Adelson middle schoolers investigate and model mammoth extinction.

Middle schoolers in Paula Garrett's science class at the Adelson Educational Campus are touching woolly mammoth fossils on loan from the lab of paleontologist Steve Rowland at UNLV. How cool is that? And they're asking the question, "How did these enormous animals become extinct?" Examining the delicate balance of life in the most recent ice age, students then engage in systems modeling to understand interacting variables and...