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Caroline Kelley – Childhood Education, 2024
Bringing peace to the world is a profound aspiration, and it can be achieved by instilling the values of empathy, compassion, and respect in young children through humane education. Humane education sows the seeds of hope for a future that can heal our planet and usher in positive societal change. Humane education fosters empathy and ethical…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Altruism, Empathy, Humanistic Education
Stover, Shawn K. – Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 2019
This article describes an activity designed to hone students' lay communication skills. After carefully analyzing journal articles that highlight specific aspects of vertebrate physiology, students generate "press releases" to summarize experimental results and suggest potential applications of the research. By producing succinct,…
Descriptors: Physiology, Animals, Communication Skills, Skill Development
Porr, C. A. Shea; Shultz, Alyx M.; Gimenez, Rebecca; Splan, Rebecca K. – Journal of Extension, 2016
Rescuing large animals from emergency situations can be fraught with dangers not only to the animals but also to the rescuers. People involved at the scene of such an emergency are most likely to include first responders, horse owners, and veterinarians. These groups need to be aware of how they can best work together to effect a safe and…
Descriptors: Crisis Management, Emergency Programs, Animals, Safety
Marshall, Renita W. – Journal of Extension, 2011
In recognition of the changing influences on animal health, Extension professionals are charged with the responsibility of delivering educational programs to our limited resources farmers on the importance of herd health. Herd-health programs must be designed and implemented with the help of an Extension veterinarian to provide routine, planned…
Descriptors: Animals, Health Programs, Extension Agents, Farm Management
Friesen, Lori; Delisle, Esther – Childhood Education, 2012
Over the last 20 years or so, the popularity of animal-assisted literacy learning programs has gained momentum in schools and libraries around the world (Intermountain Therapy Animals, 2011). To date, such programs are currently running in four Canadian provinces and 43 U.S. states, as well as in Australia, the United Kingdom, Italy, and India…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Academic Support Services, Literacy Education, Caring
Flynn, Perry; Lundgren, Kristine; Mankoff, Lyn; Johnson, Leslie – Exceptional Parent, 2011
Cognitive impairments resulting from traumatic brain injury (TBI) are often long-lasting and difficult to remediate. These include problems with thinking, memory, reasoning, expressing and understanding emotion, social communication and social appropriateness. Survivors are often limited in their ability to return to a previous level of…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Graduate Students, Head Injuries, Brain
Worker, Steven M.; Smith, Martin H. – Afterschool Matters, 2014
A wide variety of out-of-school time (OST) programs across the U.S. offer science education opportunities that cover many scientific disciplines and use diverse pedagogical practices (National Research Council [NRC], 2009). However, to improve youth's scientific literacy, OST educators need to "have the disposition and repertoire of practices…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Science Education, Science Process Skills, Skill Development
Hein, Annamae J. – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2011
The Habitat Project is a multiday, differentiated, interdisciplinary environmental science lesson that incorporates skill-building and motivational strategies to internalize ecosystem vocabulary. Middle school students research an animal, display its physical characteristics on a poster, build a three-dimensional habitat and present their work…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Physical Characteristics, Ecology, Science Activities
Elwess, Nancy L.; Bouchard, Adam – Science Scope, 2007
In this inquiry-based activity, Roborovsky hamsters are used to provide students with an opportunity to develop their skills of analysis, inquiry, and design. These hamsters are easy to maintain, yet offer students a means to use conventional techniques and those of their own design to make further observations through measuring, assessing, and…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Inquiry, Animals, Science Instruction
Michel, George F. – European Journal of Developmental Science, 2007
Gottlieb used naturalistic observations of normally occurring events in the life history of individuals for the purpose of discovering the role of experience in the development of species-typical behaviors. His research revealed the impact of self-generated experiences (particularly those experiences that were self-stimulated) in the establishment…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Naturalistic Observation, Individual Development, Experience
King, Steve – Arts & Activities, 2001
Describes an art project suitable for middle and high school students in which they either combine identifiable parts from different animals to create one creature or take one animal and creatively distort it. Explains that this lesson enables students to be satisfied with their animal-inspired artwork. (CMK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Animals, Art Education, Creativity
Geist, Janet Marie – Arts & Activities, 2000
Discusses a fifth-grade sculpture project that uses a subtractive, rather than additive, technique. Students carve an animal sculpture from a block of simulated stone compound. Explains the process and how to make the simulated stone compound. (CMK)
Descriptors: Animals, Art Education, Art Materials, Childrens Art
Horst, Carol – Arts & Activities, 1999
Discusses a painting unit for kindergarten that focuses on color mixing and brush stroke techniques. Students paint a picture of their favorite animal. Describes the unit, listing the materials needed and including sample paintings. (CMK)
Descriptors: Animals, Art Education, Artists, Childrens Art
Henderson, Kelly – 1997
This paper describes an instructional method designed to increase opportunities for students to learn and practice appropriate social skills. The strategies for development and implementation of such structured programs of nature-based and animal-based activities are based in part on a pilot program in three urban elementary and middle schools.…
Descriptors: Animals, Concept Formation, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Fionda, Robert – Arts & Activities, 2000
Describes a project for high school students that introduces them to photographic software. Students design a new species of animal by reassembling parts of at least four animals into a "believable" new form. Students also write a commentary on their digital animal's habitat and origin. (CMK)
Descriptors: Animals, Art Education, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
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