The Tahoe Institute for Natural Science (TINS) has released its latest Tahoe Nature Activity Book. It will be distributed to every student in Grades 3 through 5 in the Lake Tahoe Unified School District and made freely available to other schools and districts in the Truckee-Tahoe region. The book helps enhance the current science curriculum with fun and challenging activities centered around the natural wonders of Lake Tahoe. Topics include “How to Draw A Western Tanager,” “Tahoe’s Rockin’ Geology,” and “Tahoe at Night.”
“We’ve been really deliberate about making sure that the content lines up with Next Generation Science Standards and the topics that Tahoe teachers are actually covering in their classrooms,” says TINS co-founder and executive director, Will Richardson. “It’s just one of the many ways we hope to help assist Tahoe educators, while inspiring a love of the natural world in children.”
Salmonella outbreak in 8 states linked to wild songbirds and birdfeeders, CDC says
By Catherine Park
What is salmonella infection and what are the symptoms?
People can get infected by eating contaminated food or drinking water, as well as by touching infected animals or their environment.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a multistate salmonella outbreak linked to contact with wild songbirds and birdfeeders.
As of March 30, a total of 19 people have been infected with salmonella in eight different states which include New Hampshire, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Oklahoma, California, Oregon and Washington.
Of the 19 people infected, eight have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported, according to the CDC.
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Where do bugs go in the winter? Most disappear … but not all of them.
Have you ever looked at fresh snow and atop the fluffy surface and saw little black dots? Assuming it is dirt, you almost peer away, until the little dots begin to move and jump on the snow … These are snow bugs.
All the tiny, black dots are snow bugs.
Bugs and insects are ectothermic, meaning their internal temperature fluctuates according to its surroundings.
When winter hits in Tahoe, different bugs utilize a variety of strategies to withstand the winter, typically disappearing from sight. For example, certain species of dragonfly migrate away from the cold temperatures to a warmer location. Other insects, such as the Western Yellow Jacket, die off, except for the queen who overwinters locally by burying herself in the ground.