New York's ant population is a helping clean up all the food that people drop on the ground.
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How cute it is that we humans think we rule the planet, that somehow we’re the pinnacle of evolution. In reality, it’s the arthropods—ants and spiders and scorpions and such—that truly hold dominion over Earth. And there are no arthropods as successful, as diverse, and as woefully underappreciated as the beetles. They tally an astounding […]
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By Laura Devaney, eSchoolnews.com
Many students begin school with a love of math, but stumble when they reach algebra. With the increasing prevalence of mobile learning, though, on-demand apps and resources can help students stay on top of their algebra lessons. Here, we’ve gathered a handful of algebra apps summarized on APPitic.com, an app resource site with more than 6,000 apps in more than 300 subcategories.
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/11/26/apps-algebra-skills-022/
by Monica Burns, Edutopia
Scannable technology provides opportunities for students to quickly and easily interact with a variety of content. In a differentiated classroom, children should have access to resources and support materials that will push them toward success. This could be a tool to help them make meaning of the content being taught in a lesson, or it could be resources to help them gather background information before starting a new unit of study. Differentiation should happen for students who are approaching and exceeding grade-level benchmarks, for children who have special needs, and for English-language learners (ELLs).
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/support-ells-with-scannable-technology-monica-burns
by Edudemic
Though Angela Dee Duckworth earned a MacArthur genius grant for her grit research, it remains to be seen whether the data offers a feasible way to improve student performance. Of course, while grit as a component of an organized lesson plan is a recent concept, this type of “stick-to-itiveness” is hardly a new concept. In fact, perseverance is the very value that was so prized in American settlers and explorers during the nation’s rapid westward expansion. Considered from such a historical perspective, it seems that grit has lasting power as a valuable trait in society. However, time will tell whether increasing grit is something one can do with a well-organized school program or if it’s simply an inborn trait to consider when helping students identify their strengths and weaknesses. In either case, it’s an interesting and valuable discussion that’s well worth exploring.
http://www.edudemic.com/how-legit-is-grit/
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Eight potentially new species of spiders have been found living in India’s Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, a park near the southwestern coast of the subcontinent.
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