|This is a marmot!| Discover what is outside your back door!
You'll be amazed! I love teaching all topics in biology, but one
of my favorite topics to teach is my unit on classification and
taxonomy. This topic is one of my favorites because the
diversity of life on Earth is simply amazing. The organisms that
are alive on Earth today are the ones that “made it”. They
changed and adapted to meet the pressures that our ever-changing
environment placed on them. The organisms alive today succeeded,
and the evidence of their adaptation to our current environment
astounds me. Take some time this summer to get to know and love
nature. If you are a person who already “knows” nature, then you
will be shaking your head affirmatively as your read this
article. If you never take the time to notice nature, then you
are really missing out on a fantastic journey. |A picnic along
the shores| of Lake Huron My childhood was spent growing up in
hot and humid Mississippi, but spending several weeks each
summer in the crisp and c