Students keep field journals as they gather information on environmental change and its effect on plant and animal organisms. Read Biologist Colin Skinner's Journal Entry on Volcanoes . Students go to Costa Rica, where scientists are studying leatherback sea turtles and their environments. Produced in partnership with The Earthwatch Institute. Explore the Sea Turtles Photo Story .
Kids learn about the goals and methods of scientists who study in the field.
They investigate food webs, biodiversity, and the lives of wild cats in a Mexican tropical dry forest. Discover the Interactive Food Web . Kids gain an understanding of tornadoes through the aid of videos and photos, read what causes them to occur, and learn how to prepare for emergencies. Across North America, once-endangered wolves are being reintroduced into the wild. Kids can investigate data in sounds and pictures and record their personal impressions of this biological experiment.