schools can learn from exotic-animal trainers (“We Are All Shamu,” Oct. 18, 2006) took me back to a valley floor in Northern Thailand, where I once watched an old ...

Sharks are a remarkable, diverse group of ocean-dwellers that inhabit marine ecosystems all over the world. From the massive, gentle giant whale shark to the bioluminescent dwarf lantern shark, there ...

From playful crafts to Montessori-inspired sorting games, preschool mammal activities are blending fun with foundational science learning. Educators and parents are using hands-on projects, sensory ...

Hibernation is a remarkable adaptation that mammals living in colder regions have developed to survive the winter months when food is scarce. Animals slow down their heart rates, lower their body ...

When classes begin this week at one public charter school in Florida, some of the lessons will be taught in barns and animal pens. Colleen Bradford Krantz of Iowa PBS reports. Instead of heading to a ...

Leslie Schlabach knows the importance of agriculture, a lesson she hopes was planted in the minds of Rosa Parks Elementary students. Her daughter, Ashley (Abrams) Dill, 28, was involved in the Future ...