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Clea Hooper – Teaching Science, 2023
When most people think "King Island," they think of a place synonymous with premium Australian dairy products. But hidden away from the lush, green pastures of grazing cows is an island teeming with invertebrate and plant species. You could probably eat some of those too, but that wasn't the intent of the Bush Blitzers who set off to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agriculture, Biology, Biodiversity
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Kristin Persson; Maria Andrée; Cecilia Caiman – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2024
Fieldwork in ecology education does things. By employing Donna Haraway's concept "becoming-with companion species" and Cathrine Hasse's "emotional collectives" to explore fieldwork practice on a bog in Sweden, a piece of the doings will be told. The aim of this study is to explore how ecology fieldwork affords emotional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Student Attitudes
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Matthews, Catherine E.; Huffling, Lacey D.; Benavides, Aerin – American Biology Teacher, 2014
We describe a field-based lizard project we did with high school students as a part of our summer Herpetological Research Experiences. We describe data collection on lizards captured, identified, and marked as a part of our mark-recapture study. We also describe other lizard projects that are ongoing in the United States and provide resources for…
Descriptors: Science Projects, Animals, High School Students, Field Studies