Module 10 Future
Resources
Additional activities, a behind-the-scenes gallery, recommended books, and more.
About this Guide
Home Stretch
I hope everyone is hanging in there, we are in our final week of course content and it has been a wild ride! I can’t remember working this hard and having so much fun at the same time. We are going to have to count up the number of videos, photos, web pages, and road miles. I have learned a lot and hope you have too, and that this is just the start of our animal adventures.
Lesley
Additional Activities
Rehabilitation Centers
Most regions have a variety of wildlife centers that specialize in avian, mammalian, or even reptilian care. Some supplement donations with public viewing and educational outreach activities. See if you have any of these facilities nearby, it may be the closest you can get to elusive species.
Lights, Camera…
If you are thinking of photographing specimens, organisms, and other small items, it may be worth investing in a photo tent and lights. Being able to control lighting, shadows, and reflections makes a noticeable impact on quality. If it’s not possible to set up a mini studio, many tents, reflectors, and lights collapse for storage or transport. If you are doing a lot of close-up wildlife photography, a reflector may be almost as valuable as a tripod.
Close Up
An inexpensive microscope that magnifies up to 100x can reveal amazing details of all types of organisms. This is a dog tick at 40x, no stain added. Even the “pests” are exciting the first time you see them up close and personal.
Vector Friends
In the summer when it gets over 100 degrees Fahrenheit outdoors for two or more consecutive days, the flea populations explode in the Willamette Valley. Since the cats have a kennel, its possible for them to be exposed to fleas from animals that get to close to the fencing. Uschi is “putting up with” flea combing, the best chance of getting a flea population under control.
Behind-the-Scenes
Panda-modium
It’s probably not a big surprise at this point, but we have a “few” panda items. Including panda costumes, stuffed animals, and plenty of books.
Stranger than Fiction
Some of the science fiction comics, books, and movies we grew up with are becoming reality. Resurrecting mammoths? That would be science fiction coming to life.
HumanBio
We have been having so much fun with this animals course, we’re looking forward to working on HumanBio.org, the next course in the series.
Still Watching for Whales
We finally spotted a few at Yaquina Head Lighthouse. The counts have been good this year, we just kept missing the show.
This is a stock image from our photo subscription, sometimes you have to fake it to make it.
This is the raptor center introduction we decided not to use :).
Getting Full
We had no idea how many specimens, books, and animals would make their way into the cargo container while developing this course.
Seed Dreams
Winter is the perfect time for garden planning. The variety of true-breeding seeds is greater than ever: grown all over the world and sold online and local nurseries. It is possible to plant host plants for a variety of beneficial insects.
Outdoors, Indoors
Winter months in Oregon can be overcast and rainy for days, even weeks, at a time. We set up garden displays to boost moods, and they get plenty of visitors who miss the outdoors.
Wishing you many science adventures into the future.
Recommended Books
A runaway bestseller for a reason: well-written and compelling.
An opportunity to see species that are likely to go extinct.
