Download - OBIS and EOL
![Page 1: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
NSTA SC-12:
Explore Local Biodiversity with
Encyclopedia of Life and OBIS
Tracy Barbaro
Erica Beck Spencer
Joanna Snyder
![Page 2: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
● Introductions
● Experience OBIS & EOL
○ Observations and Natural History
○ Winter Survival
○ Adaptations and Diversity
● BioBlitz & OBIS Activities
● Bring it together, next steps
Agenda
![Page 3: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
● In and out travel
● Staying warm outdoors
● We will take a break
● Mix and mingle
● Use your journal
● This is only the beginning
Considerations
![Page 4: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
● Who are we?
● Who are you?
○ Your name, your work
○ Where you are from
○ Personal goal from our day
● Handouts / Journal
Introductions
![Page 5: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Participants will:
● Be introduced to OBIS and EOL and the available
resources.
● Engage in OBIS activities and explore connections to the
EOL project/resource.
● Gain a better understanding of their target site and how
to explore it further during different seasons.
Short Course Goals
![Page 6: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
What tools and activities can we use to learn about local biodiversity?
How can EOL and OBIS help stimulate curiosity about the natural world?
Guiding Questions
![Page 7: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
NRC Framework:Scientific & Engineering
Practices
1. Asking Questions / Defining Problems
2. Developing and Using Models
3. Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
4. Analyzing and Interpreting Data
5. Using Math and Computational Thinking
6. Constructing explanations / Designing Solutions
7. Engaging in Argument
8. Evaluating and Communicating Information
![Page 8: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
What is the OBIS?● Outdoor Biology Instructional Strategies
● 97 Outdoor Activities
Originally designed in late 1970s
![Page 9: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
What is the OBIS?● Outdoor Biology Instructional Strategies
● 97 Outdoor Activities
Originally designed in late 1970s ...
● to explore ecology concepts
● in a local environment (typically urban)
● with kids ages 10-14
● using inexpensive (homemade) equipment
● for leaders with limited science or teaching experience
![Page 10: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Bugs, Worms and Others→ What can you observe about a population of organisms
that will give information about its natural history?
![Page 11: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
What is the Encyclopedia of Life?
● A free resource for information about life on Earth - plants,
animals, fungi, micro-organisms.
● Taxon Pages, ranging from kingdom all the way down to the
species level.
● Natural history information, data, multimedia.
● Tools and resources to support learning about biodiversity.
![Page 12: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Where does the information on EOL come from?
Species information on EOL comes from authoritative content partners, individuals scientists, citizen scientists, students and the general public.
..and many more
![Page 13: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
![Page 14: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
EOL Resources to Support “Bugs, Worms & Others”
![Page 15: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Animal Natural History Stories Collection
A collection is your own personalized
collection of species pages (or images)
that are interesting to you. You can add
notes and share your collection. Each
item links to an EOL taxon page.
Anyone can make a collection. You can
use the collection to make games, field
guides and species cards.
![Page 16: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Podcasts
Over 70 podcasts about species
with interesting natural history
stories.
Podcasts include scientist
interviews, multimedia and related
educational materials.
http://podcast.eol.org/podcast
![Page 17: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Animal Antifreeze→ What aspects of the environment provide protection
from the cold?
![Page 18: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
EOL Resources to Support “Animal Antifreeze”
![Page 19: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Surviving Winter EOL Collection
![Page 20: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Make Your Own Collection
![Page 21: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Surviving Winter EOL Memory Game
![Page 22: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Make Your Own EOL Memory Game
1.Locate the collection ID number ( i.e. eol.org/collections/9465)
2.Go to http://fieldguides.eol.org/memory/# and login.
3.Click on the “+” to add a new game. Enter the collection ID number. Choose if
you want to make the game public.
![Page 23: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
● Average child ages 8 – 18 spends 7.5 hours each day
using entertainment media. (Rideout et. al., 2011)
● While organized sports have dramatically increased
since 1960, so has childhood obesity.
● Average distance today’s parents let their children roam
from home is 100 feet
What the Research Says
![Page 24: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
⇧ engagement
⇧ attention
⇧ achievement
⇧ sense of belonging
⇧ personal connection
➔ stewardship
Richard Louv
![Page 25: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
● Lack of outdoor play + focus on negative =
Ecophobia
● Keep it positive and tangible
● Keep it local
David Sobel: Beyond Ecophobia
![Page 26: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
Science
The goal of scientific process is
the construction of theories
that provide explanatory
accounts of the material world.
Engineering
The goal of engineering design
is a systematic solution to
problems that is based on
scientific knowledge and
models of the material world.
NRC Framework:Scientific & Engineering Practices
Science vs. Engineering
![Page 27: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
NRC Framework:Scientific & Engineering
Practices
1. Asking Questions / Defining Problems
2. Developing and Using Models
3. Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
4. Analyzing and Interpreting Data
5. Using Math and Computational Thinking
6. Constructing explanations / Designing Solutions
7. Engaging in Argument
8. Evaluating and Communicating Information
![Page 28: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
NRC Framework:Scientific & Engineering Practices
Practices vs. Inquiry
Ready, Set, Science! Putting research into work in K-8 classroom (Michaels, 2008)
Science practice refers to:
● doing something repeatedly in order to become proficient (practicing the trumpet).
● learning something so thoroughly that it becomes second nature (practicing thrift).
● using one’s knowledge to meet an objective(practicing law or practicing teaching).
![Page 29: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
Invent an Animal → What features of camouflage best help animals blend
into a habitat?
![Page 30: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
EOL Resources to Support
“Invent an Animal”
![Page 31: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
Species Videos
An Octopus changing its appearance, color and body structure (Video)
A Pygmy Seahorse as it blends in with its coral host (Video)
A cuttlefish hides among rock reefs and seaweed (Video)
A canyon treefrog in the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona, USA. (Video)
![Page 32: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
Creating Species Cards and Field Guides
Create species fact cards or field guides from any EOL Collection, by using the collection url (i.e)
http://eol.org/collections/113361
Create cards at:
www.education.eol.org/cards
Create field guides at:
www.inaturalist.org/guides
![Page 33: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
A BioBlitz - or species inventory - is a fun activity that brings together non-scientists with scientists to help create a list of species for a specific location. A typical BioBlitz takes place over 24 hours, but they can also be organized as shorter or longer term events. Some last a few hours and some last a week or more.
BioBlitz Resources
EOL can support your BioBlitz in a number of ways:
- Use EOL to learn more about species you may find.
- Create a collection/checklist of local species on EOL, share the
link with others.
- Create species cards, a field guide or a game to support
learning during or after the BioBlitz event.
![Page 34: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
Terrestrial
● Bean Bugs
● Out of Control
● Shake It!
● Sticklers
The Old White Sheet Trick
OBIS: Exploring Biodiversity
Aquatic
● Habitats of the Pond
● How Many Organisms Live
Here?
● Water Holes to Mini-Ponds
BioBlitz
● Animal Diversity
● Animals in the Grassland
● Plant Hunt
![Page 35: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
OBIS Online
![Page 36: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
OBIS Activity Search by…
Activity Type
- Experiments (12)
- Collections (27)
Content
- Animal Behavior (25)
- Biodiversity
- Field Study (29)
- Plants (25)
Study Sites
- Backyard (46)
- Deserts (9)
- Neighborhood Woods (46)
- Schoolyard
![Page 37: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
![Page 38: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
![Page 39: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
![Page 40: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/40.jpg)
OBIS Revision
● Considering the needs of modern educators and kids
● Current research (pedagogy, standards, behavior)
OBIS will still ...
● explore ecology concepts in a local environments
● with kids ages 10-14 (with younger options)
● use inexpensive equipment (some still homemade)
● for all sorts of educators (informal and classroom).
![Page 41: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/41.jpg)
EOL Next Steps
• Improving accessibility of using the EOL website
• Adding data that can be downloaded
• Testing tools with educational groups both in and out of
the classroom.
![Page 42: OBIS and EOL](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042511/55ab060b1a28abba118b46df/html5/thumbnails/42.jpg)
What tools and activities can we use to learn about local biodiversity?
How can EOL and OBIS help stimulate curiosity about the natural world?
Revisit the Guiding Questions