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Blog entries |
Vital Signs is mobile! |
Vital Signs is going mobile. Thanks to the new iOS, you can upload data directly from your mobile devices! |
2012-11-05 |
sniffly salamander |
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Blog entries, Podcasts, Presentations, News articles, Videos: How-to |
What's In Your Backyard? |
Students will investigate the species found on their school campus. Field studies will begin in September and continue throughout the year as the seasons change. Students will write blog entries, document observations with photos and videos, record audio podcasts, post slide show presentations, and link to news articles. The project timeline is as follows:
SEPTEMBER
1. Selection of quadrat
2. Register on Vital Signs website
3. List of producers and consumers, diagram food chains and food webs
4. Describe seed dispersal mechanisms and chance of survival
OCTOBER
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2012-10-08 |
glendonrand |
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Blog entries |
Invading Our News: Invasive Species News Blog, Update 3 |
Here is the final installment in our news blog. I hope that you have enjoyed these short blurbs about invasive species in our news. |
2012-07-03 |
Mainer95 |
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Blog entries |
Meet the Vital Signs Summer Interns |
Ruthie Hawley and Jeffrey Rubel are both interns this summer at Vital Signs. They have been working very hard since they have arrived, but they managed to set aside a few minutes to introduce themselves to you. |
2012-07-02 |
Mainer95 |
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Blog entries |
Invading Our News: Invasive Species News Blog, Update 2 |
Here we are again. We week later, but the invasive species are still here. |
2012-06-29 |
Mainer95 |
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Blog entries |
Invasive Species Video Blog Episode 2 "Japanese knotweed" is ready for view! |
Greetings from the coast of Maine! This week I went searching with my wonderful cousin, Amelia, for Japanese knotweed. We did not have to go far from her home in Brunswick to find this aggressive plant. We found huge bushes right behind the local Dairy Frost. If there are any students in the Brunswick/Topsham area looking for an excuse to go get some ice cream, just tell your parents it will be an educational trip where you can go see an important invasive species! You could even do a Vital Signs field study why you enjoy some peanut butter soft serve (my personal favorite from there). |
2012-06-28 |
rchawley |
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Blog entries |
Invading Our News: Invasive Species News Blog, Update 1 |
We all know of the invasive species in and around Maine – rock snot, purple loosestrife, and emerald ash borer, just to name a few. But, these species don’t only invade our state; many of them are found all around the US. For the next three weeks, we will share with you some news blurbs about how the government (state and federal) and different organizations are addressing these species. Maybe you’ll get inspired to write to your representative or create an event modeled after one of these. |
2012-06-22 |
Mainer95 |
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Blog entries |
GMRI MSSM SERC acronyms galore add up to good times! |
I had the chance to go catch up with students from the Maine School of Science and Mathematics for a weekend of learning and sharing about research careers here in Maine. The students left the potato fields of Limestone, and I left the bustling metropolis of Portland, and we met up at the Schoodic Education Research Institute along with scientists from the National Park Service, MDIBL, Jackson Labs, and GMRI. Katie Wurtzell (of Team Gastropoda fame), Graham Sherwood, and I (aka SuperStar) were the researchers representing GMRI and sharing their work with the students. |
2012-04-18 |
SuperStar |
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Blog entries |
Belgrade Workshop Video Blog |
A video sharing what we did on November 5, 2011 at the Maine Lakes Resource Center. Find the great blog post that describes the workshop here: http://vitalsignsme.org/blog/belgrade-workshop |
2011-11-17 |
sniffly salamander |
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Blog entries, Podcasts |
GMRI Summer Institute for Educators |
Check out what we did! |
2011-08-29 |
gmri |
