Final Project / Topic – Vertebrates / Level – Primary 3 Introduction: The natural science curriculum in third grade primary school includes a unit about the 5 main types of vertebrates: birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and fish. The unit tasks students with memorizing new vocabulary, understanding different groupings, and using critical thinking skills to categorize […]
Our final day in Montevrde was a full one! We visited the Amphibian Museum, the Sloth Sancturary, and, after class presentations, had a farewell dinner off campus. Amphibian Museum at Selvatura! A meditating lizard! On our way to the Sloth Sanctuary… come join us! The Sloth Sanctuary at Selvatura! A hanging sloth scratching his back! Project presentations… they […]
It has been raining on and off for days but, this Sunday, my students were lucky enough to encounter just a slight drizzle as we walked on hanging bridges and went zip lining over the canopy. Join us on this journey through the cloud forest: You wait in line for your turn… …then you step […]
After a long travel day, followed by a packed schedule of orientation and campus rules, climate change mitigation (CCM) students had time to bond over fun games! In the following pictures you will see these brave students, who decided to study abroad in Costa Rica during a pandemic, making connections that will last a lifetime! Cohort 1: […]
During their first full day in Coosta Rica, students in Climate Change Mitigation Cohort 2 (CCM2) got to know their campus and each other! They began the morning with orientation and a taste of the usual Monteverde weather: rain! A quick talk about campus rules was followed by a tour of the grounds, which included a visit to the […]
On the imaginary essential pollinators list, bees usually come first. And, we have all heard about them: the endangered insects humans depend upon for survival. We have also heard about birds and butterflies making the essential pollinators list because they, along with bees, pollinate the plants that make up our food. But what about bats? I’ve never heard […]
Today’s post is a guest post written entirely by one of our global entrepreneurs, Janet Akselrud. Janet is a recent high school graduate from Brooklyn, New York, and this is her third summer spent on a CIEE trip! In the fall, she will attend the Macaulay Honors College at the College of Staten Island. Here […]
