Life Sciences Learning Center

It's Pollinator Week! 🐝🦋🦇

Our "Disappearing Bees" lesson explores the importance of pollinators and how to protect them.
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We're not pollen your leg, it's finally Pollinator Week! 🐝🪲🦋

Follow along this week as we recognize the importance of pollinators to healthy communities, ecosystems, and agriculture.

Learn more about EPA’s ongoing work to protect pollinator species and their habitats: https://www.epa.gov/pollinator-protection

Happy World Bee Day! 🐝

Our Disappearing Bees lesson explores how the loss of bees will affect our food supply and what we can do to protect and other pollinators.

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This was a great opportunity to spread information about our One Health education project!

March is National Kidney Month - an initiative to raise awareness about kidney health.

The lessons in our "Kidney Crisis" collection use real-life scenarios and hands-on activities for students to explore kidney function, kidney disease, kidney dialysis, and kidney transplantation.

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It's National Invasive Species Awareness Week!

Invasive species are non-native plants, animals, and microorganisms that can harm the environment or human health.

Our "Mosquito Invasion" lesson investigates why invasive mosquitoes are spreading and causing diseases.

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We had so much fun with students in their Science Outreach to All class. They explored our SEPA - Science Education Partnership Award lessons and learned how we "simulate science" using simple, hands-on activities that promote learning of complex biological concepts.

Today is World Environmental Education Day! 🌎📚

The Life Sciences Learning Center has a variety of hands-on lessons to engage students in learning about environmental health. These lessons also encourage discussions about ways to reduce exposures to environmental health hazards.

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January is One Health Awareness Month!

Check out our seven One Health lessons that explore the connections between human health, the health of animals, and the health of the environment.

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Our One Health lessons were created with funding from a SEPA - Science Education Partnership Award from the NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

Join us in celebrating this January! recognizes that the health of people is closely connected to the health of animals and our shared environment: when we protect one, we protect all. Learn more about One Health: https://www.epa.gov/one-health

Dr. Dina Markowitz and other science educators at the University of Rochester Life Sciences Learning Center developed One Health lessons which explore connections between the health of humans, animals, and the environment. Check out these awesome lesson plans in the link below! National Institutes of Health (NIH) SEPA - Science Education Partnership Award

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