Hey, Citizen Scientists! Here’s another terrific activity for our Project Finder. BioBlitz is a 24-hour event in which teams of scientists, volunteers, and community members join forces to find, identify, and learn about as many local plant and animal species as possible. National Geographic is “helping conduct a BioBlitz in a different park each year throughout the decade leading up to the U.S. National Park Service centennial in 2016.” The next annual National Geographic-National Park Service BioBlitz takes place at the Indiana Dunes BioBlitz, a 24-hour event from May 15 to May 16, noon to noon. The goals of the BioBlitz are “to record as many living organisms in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in 24 hours, to increase awareness of the diverse species in this urban setting and to better understand how to protect the natural environment in the future. Chicago Wilderness and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources are collaborating in the race to discover and document the 15,000-acre park.”
“Explorers” of all ages are needed.
PROJECT SNAPSHOT
Topics: Animals, Birds, Ecology, Environment, Nature
Location: Chicago, Outdoors
Level of Difficulty: Easy
Fee: No Costs
Gear: No special equipment required
Duration: 24 hours
Suitable for people of all ages!
I just found your site through Twitter – and I love it (anyone who features Penn & Teller in their video gets bonus points from me).
I’d love it if you could check out our video – part shameless commercial, part fun science – if you enjoy Monty Python, you’ll get the reference pretty quickly – http://www.AdventuresOfAna.com
And, here’s a couple of examples where we’re trying to bring science to some classrooms here in Delaware as well as entertain people with various applications – http://www.analtech.com/analtech-general-manager-demonstrates-chromatography-to-biotechnology-class.html
http://www.analtech.com/analtech-reveals-green-beer-is-not-green.html
Let me know what you think – and let me know if there’s any way we can help in your efforts.
Thanks!
Ken Grant
Director of Sales and Marketing
Analtech, Inc.
http://www.thinlayer.com
twitter.com/kengrantde
I just found your site through Twitter – and I love it (anyone who features Penn & Teller in their video gets bonus points from me).
I’d love it if you could check out our video – part shameless commercial, part fun science – if you enjoy Monty Python, you’ll get the reference pretty quickly – http://www.AdventuresOfAna.com
And, here’s a couple of examples where we’re trying to bring science to some classrooms here in Delaware as well as entertain people with various applications – http://www.analtech.com/analtech-general-manager-demonstrates-chromatography-to-biotechnology-class.html
http://www.analtech.com/analtech-reveals-green-beer-is-not-green.html
Let me know what you think – and let me know if there’s any way we can help in your efforts.
Thanks!
Ken Grant
Director of Sales and Marketing
Analtech, Inc.
http://www.thinlayer.com
twitter.com/kengrantde
—–Original Message—–
From: PMcAtee@sacheminc.com
To: darcav1@aol.com
Sent: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:35 am
Subject: Turtles are cool
Hi Darlene:
Saw your blog this morning. We kept
28 turtles in our basement when I was a kid. Named them after all of our
favorite teachers.(with really good 19th century names like Wava, Vermadale,
Marcella, Olva, etc.)
Marcella used to watch my mother do
the laundry and then walk away and go eat a bug after she was finished.
She also used to listen to me practice the trumpet.
Cheers,
Pat
—–Original Message—–
From: PMcAtee@sacheminc.com
To: darcav1@aol.com
Sent: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:35 am
Subject: Turtles are cool
Hi Darlene:
Saw your blog this morning. We kept
28 turtles in our basement when I was a kid. Named them after all of our
favorite teachers.(with really good 19th century names like Wava, Vermadale,
Marcella, Olva, etc.)
Marcella used to watch my mother do
the laundry and then walk away and go eat a bug after she was finished.
She also used to listen to me practice the trumpet.
Cheers,
Pat
Just learned about your blog through Twitter, and it’s awesome! Your post is a great shout-out for BioBlitz, and we are excited to also be co-sponsoring the event and promoting it across the Chicago region. I’m excited to go and species count for the full 24 hours (yikes!), and I hope to see other scientists and science enthusiasts there! Chicagoans can learn more on our website as well, http://www.sciencechicago.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=9569&topic=.
Happy investigating!
Rabiah
Just learned about your blog through Twitter, and it’s awesome! Your post is a great shout-out for BioBlitz, and we are excited to also be co-sponsoring the event and promoting it across the Chicago region. I’m excited to go and species count for the full 24 hours (yikes!), and I hope to see other scientists and science enthusiasts there! Chicagoans can learn more on our website as well, http://www.sciencechicago.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=9569&topic=.
Happy investigating!
Rabiah