SEAS Professor Ivette Perfecto (with arms raised) and EEB Professor John Vandermeer play an ecological game with the children during Ecodia. Image credit this page: Jonno Morris EcoDía is an educational outreach event developed each year since 2017 for the primary school students at the Finca Irlanda school (the coffee farm where the labs of…
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8th Annual BioBlitz
by Naim Edwards, director, Michigan State University-Detroit Partnership for Food, Learning and Innovation and University of Michigan EEB alumnus (MS 2014) On May 11, University of Michigan students and faculty partnered, with Michigan State University Extension, the Great Lakes Regional Center of the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), and members of the Detroit Black Community Food…
Feria de Ciencias
by Kristel Sánchez, a University of Michigan graduate student in ecology and evolutionary biology EEB graduate students Nicholas Medina and Zach Hajian-Forooshani and School for Environment and Sustainability master’s student Iris Rivera talk about the biodiversity of organisms children can find in their backyards and kitchens. Image: Clarisse Betancourt. Education is one of the main…
First EcoDía engages Finca Irlanda students in rich ecology of their home
Pollination games. by Gordon Fitch, a University of Michigan graduate student in ecology and evolutionary biology The John Vandermeer lab, along with the lab of Ivette Perfecto at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), has been conducting research in Finca Irlanda, an organic coffee farm in Chiapas, Mexico, for nearly 20…
Nature play at Gaffield Children’s Garden
Nature-based play helps kids learn about and love the natural world around them From Earth Words: Inside Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum by Elizabeth González, U-M alumnus (Anthropology major, EEB and Environment minor) In the Gaffield Children’s Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens, children connect directly and powerfully to the natural world in a kid-friendly…
Scientists explain their research using emoji
From American Scientist’s blog Macroscope by David Shiffman Twitter hashtag games can be a great way for scientists to communicate their research in a fun—and often funny—way. The latest hashtag game, #EmojiYourPhD, challenges scientists to explain their research with the aid of emoji, the internet pictograms stereotypically associated with a teenager’s text messages. “One of…