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Habitat Network: Black Walnut Resistance, Virginia: Design Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
Design challenges take photos of tricky spots in people's yards and put them out there for advice from the professionals at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out this tired backyard from Virginia.
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Habitat Network: Get Reel When Mowing

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about different mowing options to provide a beautiful lawn which also serves an important ecological purpose.
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Unesco: Syria: Ancient Villages of Northern Syria

For Students 9th - 10th
Some 40 villages grouped in eight parks situated in north-western Syria provide remarkable testimony to rural life in late Antiquity and during the Byzantine period. Abandoned in the 8th to 10th centuries, the villages, which date from...
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Unesco: Papua New Guinea: Kuk Early Agricultural Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Kuk Early Agricultural Site consists of 116 ha of swamps in the western highlands of New Guinea 1,500 metres above sea-level. Archaeological excavation has revealed the landscape to be one of wetland reclamation worked almost...
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Unesco: Netherlands: Droogmakerij De Beemster (Beemster Polder)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Beemster Polder, dating from the early 17th century, is is an exceptional example of reclaimed land in the Netherlands. It has preserved intact its well-ordered landscape of fields, roads, canals, dykes and settlements, laid out in...
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Unesco: Romania: Villages With Fortified Churches in Transylvania

For Students 9th - 10th
These Transylvanian villages with their fortified churches provide a vivid picture of the cultural landscape of southern Transylvania. The seven villages inscribed, founded by the Transylvanian Saxons, are characterized by a specific...
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Unesco: Uruguay: Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia Del Sacramento

For Students 9th - 10th
Founded by the Portuguese in 1680 on the Rio de la Plata, the city was of strategic importance in resisting the Spanish. After being disputed for a century, it was finally lost by its founders. The well-preserved urban landscape...