We have been hard at work developing a lesson about how the SW Michigan landscape (specifically the area around KBS) has changed over the past two centuries. We envision this land use history lesson as the core of a flexible module for ... Read More
KBS presenting at the Michigan Science Teachers Association Conference
A room full of elementary teachers joined educators Renee Bayer and Kara Haas on March 4th for a 1 hour and 45 minute session at the Michigan Science Teachers Association Conference in Lansing, MI. Kara and Renee collaborate on the ... Read More
Announcing the KBS K-12 Partnership spring 2016 workshop
Please join us for the KBS K-12 Partnership Spring Workshop on April 14, 2016 from 8am-4pm. Preparing Tomorrow's Scientists: Technology in the Classroom 2016Agenda_K-12PartnershipSpringWorkshop_FINAL Thanks to the 39 ... Read More
Animal behavior lessons for spring
Spring is fast approaching, and with the warming temperatures many animals will soon be out and about searching for food and mates. With this in mind, this week we are featuring three lessons covering the topic of animal ... Read More
Happy birthday, Darwin! Lessons to celebrate
February 12 is Charles Darwin’s birthday. We wanted to highlight just a few of the many resources available for anyone who might want to use this opportunity to discuss Darwin’s work on evolution and natural selection. We’ve created many ... Read More
Fitzpatrick publishes in Evolutionary Applications
We congratulate Dr. Sarah Fitzpatrick, a postdoctoral research associate at KBS, on the publication of her research on genetic rescue in Guppies in Trinidad in Evolutionary Applications. Fitzpatrick collaborated on the publication with ... Read More
May 3, 2016, Dessert with Discussion
Dessert with Discussion: Historical and projected future climate in Michigan and the Great Lakes Region Tuesday, May 3, 2016 in the Kellogg Biological Station Auditorium Join us for another fascinating Dessert with Discussion, ... Read More
Meet the K-12 Partnership Fellows
Fellow Educators, Take yourself back to the distant past, to the 2012-2013 academic year. The year that the Summer Institute was a glorious week long, and the Spring Workshop had an early 2000’s rap theme (“99 Problems But A Root Ain’t ... Read More
Winter-friendly K-12 lesson plans
This week we are highlighting three winter friendly lesson plans. If you would like to have a fellow come to your class to help with these lessons (or any of the other lesson plans found in our interactive table) please send a ... Read More
Dr. Steph Januchowski-Hartley’s REU experience
It was an early spring morning in the early 2000s. Back then I was a Natural Resource Management undergraduate at Grand Valley State University, and I was interested in finding opportunities to gain research experience and get paid! I had ... Read More
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