Earth Day was first observed on April 22 in 1970. And as far back as 1971,
Dr. Seuss wrote to children about nature. Of course this year
The Lorax was adapted into a movie.
This interesting study delves into our view of nature - and how we can teach children that we are a part of nature, not apart from it.
Here is a video of my nephew's foray into nature last year. (He is super excited about Earth Day 2012!)
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Leading Scientists on Science:
Albert Einstein: One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike - and yet it is the most precious thing we have.
Carl Sagan: Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
Claude Levi-Strauss: The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the right questions.
Richard Feynman: Being a scientist requires having faith in uncertainty, finding pleasure in mystery, and learning to cultivate doubt. There is no surer way to screw up an experiment than to be certain of its outcome.
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