Cody teachers “inspired” by World Community Conference

July 15th, 2011

Appeared January 21, 2011
Published online on the Park County School District #6 website

Ask any of the several hundred participants in the January 8, 2011 World Community Conference at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden what inspires them. Likely you’ll receive several hundred different answers – yet they all have something in common.

Download the PDF article on Gerber and Cappiello and read the article on the web


Former Grayslake Central teacher back from Borneo jungle

July 15th, 2011

Appeared July 14, 2011
Published in the Lake County News-Sun

Elephants and crocodiles and orangutans! Oh my!

Former Grayslake Central High School teacher Katie Titus Larson recently returned to the U.S. after spending about two weeks in tropical Borneo for a graduate primate conservation course and encountered a variety of animals.

Download the PDF article on Larson and read the article on the web


Felicity-Franklin Science Club Hosts Earth Day Family Fest

May 17th, 2011

Appeared May 11, 2011
Published in “Consider This Clermont” from the Enquirer/Community Press & Recorder, Cincinnati.com

GFP students Holly Goodpaster and Brenda Greene, as the culmination of their “Leadership in Science Inquiry” course, organized the “Earth Day Family Fest” with the Felicity-Franklin Elementary School third- and fourth-grade Science Club.

Read about the event on the web or download the article.


Collaboration Increases Conservation Ethic among Urban Students

April 7th, 2011

Appeared Winter 2011
Published in the Environmental Education Council of Ohio’s EECONEWS

Recently the Toledo Zoological Society and Toledo Public Schools (TPS) investigated techniques to increase student learning through unique experiences in an urban environment.

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E-RICA is a Eureka Moment for Urban Science Teacher: Incorporating Environmental Ed into a Non-Fiction Reading Class

April 7th, 2011

Appeared Winter 2011
Published in the Environmental Education Council of Ohio’s EECONEWS

With state guidelines and strict standards to follow in school systems, do you ever wish there was a chance to teach something of value that you feel your students should be aware of?

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Step by step, Belize reveals its treasures

February 10th, 2011

Appeared Winter, 2010-2011
Published in the Audubon Miami Valley newsletter

My assignment was to find a spot in the Belizean Zoo and sit and listen. It sounded easy enough. I chose a spot next to Belize’s national animal, the tapir, a weird animal that looks somewhat like a cross between a giant hog and an anteater.

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Naturalist captures Baja trip in words and images

January 19th, 2011

Appeared Autumn, 2010
Published in the Audubon Miami Valley newsletter

We did not go to Baja with the sole intent of seeing and naming as many plants and animals as possible and returning with grand lists. We went to observe, ask questions, look for answers, experience a sense of wonder and see how another community is exhibiting leadership on conserving their natural resources.

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