Teacher Training at the Murie Center
For the second year Teton Science Schools have partnered with the Murie Center to offer teacher trainings. The program from October 28 – 31, 2010 was the first of the two part series and included 24 teachers from Wyoming and Idaho. …
Stalking the Pika: Researching the Cutest Animal on Earth
As the snow begins to fall, one gets a sense that the animals are beginning to settle underground. Not so for the American pika (Ochotona princeps), smallest member of the rabbit family. They continue their search for plants, …
Wildlife Expedition Tradition
Approximately 3.1 million people visited this area last year, and 2.9 million of those came between May and September. We just completed our 11th summer season of Wildlife Expeditions connecting Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem visitors to nature and place through education. …
Get your BUNS in here: 4th Annual Bunnery Benefit
The Glory Bowl…OSM Pancakes… the Bakery Scramble…or a Teton Turkey Sandwich…all of your old favorites will be offered Saturday, November 6, 2010 at The Bunnery! Thanks to the generosity of the Yvernault and Labbé families, …
Positive Mentor Mayhem
For my entire life, educators have surrounded me. In addition to my own teachers, coaches, and advisors, my parents both hold an extreme passion for the world of education. My mother has been an elementary school teacher for 35 years and my father was a school administrator and college professor during my childhood. …
“What IS That? It Sounds Like a Whale Call!”
It was no whale call – but it was a whale of a good time listening to elk bugle in the shadow of the Tetons. Over three Fridays this September, sixty-six participants enjoyed “Evening with the Elk” hosted Graduate Program of Teton Science Schools. …
2010 Wyoming Youth Congress a Second Success
The 2010 Wyoming Youth Congress on Children and Nature was again a success. The gathering brought together 79 8th grade students from 40 of Wyoming’s 48 school districts, who were nominated by their school district superintendents to participate. …
Grandparents and Grandfriends Day 2010
As we walked up the path to Journeys School, the sixty or more grandparents in the group were met with excitement and surprise by the students out at recess. Excitement that their grandparent’s or grandfriend’s were going to spend some of the day in classes and surprise that it was actually happening. …
Returning to Teton Science Schools
My name is Kevin Rhamy, and I am a senior at Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia. I am attending Ocean Lakes through the Mathematics and Science Academy which requires all of its seniors to complete a Mentorship or Research Project prior to graduating. …
Exciting Times
Fall is the time to fatten up. This is the season of collecting hawthorns, chokecherries and rose hips. Humans and wildlife are searching the hills and valleys for prime feeding opportunities. If you are out and about keep a watchful eye for bears. …