Tiptoe through the treetops: thirty-nine seventh graders take the ultimate field trip - to the top of Peru's rainforest

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Thirty-nine junior high school students from Zeeland, MI, were given a first-hand lesson in rainforest environmentalism when they visited the Amazon jungle of Peru. They were the first student group to use the 1,200-foot-long rainforest canopy walkway built by the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research (ACEER). The ACEER does research in the 250,000-acre Amazon Biosphere Reserve. The students got to see and study a multitude of plant and animal life that risks extinction due to deforestation.

Innovations, Amazon River region, South America, Travel, Rain forests, Environmental education

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Through the cougar's eyes

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Project Cat (Cougars And Teaching), was launched to expose students to real-life research. Students and biologists collect data from captured cougars by measuring the animals length and chest girth, taking blood samples, and then they attach a colar with GPS (global positioning system) to be able to track the animal after it has been released. The environmental curriculum is funded by the state and helps students and communities comprehend how cougars react to changes in the environment.

Washington, Environmental aspects, Protection and preservation, High schools, High school curriculum, Felidae

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Elephant encounter: a field scientist's subject gets up close - and much too personal

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An attack on the author by an elephant and the subsequent trials of evacuating him to aid indicate the dangers that wildlife biologists undergo daily. As a Peace Corps field biologist he was monitoring elephants electronically and in the field for the Korup Forest Research Project in Cameroon. Gored three times and hurled through the air, he was still able to note several things about the attacking elephant, but why it savaged him remains a mystery.

Personal narratives, Behavior, Biologists, Natural history, Cameroon, Elephants

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