Grossing Out the Children

Dead turtles at Carbon County Environmental Education Center spark questions about kids and nature’s nastier side. Matilda and Giuseppe LoPresti check out what’s crawling in the mud. “WHY are there turtle carcasses in a cage behind the building? They are...

Gender in the Science Classroom

I first met Rachel and Teah when they were only five years old. Their mother used to bring them after kindergarten to see the animals at the nature center where I work. Can we hold the ferret, please? they’d ask in that kind of sing-song harmony that only a pair of...