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The wild indoors
On Monday morning, the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) brought three visitors to Crystal River Elementary School’s fourth grade classrooms: a barred tiger salamander, a mixed-breed cottontail rabbit, and a great horned owl. "ACES was bringing our science unit to life by showing our students live animals that exhibited some of the body defense mechanisms we have been learning about. For example, both the owl and bunny were meant to show kids what camouflage looks like in real life,” explained Mira Winograd, a fourth grade teacher. Above: Grayson Bauer, ACES Hallam Lake coordinator, shows off some of the ways an owl is well adapted to its habitat. Right: ACES naturalist and educator Joshua Cohen feeds a salamander live crickets to show how it hunts. Photos by Will Sardinsky Bottom-left: ACES educator Christian Fowler peeks in on a shy rabbit.
Volume 14, Number 51 | Jan. 26, 2023 - Feb. 1, 2023