Chicago Academy Of Sciences

CONNECTING COMMUNITIES WITH NATURE OUTREACH, EDUCATION, & CAPACITY BUILDIN

PARTNERSHIP FOR OUTREACH, EDUCATION, & CAPACITY BUILDING IN INTERNATIONAL C

CONNECTING COMMUNITIES WITH NATURE OUTREACH EDUCATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION INITIATIVES

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

PARTNERSHIP FOR URBAN MONARCH CONSERVATION AND NATURE EDUCATION

DIGITIZATION PEN: AUGMENTING THE TEMPORAL AND GEOGRAPHIC RANGE OF INVERTEBASE THROUGH ADDITIONAL COLLABORATION OF THE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

THE PEGGY NOTEBAERT NATURE MUSEUM WILL DIGITIZE ITS HERBARIUM, A COLLECTION OF 22,000 BOTANIC SPECIMENS. AN ESTIMATED 60% OF THE HERBARIUM WAS COLLECTED PRIOR TO 1900, DOCUMENTING MIDWESTERN LANDSCAPES PRIOR TO THE URBAN AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT THAT DESTROYED MUCH OF THE REGION?S NATURAL FLORA. CURRENTLY, THE HERBARIUM IS LARGELY INACCESSIBLE ONLINE AND THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT BACKLOG OF UNPROCESSED SPECIMENS. THE PROJECT WILL CATALOG, CLEAN, AND MIGRATE SPECIMEN DATA INTO AN ONLINE COLLECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. THE OPEN DIGITAL ACCESS TO THIS HISTORIC COLLECTION WILL PROVIDE THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY WITH DATA AND SPECIMENS TO BE USED IN RESEARCH. THE MUSEUM ALSO WILL USE PROJECT CONTENT TO DEVELOP SPECIMEN-BASED EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA AND ONLINE RESOURCES FOR USE IN ITS EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

THIS AGREEMENT IS FOR PROJECTS TO PROMOTE MIGRATORY SPECIES EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION.

PROTECTING OUR FOREST ECOSYSTEMS: A CURRICULUM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL