How scared would you be if you found a mountain lion sitting near your house? Probably less scared than the mountain lion itself would be. Earlier this month, a well known mountain lion named P-22 was found to have crawled into the …
Read More »2015 Youth International Environmental Protection Awareness Conference
On Saturday July 4th, 2015 HEARTS (Help Everyone and Remember to Share) is hosting the 2015 Youth International Environmental Protection Awareness Conference in Shanghai, China. The goal of the conference is to raise awareness about the environmental challenges faced by both China …
Read More »Dog-Eating Festival in Chinese City Gains Increased Opposition
June 22. The Dog Meat Festival in Yulin, Guangxi has received more and more criticism in recent years. After several years, the resistance to the dog section in Yulin has evolved into a global movement. Many celebrities have joined the ranks of …
Read More »The Sixth Mass Extinction
By: Michael Chang Age 12 Are there actually six mass extinctions? Many of your science teachers might have told you that there were five mass extinctions in the entire history of Earth. There were several famous mass extinctions — the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction …
Read More »Going Beyond the Textbook
By Albert Zeng Traditionally, teachers teach their class through a textbook, but one teacher from Monta Vista High School in California goes beyond that. Business teacher Carl Schmidt from Monta Vista High School shares how he teaches by allowing his students to …
Read More »Animals are Crying
Contributed by J. Hao Look, these animals are crying! People pull out elephant tusks, cut off deer antlers, and strip off fox and rabbit skin, all for economic gain. Does your heart hurt? Let us all together, little by little, protect our …
Read More »A Classroom in the Ice Rink: San Francisco Theater on Ice
By: Albert Zeng Teaching a class of 20 kids may be challenging at times, but it’s even harder when the classroom is an Ice Rink and class starts at 5 AM in the morning. Figure skating coaches Louis Vachon and Paige Scott …
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