A cool opportunity for teachers!!
WANTED: Up to 20 schools (in the U.S., east of the Rocky Mountains) to follow the development of monarchs on the International Space Station.
Background
The next Space Shuttle launch is scheduled for November 16th. Atlantis will carry three 4th instar monarch caterpillars to the International Space Station (ISS) in a small rearing [...]
You might remember that I got in trouble in the past for saying what I thought about some cuts to Michigan’s State Budget in early 2009. And that was NOTHING compared to what’s about to happen.
It appears the state of Michigan is about to lead the nation…in dropping all its Extension Service funding. It [...]
Hey–who wants to have a ScienceBlogs vs. Discover blogs vs. Nature Blog Network throw down for Donor’s Choose?
This October, I’ll be part of the DonorsChoose.org Social Media Challenge. This is a friendly month-long competition between blogs to see which can bring in the most donations to help low-income classrooms on DonorsChoose.org. DonorsChoose.org is an online [...]
Ed alerted me to this–it’s wonderful! And where the heck have I been that I wasn’t in on this myself?? From their Mission Statement:
“Pestival is a mobile arts festival examining insect-human interactivity in bioscience, through paradigms of contemporary art, cinema, music and comedy as well as direct scientific demonstration and educational projects.
Pestival will bring [...]
International Rock Flipping Day will be Sunday, September 20th this year! Wandering Weta will be the coordinator this year.
“Here’s a quick rundown of the procedure:
On or about September 20th, find your rock and flip it over.
Record what you find. “Any and all forms of documentation are welcome: still photos, video, sketches, prose, or poetry.”
Replace the [...]
I’m going to be super busy this week with a huge project at work–and then I have to move.
We finally did get an offer on our house, but it’s contingent on our being out of the house by July 30th. So, I am a bit frantic trying to manage both packing and work.
It is [...]
Homebuggarden commented earlier this week:
“Has anyone come across a good source of information on providing nest support for alternative pollinators such as bumblebees, digger bees, and the like?”
Indeed, I have! Xerces has an excellent PDF download, Nests for Native Bees. There are also additional detailed instructions in their publication Farming for Bees (starting on page [...]
In case you missed it, here’s a link to the NPR interview with Steve Buchmann, the international coordinator of the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign. You might remember Buchmann as one of the authors of the excellent book Forgotten Pollinators.
From the NPR blog:
“Mother Nature has lots of other pollinators — typically five to ten types [...]
Check out these Pollination Reources for teachers at the NBII! (National Biological Information Infrastructure) They currently have 78 lessons related to pollination and pollinators listed.
They also have some fun resources on pollination and food, like this one: Chocolate’s Sweet Little Secret (PDF)
“The cacao flower, while only about the diameter of a nickel, is complex in [...]
It’s National Pollinator Week, and here’s a neat site for you–a complete list, continuously updated, of crops of importance to humans that insects pollinate. Pollinating animals contribute to at least one out of every three bites we eat.
Some of the fruits and vegetables on this list are obviously recognizable. There are also crops that produce [...]
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