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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The post Discover Animals That Hibernate: A 5-Day Unit Plan for Elementary Students appeared first on A-Z Animals. Hibernation is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Students at an Iowa elementary school are learning a new lesson about helping out in a crisis.View video of this storyAfter the Animal Rescue League saved 300 animals from a home in Davis County last ...

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 ...