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Why can some monkeys live high in the mountains?

+ Lesson idea video about bleeding-heart monkeys, blood oxygen, genetics & evolution
+ Article translated into Bulgarian
+ Links to genetics and evolution lessons

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How can we know about dinosaurs’ social lives?

+ Lesson idea video on paleontology and fossils
+ Audio version of article
+ Links to paleontology activities

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How much plastic from the pandemic ends up in the ocean?

+ Audio version of article
+ Links to plastic pollution lesson plans
+ Interview with the researcher

Paleoscience

How could baby dinosaurs live in the Arctic?

+ Lesson idea podcast on discovering dinosaurs
+ Article translated into Bulgarian
+ Links to dinosaurs, fossils and paleontology lesson plans

Paleoscience

How did the warrah cross the ocean to the Falkland Islands?

+ Lesson idea video on carbon dating
+ Audio version of article
+ Interviews with the researcher

Biodiversity and Conservation

How can sharing knowledge better explain land use changes in Ethiopia?

+ Audio version of article
+ Links to land use lesson plans
+ Links to land mapping activities

Biodiversity and Conservation

Why are whales in trouble – again?

+ Lesson idea video on the greenhouse effect
+ Interviews with the researcher
+ Article translated into Bulgarian

Biodiversity and Conservation

How can we help improve human-elephant conflict?

+ Audio version of article
+ Links to endangered species lesson plans
+ Introductory video on elephants

Biology

What can ancient DNA tell us about Stone Age people?

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+ Interview with the researcher
+ Article translated into Bulgarian

Energy and Climate

Do hot neighborhoods affect everyone equally?

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+ Interview with the researchers
+ Links to inequality lesson plans

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How can leopard seals survive climate change?

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What can we learn from carbon on Mars?

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Why can some monkeys live high in the mountains?

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How much plastic from the pandemic ends up in the ocean?

How could baby dinosaurs live in the Arctic?

How did the warrah cross the ocean to the Falkland Islands?

Why are whales in trouble – again?

How can we help improve human-elephant conflict?

What can ancient DNA tell us about Stone Age people?

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