Software Evaluations - EE on PCs and can be downloaded free at the UF entomology software web information, buta lot of reading and no activities for helping to teach the content http://grove.ufl.edu/~erine/skool/6405/software.html
Extractions: You may evaluate any two pieces of educational software. Try to find software from your specialization area. Make sure to consider the items and concepts we discussed in class when evaluating the software. I found the Butterfly Tutorial while searching through UF Entomology resources for my final project- plus it was FREE and I could look at it at home. I discovered the Planet Ark Earth Disk after more extensive searching of educational sites. I finally used - macintosh, free, educational, software - in a search engine and found Kid's Domain These are both Freeware, but unfortunately they aren't that great. This software runs on PCs and can be downloaded free at the UF Entomology software web site I will start out by saying this software had poor instructional design and is NOT what I would consider a "tutorial" to be. I think the intent of the software is to teach people about Florida Butterflies and provide some details some of the most common butterflies, but they don't do a very good job of carrying it out. "In this tutorial, you answer the questions by viewing graphic or text files available by clicking on either the Image or Intro text buttons on the right side of the screen. Now here's your first question."
GE Final Report-3 can be integrated through hands on science activities. their (what ever they teach)long term Project Coordinator Department of entomology Clemson University http://butterfly.clemson.edu/GrtExp/Gereprt3.htm
Extractions: SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES J. Wagner, et al. - Clemson University, Department of Geological Sciences There are many standards-based, proven curriculum programs currently in existence which lend themselves very well to professional development opportunities that will not only give teachers experience working with earth science content, but will also provide exemplary materials for these teachers to take into their classrooms and share with their students. Field based professional development activities are also encouraged because they provide teachers with first hand knowledge and hands-on experience with geological processes in action. Hands-on experience with rocks and minerals, fossils, soil samples, weather instruments, telescopes, topographic and weather maps, satellite images and aerial photographs, seismographs, and environmental problems will also aid the teacher in providing more inquiry-based lessons for their students. K-12 Review Team 1 Kitty Farnell
Teaching Activities: TEACHING activities. M.Sc. The subject includes organismal parasitology (biologyof parasitic Protozoa and helminths, medical entomology), cell biology and http://www.natur.cuni.cz/hydrobiology/parpages/intr-teach.htm
Extractions: T EACHING ACTIVITIES M.Sc. and Ph.D. courses are directed towards studies of principles of host parasite relationships. The subject includes organismal parasitology (biology of parasitic Protozoa and helminths, medical entomology), cell biology and biochemistry of parasites, parasite immunology, pathology and epidemiology of parasitic infections. Strong emphasis is placed on synthesis of biochemical and molecular approaches of the study of parasitism with the knowledge and understanding of the organisms involved. Students are given practical training in methods, identification of parasites, and participate in a Parasitology Field Course. The parasitology unit participates in the Postgraduate Program in Biomedicine and its research and teaching potential is strenghtened by close cooperation with the Department of Tropical Medicine of the 1st Faculty of Medicine. COURSES UG-for undergraduate students, G-for graduate students, L-lectures, P-practical courses Introduction to Parasitology (UG).
School Enrichment latest researchbased space technologies to teach skills for lessons contain backgroundinformation, vocabulary and student activities. entomology (Grades 3-9). http://www.agweb.okstate.edu/marshall/schlenrh.htm
Extractions: Grades: K-6 Good nutrition and health are very important to growing bodies. However, many young children do not make good food choices and are not physically active. Recent reports indicate that children have health practices that may place them at risk for chronic diseases in the future. Each lesson offers the teacher background information and key points. Activities are included for the children as well as a take home page. Top of Page Ag In The Classroom Grades: K-2; 3-4; 5-6 Agriculture is not simply farming! It is the supermarket, the equipment factory, trucking systems, overseas shipping, scientist's laboratory, the house we live in and much more. It has an effect on the air we breathe,the ground we walk on, the water we drink and the food we eat. This is not a voctional agriculture program, it
ST. LOUIS STUDENTS EXPLORE MAGIC OF SCIENCE AT MIZZOU SCIENCE DAY on their favorite cockroach in a race that will teach the basics of entomology. makebutter from scratch, and participate in a variety of other activities. http://www.missouri.edu/~news/releases/octnov01/scienceday.html
Extractions: Nov. 1, 2001 ST. LOUIS STUDENTS EXPLORE MAGIC OF SCIENCE AT MIZZOU SCIENCE DAY COLUMBIA, Mo. The sixth grader lying on your living room floor munching popcorn may hold the key to many scientific dilemmas. With the right tools, he or she may be able to solve the worlds hunger problems, find ways to eliminate air pollution or perhaps even prevent cancer. The University of Missouri-Columbia is working to ensure that St. Louis-area sixth- and seventh- grade students have the opportunity to explore all the possibilities that an understanding of science can provide. During Mizzou Magic Science Day Wednesday, Nov. 7, approximately 900 students and teachers from St. Louis will meet at the St. Louis Science Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to listen to guest speakers, explore interactive exhibits and participate in a wide range of hands-on activities. The free event is part of a partnership between the Science Center and MUs award-winning science magazine for junior high and middle school students. Since 1987, MU has published Mizzou Magic magazine, which is currently read by more than 100,000 Missouri middle school students. The free magazine is distributed with the same two goals that have been established for Mizzou Magic Science Day: fostering an interest in science and serving as a resource for teachers.
Teacher Biology, Earth Science & Ecology Web Resources entomology Site (Iowa State) A must see sight for all teachers who Educators willfind a number of experiments, activities and games that teach about the http://www.smokyhill.org/Web_resources/biology.html
Extractions: Anatomist Anatomy Resources Animal Dissection Ask ERIC: Biology and Life Sciences Lesson Plans Audubon Online Biology Lesson Plans Electronic Zoo Wonderful page dedicated to almost all the animals in nature. It shows specific pictures and also allows for documentation on each animal. Good for all ages.
Six live insects in an elementary classroom entomology Arachnology BioscienceSite Poetry How to teach Poetry Poetry activities Poetry Class http://home.attbi.com/~SmithHQ/six.html
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA CYBERBUGS TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT ENTOMOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA CYBERBUGS teach STUDENTS ABOUT entomology. Online activitiesare divided into three categories here to a number of entomologyrelated sites http://www.napa.ufl.edu/98news/bugclub.htm
Extractions: Source: John Zenger, (352) 392-1901, ext. 141 GAINESVILLE-If you think you've got bugs in your computer, try logging into the University of Florida's 4-H Bug Club. With a few keystrokes, bugs are virtually coming at you from the computer screen. Virtual is the key word here, because these are cyberbugs for a cyberclub. Bugmaster John Zenger, a professor in UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, says kids, bugs and cyberspace make a good mix. "This appeals to today's youth, who are used to multimedia glitz and color," Zenger said. "More and more, children have access to the World Wide Web and can join online activities. "And kids like bugs," Zenger adds. "They only develop an aversion to insects after exposure to grown-ups' 'icky bugs' prejudices." The club is a little different for the 4-H program. "Meetings" are conducted via the Internet, and kids can get into the "clubhouse" via any computer with online capability. On the agenda: learning. "Insects are an important part of the ecosystem and the natural environment," Zenger said. "Insects impact us in numerous ways, far more than you might imagine: the food we eat, clothes we wear, whether we have a picnic."
Entomology 108 - Insects, Science, And Society Guide for teachers furnishes lesson plans, course materials and photos of classroom activities. http://entomology.unl.edu/ent108/Syllabus_01.html
Extractions: Fall 2001 Location: 132 College of Business Administration Time: 1:30-2:20 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Final Exam: 1:00-3:00 Friday, Dec. 15 (scheduled time: exam will be take home and due 1:00 on Friday, Dec 15) Instructor: Dr. Leon G. Higley Office: 303B Plant Industry Bldg., East Campus; 472-8689 Office Hours: 2:30-3:30 Monday and Wednesday or (preferably) by appointment Home: 486-3901 (no calls after 11 p.m. please) E-mail: LHIGLEY1@UNL.EDU Course Web Site: http://entomology.unl.edu/ent108/ Entomology Department Web Site: http://entomology.unl.edu/ Course Objectives After completing the course, you should be able to: (1) recognize major insect groups and understand basics of insect biology, (2) understand current controversial issues involving insects and develop informed opinions on these, (3) recognize how insects have and are influencing human culture and history, and (4) understand the process of modern scientific inquiry and features of conflict between science, technology, and society through entomological examples. About the Course The intent of this course is to provide entertaining information about insects while also exploring topical issues in entomology and fundamental issues in science. Lectures discuss specific features of insect biology and specific interactions of insects with man. Material is presented in an informative, but non-technical manner, with particular focus on encouraging interest and inquiry. The breadth and diversity of topics possible in entomology allows the development of many broader objectives including:
Biology Curriculum Enhancement Using Digital Images And Audio Each Fall, I teach a Field Biology course which acknowledgment for their arthropodbasedactivities, and at gone on to pursue graduate degrees in entomology. http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/~dstone/hurst.html
Extractions: Biology Curriculum Enhancement Using Digital Images and Audio David M. Stone University Laboratory High School , Urbana, IL Current Curriculum and Classroom Practices In January, 1999, University of Illinois Beckman Center faculty asked me to join them in the development of Bugscope (http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu), a project which allows classrooms across the country the opportunity to examine arthropods using an environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) via the World Wide Web. Bugscope serves as an excellent opportunity for many in-class projects, dealing with entomology, microscopy, and basic principles of scientific research. Currently, four of my students have been trained to run the $600,000 microscope. They prepare specimens and position them in the microscope's viewing chamber so that classes at other schools can operate the computer and observe directly from their school's computers, using a standard web browser. These Uni High students are in the process of writing a Web-based handbook to guide those remotely using the ESEM for the first time. By Fall, 1999, we hope to have the interface developed such that Uni High students will also be able to take part in online, real-time discussions with students in the participating classrooms. At this point, approximately 60 classrooms have signed up for single-hour, online microscopic examination of specimens they have collected and mailed to the BugScope staff in Illinois. Background and Rationale for Requested Hardware Peripheral
Department Of Entomology 1985 Ph.D. Systematic entomology, Cornell Univ teaching and Research ActivitiesMy teaching opportunities course sequence designed to teach the identification http://insects.tamu.edu/people/faculty/oswaldj.html
Extractions: Research Emphasis: The research conducted in my laboratory focuses on investigations of phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of insects belonging to the superorder Neuropteridaorders Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera. These insects are of economic interest because their larval stages are highly predaceous, and of evolutionary interest because they are among the most primitive of all holometabolous insects. My lab is also interested in the use of bioinformatics technology to support the systematics, collections and extension communities. Teaching and Research Activities: My teaching opportunities include instruction of the courses Insect Systematics and biology I (Ento 301) and Phylogeny and Classification of Insects (Ento 689). Insect Systematics and Biology I is the first semester of a two- semester, upper level undergraduate, course sequence designed to teach the identification, classification, and biologies of hexapod families. A collection requirement and numerous field trips provide students with opportunities to get to know insects as living organisms as well as pinned specimens. Phylogeny and Classification of Insects is a graduate course designed to explore our knowledge of the phylogeny of insects and how identified groups are arranged into classifications. Special attention is given to character systems that have figured prominently in the evolution, classification, and/or phylogenetic inference of major insect groups.
UNL Entomology - Master Beekeeping Certificate Requirements teach a beginning beekeeping class in your community gain approval for other serviceactivities not included Marion Ellis Department of entomology University of http://entomology.unl.edu/beekpg/requirements.htm
Extractions: Master Beekeeping Certificate Requirements: Attend the Midwest Master Beekeeping training program. While attending, complete the items on the practical skills checklist by demonstrating the listed skills to one of the trainers. You can also complete the practical skills checklist requirements after the workshop by demonstrating the required skills to an extension apiculture specialist, apiary inspector or master beekeeper. Complete the ten master beekeeping exercises and two exams that are included in your workbook. Return them to: Marion Ellis, Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska. The exercises and exams will be returned for you to incorporate suggestions. You must resubmit any exercises or exam questions that have major errors with correct responses. You are encouraged to seek the assistance of other beekeepers, librarians, extension specialists, and apiary inspectors to complete the exercises and review questions. Complete eight service units by participating in any eight of the activities listed for service credit. You can participate in the same activity two times and obtain service credits each time. You will benefit the most by participating in a variety of service activities. If you have a good photograph of one of your service activities, please include it with your service report. Please put a caption on the back of the picture that explains the nature of the activity you are performing. Send your instructor one pound of your honey in a queenline jar that is suitable for entry in a honey show. It should be below 18.5% moisture, free of debris, and have a good flavor (free of fermentation, bee repellent taste, smokey taste). Alternately you can send a 12 oz. box of comb honey, a comb honey section, or a container of creamed honey. Your instructor will keep and eat your sample. If your instructor agrees that you have produced and packaged a quality product, you will have completed your master beekeeping certificate requirements.
Delcomyn's Teaching Activities teaching and Related activities, I have taught a variety of subjects, from entomologyto evolution. my main teaching assignment was to teach an introductory http://www.life.uiuc.edu/delcomyn/Teaching.htm
Extractions: Classes I have taught a variety of subjects, from entomology to evolution. Most of my efforts, however, have been in the area of animal physiology, especially neurobiology. Until I recently took an administrative position, my main teaching assignment was to teach an introductory neurobiology course I developed. Topics Taught Animal Biology Entomology for Nonmajors Evolution and Population Genetics Insect Physiology Insect Behavior Introductory Neurobiology Physiological Basis of Behavior Recognized by inclusion in the University of Illinois "Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students." Textbook Because I was dissatisfied with the neurobiology texts that were available for beginning biology students, I set out in 1992 to write my own. The book, Foundations of Neurobiology, Dr. David Jensen of Tomball College and the skilled designers at Sumanas Multimedia Development Services, Sumanas Inc.
Internet Resources For IPM Curriculum plans that utilize insects to teach all kinds of Bugs) Website University of KentuckyEntomology Department This It includes activities and links to teaching http://www.pested.msu.edu/CommunitySchoolIpm/curriculumlinks.htm
Extractions: There are many great resources available to teachers and schools to learn more about pests, pesticides and IPM. There are also many curricular resources that can be used to supplement IPM activities in the classroom. For relevant links, choose a section from the following: IPM in Schools Resources The National School IPM website
News Releases: Natural Science Grant images and folk tales from across the state to teach earth sciences. Yarrow, forestresources; Tim Spira, biological sciences; Joe Culin, entomology; John Morse http://www.clemson.edu/agforestryresearch/news_scigrant.htm
Extractions: pkent@clemson.edu CURRENT NEWS NEWS ARCHIVES DATE: 7-11-02 CONTACT: Barbara Speziale, (864) 656-1550 bjspz@clemson.edu WRITER: Sandy Dees, (864) 656-4193 sdeesba@clemson.edu CLEMSON Imagine using virtual field trips, schoolyard gardens and high-tech "footlocker" science to teach middle-school students about the plants and animals that live around them and across the state, showing how all levels of life adapt to various geographic regions. This is the natural history class of the future that is being developed at Clemson University with support of a $1.8 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and partnerships across the state. This funding is part of $80 million in grants awarded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute this week to 44 research universities. The grants, which range from $1.2 million to $2.2 million each, all address the challenges of a rapidly changing and increasingly interdisciplinary undergraduate biology education. One of the challenges includes attracting students into the field.
Educational Activities/Programs Educational activities/Programs. Tours of the Bug House are conducted by Entomologystudents. of Linguistics Languages organize, promote, and teach a sixweek http://www.msu.edu/unit/vpga/partnerships/educ.htm
Extractions: Educational Activities/Programs Introduction Recreation and Arts Special or Annual Events Human/Social Services ... East Lansing Public Schools have over 350 volunteers/tutors in its K-12 system each year. Approximately 85-90% of those volunteers are students from Michigan State University. MSU Students have also worked as communications assistants and as English as a Second Language assistants. They work with students to improve reading, writing, and math skills as well as study and test-taking skills. A number of students are assigned to assist in East Lansing Schools through the MSU Service Learning Center. In 2002, the numbers of MSU students per school were: East Lansing High School 39 Hannah Center After School Program 43 Red Cedar School 23 Special Ed Tutoring - East Lansing High 1 Eastminster Child Development Center 1 Junior Achievement 2 MSU Spartan Village Child Development Center 3 St. Thomas Aquinas Childcare Center 1 DRM International Mentoring 8 Donnelly Elementary School needed to upgrade its playground equipment to meet the standards needed to fit current liability issues. An MSU faculty member volunteered his time to provide an evaluation of the playground equipment, so that the proper new equipment could be installed.
Green Mountain College Faculty, Dr. Michael Blust to use the backyard of the college to teach and study Department of entomology seminar. ACTIVITIESand SERVICE 19872001 - Board of Directors, Rutland County http://www.greenmtn.edu/faculty/blustm.asp
Extractions: (802)-287-8331 Fax:(802)-287-8099 "During the 13 years I have been teaching at Green Mountain College, the sciences have grown from a two person, service department, to a department with a Biology program and a significant role in the Environmental Studies. In the process, I have had the opportunity to teach a wide variety of courses. This is one of the reasons I chose to come to Green Mountain College. The ability to use the "backyard" of the college to teach and study birds and insects is one of the reasons I have chosen to stay. My interest in birds started when I was in elementary school. As a sophomore in college, a summer job investigating the effects of mosquito control on nesting birds in Barnegat Bay, NJ, stimulated my interest in insects. During my Masters program at the University of Delaware, I researched the life history and ecology of the dragonfly Stylogomphus albistylus. This was followed by a Ph.D. project working on insect/host plant interactions with a grasshopper species in Kansas.
Resources field and house crickets to teach skills of Insectrelated information sheets andactivities for teachers, 4 www.uky.edu/Agriculture/entomology/ythfacts/entyouth http://www.entfdn.org/Resources.html
Extractions: http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/citybugs Lesson plans based around the hornworm and teacher's guide-site to raising the hornworm. This site includes a webcam pointed at a developing hornworm 24-7 during the school year. Shots are archived every hour. http://manduca.entomology.wisc.edu Learn about using common field and house crickets to teach skills of observation and measurement. The unit also includes basic information on cricket biology and introduces students to the scientific literature.
H.O. Lund Entomology Club Home is our Outreach Program, where we teach the community Our professional activitiesinclude hosting invited seminar on behalf of the Department of entomology. http://www.uga.edu/entoclub/
Extractions: to the H. O. Lund Entomology Club Home Page. We are a service-oriented, student-governed club that is a part of the UGA Department of Entomology . Our club is open to anyone who is interested in insects and other arthropods. Although membership is largely made up of graduate student-oriented, all undergraduates, faculty, and staff are welcome. The Lund Club organizes many events and participates in many
Minibeast and spiders http//dent.edmonds.wednet.edu/IMD/entomology.html. The ABC Teachit! Insect web page provides links to information and activities about bees http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/minibeasts/minibeasts.htm
