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Presentations |
Redtwig Dogwood |
A comic strip of Redtwig Dogwood |
2010-11-29 |
Gangstafinders |
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News articles, Videos: Species |
NYTimes Video about Lionfish invading the Florida keys, Caribbean |
This is a video about the expanding range and impact of lionfish, an invasive, poisonous, rapidly-reproducing fish in the Florida Keys and Caribbean. The footage follows a team of citizens competing in a tournament to catch lionfish. Tournaments like these are being used in an attempt to control the invasive fish and protect the native marine species that the lionfish are threatening. |
2010-11-24 |
gbh |
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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
1. |
2012-10-08 |
glendonrand |
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Presentations |
Field Investigation Comic |
This was a comic that I put together with the pictures that we didn't use from our investigation at the lilly pond. I thought this might be a great way for kids to express their trips in another format. |
2010-10-05 |
gmeader01 |
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Blog entries |
Watch Out, It's Vital Signs Time! |
What to say about Vital Signs? It's been a great experience both as a teacher and as a learner. My students showed an amazing amount of growth between the first and second investigations. While part of it was painful (it turns out that almost none of them actually took notes outside the first time), they learned a very valuable lesson and did much better the second time around. It took me longer than I had originally anticipated, but then again what new ideas/programs ever take up the exact amount of time we originally think. |
2010-12-13 |
gmeader01 |
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Videos: Scientists |
Invasives across Maine: Curtis Bohlen, Casco Bay Estuary Partnership |
Curtis Bohlen, wetland ecologist and Director of the Casco Bay Estuary Partnership, talks about the plants and animals of concern in Maine's coastal, freshwater, and upland habitats. He impresses on the Vital Signs community the importance of tracking these species so we know what's new, what to worry about, how to intervene, and how to minimize impact. He awaits your observations. "We'll find them useful." |
2009-11-10 |
gmri |
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Science Notebooks |
Are there invasive species way up here in Northern Maine? |
Here is the Science Notebook I kept while investigating a potential stand of giant hogweed in Van Buren, Maine. |
2010-08-03 |
gmri |
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Science Notebooks |
Is this a field full of purple loosestrife in Grand Isle? |
Here is the Science Notebook I kept while investigating a potential purple loosestrife invasion in Grand Isle, Maine. |
2010-08-03 |
gmri |
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Posters |
"Superstar" art! |
Calling all artists! Vital Signs species expert "Superstar" is a scientist by day and artist by night. Check out his recent painting of a brittle star. It's quite super.
While this painting is for inspiration, he promises more detailed and technical paintings for ID purposes in the future. Check it out, and tell our Superstar what you think of his hidden talent! |
2011-01-24 |
gmri |
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Posters |
An expert's sketch book |
Vital Signs species expert "razorbill" always keeps a sketch book around when he's out in the field. Here's a peek at what this scientist-artist was carefully observing while doing seabird colony research with Maine Audubon.
Check out his art, and let him know what you think. Better yet, post your own sketches of what you see while out looking for species! |
2011-01-24 |
gmri |
