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  • PRIMATE CONSERVATION
    • PRIMATE FACTS
    • CONSERVATIONIST LIMELIGHT
    • PRIMATES IN ANIMAL STUDIES
  • PRIMATE PROFILES
    • APES OF AFRICA
      • BONOBOS
      • CHIMPANZEES
      • GORILLAS
    • APES OF ASIA
      • GIBBONS
      • ORANGUTANS
    • MONKEYS OF AFRICA
      • BABOONS
      • COLOBUS MONKEYS
      • GELADAS
      • GRIVET, MALBROUCK, TANTALUS, GREEN, AND VERVET MONKEYS
      • GUENONS
      • KIPUNJIS
      • AFRICAN MACAQUE
      • MANDRILLS
      • MANGABEYS
      • PATAS MONKEYS
      • SWAMP MONKEYS
      • TALAPOINS
    • MONKEYS OF ASIA
      • LANGURS
      • MACAQUES
      • PROBOSCIS MONKEYS
      • SNUB-NOSED MONKEYS
    • MONKEYS OF LATIN AMERICA
      • CAPUCHIN MONKEYS
      • HOWLER MONKEYS
      • MARMOSETS
      • MURIQUIS
      • NIGHT MONKEYS
      • SAKI MONKEYS
      • SPIDER MONKEYS
      • SQUIRREL MONKEYS
      • TAMARINS
      • TITI MONKEYS
      • UAKARIS
      • WOOLLY MONKEYS
    • PROSIMIANS OF AFRICA
      • ANGWANTIBOS
      • GALAGOS OR BUSHBABIES
      • LEMURS
        • AYE-AYES
        • DWARF AND MOUSE LEMURS
        • INDRIS
        • SIFIKAS
        • SPORTIVE LEMURS
        • “TRUE LEMURS”
        • WOOLLY LEMURS OR AVAHIS
      • POTTOS
    • PROSIMIANS OF ASIA
      • LORISES
      • TARSIERS
    • GLOSSARY
  • PRIMATES AT-A-GLANCE
    • AFRICAN APES AT-A-GLANCE
    • AFRICAN MONKEYS AT-A-GLANCE
    • AFRICAN PROSIMIANS AT-A-GLANCE
    • ASIAN APES AT-A-GLANCE
    • ASIAN MONKEYS AT-A-GLANCE
    • ASIAN PROSIMIANS AT-A-GLANCE
    • LATIN AMERICAN MONKEYS AT-A-GLANCE
  • LESSONS AND ACTIVITIES
    • CONSERVATION THEMED
      • ALPHABET SOUP OF CONSERVATION—VIDEO AND INTRODUCTION
      • THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING HABITIT: THE CANDY CULPRIT
      • CONSERVATION EXPLORATION
      • LIFE IN THE WORLD’S TROPICAL RAINFORESTS
    • PRIMATE THEMED
      • BECOME A PRIMATE PRO…SORT OF
        • 10 OF THE MOST WELL-KNOWN PRIMATE SPECIES
        • 10 OF THE WEIRDEST PRIMATE SPECIES
        • 10 PRIMATE SPECIES YOU PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF
        • 10 OF THE MOST ENDANGERED PRIMATE SPECIES
      • COLOR ME CHIMPANZEE
      • DICHOTOMOUS KEY
        • PRACTICE OBSERVATION
        • IDENTIFY TAMARIN SPECIES
        • CREATE A DICHOTOMOUS KEY FOR LEMURS
        • DICHOTOMOUS KEY, EDUCATOR’S PAGE
      • PRIMATES AND THEIR HABITATS
      • WHERE PRIMATES LIVE
      • YOUR EVOLUTIONARY FAMILY TREE
    • YOU’RE THE SCIENTIST!
      • DICHOTOMOUS KEY—IDENTIFY TAMARIN AND LEMUR SPECIES
      • YOUR EVOLUTIONARY FAMILY TREE
    • WHAT IS NATURE? INTRODUCTION
      • LESSON 1: HOW NATURE WORKS
        • ECOSYSTEMS
        • ENERGY
        • SOIL
        • THE FOOD CHAIN
          • BUILD A FOOD CHAIN ACTIVITIES
        • HOW NATURE WORKS SUMMARY
        • FOR EDUCATORS: HOW NATURE WORKS LESSON
      • LESSON 2: POLLINATION AND POLLINATORS
        • ESSENTIAL RESOURCES
        • POLLINATION
          • NATURAL PEST PREVENTION
        • COEVOLUTION
        • RESEARCH POLLINATORS AND PLANTS
          • BUILD A BUG HOTEL
          • BUILD A POLLINATOR GARDEN
        • FOR EDUCATORS: POLLINATION LESSON
    • HOW TO HELP WILDLIFE
      • PERSONAL CHOICES
      • USING MEDIA
      • IN YOUR COMMUNITY
      • IN YOUR CANDY CABINET
    • EDUCATOR’S BLOG
  • ABOUT
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Read more about the article The Importance of Field Work in Fostering Genuine and Authentic Care for Conservation

The Importance of Field Work in Fostering Genuine and Authentic Care for Conservation

  • Post author:Debra Curtin
  • Post published:September 27, 2021
  • Post category:Educator's Blog

Anyone who knows me well knows about my time “in the forest.” In all reality, this forest was not a forest, but in fact several nature reserves spread throughout California.…

Continue ReadingThe Importance of Field Work in Fostering Genuine and Authentic Care for Conservation
Read more about the article Attention & Outdoor Learning: A Jumping Off Point

Attention & Outdoor Learning: A Jumping Off Point

  • Post author:Debra Curtin
  • Post published:April 11, 2021
  • Post category:Educator's Blog

With every passing year, I wonder more often: What is school actually for? And by that, I really mean two questions: What should school be meant for? And… what is it meant…

Continue ReadingAttention & Outdoor Learning: A Jumping Off Point

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