New version of fossil-recognition app now works on Android smartphones and includes Cretaceous period
LAWRENCE — In 2015, when researchers at the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum released the free Digital Atlas of Ancient Life app, they didn’t know what kind of reception the smartphone-based field guide might receive.
oVert Workshop: 3D Vertebrates, From Museum Shelves to Classrooms
Article contributed by Julie Bokor (UF Center for Precollegiate Education and Training)
SoRo Mountain TCN Field to Digital Object Workshop introduces undergraduate students to museum careers
Contributed by: J Ryan Allen, Dina Clark and Erin Tripp (University of Colorado)
BioQUEST and QUBES Summer Workshop 2019
Contributed by: Molly Phillips, iDigBio's Education, Outreach & Diversity Coordinator
Images courtesy of Adam Fagen
American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) 2019
The 99th Annual Meeting and Centennial Celebration of the American Society of Mammalogists took place 28 June to 2 July 2019, at the birthplace of ASM, Washington, DC. iDigBio helped to mark this important milestone through organizing a session on broadening representation in mammalogy as well organizing the first ever Data Help Desk at ASM.
Educational Materials Share Fair @ SPNHC
Educational Materials Share Fair @ SPNHC 2019
May 2019 Biodiversity Spotlight
Photo courtesy of: David Keil
Article contributed by: Katelin Pearson
April 2019 Biodiversity Spotlight
Written by Selena Smith, Robyn Burnham, and Garth Holman from the Pteridological Collections Consortium (PCC) TCN.
iDigBio Hosts the Life Discovery Conference
Bioblitz group photo (Florida Museum Photo Department)
March 2019 Biodiversity Spotlight
February 2019 Biodiversity Spotlight
Wood Turtle, Glyptemys insculpta
Photo courtesy of: John White - Virginia Herpetological Society
WeDigBio 2018
Drawers, Jars and Databases: A Workshop for North Carolina Educators
Workshop Group Photo
July 2018 Biodiversity Spotlight
Rattails and Grenadiers (Family Macrouridae)
Images courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer
Contributed by Randy Singer
More K-12 Resources
K-12 Biodiversity Resources
Encyclopedia of Life: http://education.eol.org/
June 2018 Boidiversity Spotlight
Microfungi Collection Consortium Teacher's Workshop
May 2018 Biodiversity Spotlight
Agave, Bats, and Tequila!
Excerpt taken from the Biodiversity Litercy in Undergraduate Education (BLUE) module “Coevolution of Flowering Plants.” Find links to the assoicated educational materials below!
Image credit: Kirt Edblom