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“Bees and flowers have an amazingly close relationship. Flowers need bees in order to reproduce, and bees need flowers to feed their colonies. Take away one, and the other would disappear too. It begs the question: When it comes to evolution, which came first, the bees or the flowers?”
Physics to Chemistry. Picasso to Elephants. Intelligent Design to Honeybee Evolution. These are just a few of the community-based learning highlights we’re featuring this week!
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Philosophy ♦ Food Studies ♦ STEM ♦ Chemistry ♦ Ichthyology ♦ Skillsharing ♦ Upcycling ♦ History ♦ Outdoor Adventures ♦ Art Studies ♦ Zoology ♦ Pollinators ♦ Beavers ♦ Yoga ♦ Service-Based Learning ♦ Social Justice
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Emily Dickinson to The Odyssey. Soil to Etiquette. Bald Eagles to Hummingbirds. These are just a few of the community-based learning highlights we’re featuring this week! Peruse our list below and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play!
Philosophy ♦ Books Clubs ♦ Literacy ♦ Agriculture ♦ Service-Based Learning ♦ Nature-Studies ♦ Habitat9 ♦ Stargazing ♦ Ichthyology ♦ Limnology ♦ Entomology ♦ Theatre ♦ Outdoor Adventures ♦ Canoeing ♦ Local History ♦ Computer Programming ♦ Placemaking ♦ Music Studies ♦ Ornithology ♦ Art Studies ♦ Dance Studies
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In the early spring, New England history and culture come alive with the arrival of newborn lambs and the shearing of sheep for the production of wool. The wool industry has strong ties to western Massachusetts, with annual events that celebrate our historical past and other events which showcase modern day shepherds and their flocks. Read more in our post, Sheep & Wool: Catalysts for Community-Based Education in Western MA.[/caption]
Religion to Woolcraft. Colonial History to Art History. Beavers to Biomimicry. These are just a few of the community-based learning highlights we’re featuring this week!
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Memorial Day ♦ Philosophy ♦ Fiber Arts ♦ Animation ♦ Theater ♦ Ornithology ♦ Local History ♦ Urban Landscape ♦ Entrepreneur ♦ Culinary Arts ♦ Biology ♦ Community Meal ♦ Sheep ♦ Art History ♦ Falconry ♦ Guided Walks ♦ Business
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Whether identifying clouds as animals or by their proper scientific names, families can look into the sky for opportunities to engage in meaningful cloud-inspired learning. In addition to creating a deepened sense of place through observations, families can help young scientists learn about climate, weather, and the atmosphere by tracking the things they see in the sky. Read more in our post, Cloud Studies Connect to Citizen Science, Language Learning, and Weather Studies.[/caption]
Automotive History to Physics. Child Development to Journalism. Pollinators to Bicycles. These are just a few of the community-based learning highlights we’re featuring this week!
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Philosophy ♦ Placemaking ♦ Transporation ♦ ♦ Plant Sales ♦ Ornithology ♦ Guided Walks ♦ Poetry ♦ Fashion History ♦ Health & Wellness ♦ Language Arts ♦ Music Studies ♦ Creative-Free Play ♦ Entomology ♦ Cultural Studies ♦ Latin America ♦ Art Studies ♦ Service-Based Learning
Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary is kicking off a week of intergenerational birding activities, starting on Saturday, May 6 from 9am-2pm with a Bird Festival! Individual adults and families can take guided walks of the grounds and learn about bird banding through demonstrations. “Bird banding” refers to the process of catching birds, marking them with an identifying band, and setting them free again. The data gathered from this process can assist in ornithological and biological research and can be part of tracking reproductive success and population rates. All day during the festival, you can learn how to engage in citizen science and get involved helping Neighborhood Nest Watch to band birds. Visit the Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary webpage for a full schedule of activities. 413-584-3009. 127 Combs Road. Easthampton, MA. (FREE)[/caption]
Empiricism to Transcendentalism. Activism to Ornithology. Business History to Yoga. These are just a few of the community-based learning highlights we’re featuring this week!
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Featured community highlight this week: Open Street events support placemaking as they bring community members together in an unusual way, by closing the streets to vehicular traffic and encouraging people to get out and about on feet! On Sunday, May 7, 11am-3pm during River Roll and Stroll, traffic will be closed down the Route 116 Bridge between Holyoke and South Hadley. There will be live music, art, and food trucks at this family-friendly event. This event marks the official kickoff of Baystate Bike Week. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge. Holyoke and South Hadley, MA. (FREE)
Philosophy ♦ Science ♦ Parenting ♦ Transportation History ♦ Bicycles ♦ Service-Based Learning ♦ Artificial Intelligence ♦ Spring Clean-Ups ♦ Bird Walks ♦ Women’s History ♦ Natured-Based Learning ♦ Placemaking ♦ Botany ♦ Art Studies ♦ Social Justice ♦ Local History ♦ Psychology
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From studies of history and culture to cutting edge science, Great Big Story’s videos get to the roots of the modern human experience. Publishing new videos daily, the news-like resource offers rich video-based stories to explore about life all around the globe.
Have you heard of TED-Ed yet? TED-Ed’s commitment to creating lessons worth sharing is an extension of TED’s mission of spreading great ideas through collaborations between talented educators and animators nominated through the TED-Ed platform. Lessons featured on TED-Ed are written by educators and animated by professional animators. These videos provide lessons on a wide variety of topics in every typical school subject. Families can use TED-Ed resources to supplement studies done in school, to help with homework, or to explore new and exciting topics together…
Original Short Videos Aim to Fuel K-12 Students’ Interest in STEM Well-known education resource Khan Academy, a web site offering video-based learning to students, sparked a small revolution in the utilization of video in the classroom. Videos, once reserved for rainy days or special activities, can now be an incredibly valuable educational resource. Students are able to pace their own learning when using videos, as they can stop, repeat, and rewind as… Read More
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