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A Bit of Weather

There may be a bit of wind and rain in the background of this week’s videos, autumn has started stormy this year.  This is the perfect backdrop for our biosphere guide with its emphasis on climate.  Thank-you for a terrific start to the term, it has been amazingly smooth and that is in large part to people’s motivation and enthusiasm.  This guide adds the final component before field work, assembling a field kit that links planning with data collection.

Lesley

Behind-the-Scenes

You can build your own “cloud collection” for your final portfolio.

Your final portfolio can include plans to visit natural wonders of the world, including the biodiversity, ecological interactions, and conservation biology impacts you may observe.

Here are the basics for assembling your own biosphere.

The shrimp were out and about within a few minutes.

If we can’t collect it from our yard, it often comes in the mail like these air plants.  

Sometimes the trunk of our "all-terrain" Ford Focus is one big pile of field gear.

Expanded Field Kit

Sometimes the trunk of our “all-terrain” Ford Focus is one big pile of field gear.
Another species of jumping spider has joined a video shoot. We have seen at least four species in the garden this week.

Spiders Everwhere

Another species of jumping spider has joined a video shoot. We have seen at least four species in the garden this week.

Recommended Books

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Clever cartoons highlight science discovery.

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A contemporary form of collecting; taking photos instead of removing from a habitat.

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An in-depth & interesting look at the building blocks of life.

Build a Library

Whether its digital or print, collect resources that assist in exploring, describing, and explaining the natural world.
 

Biosphere Product Page

Complete this guide’s products before advancing on to the next guide

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