Dessert with Discussion: A Global Conservation Icon under Climate Change Monday, October 10, 2016 in the Kellogg Biological Station Auditorium Join us in welcoming back Dessert with Discussion (DwD) speaker Jack (Jianguo) Liu, ... Read More
Osprey chicks banded at Lux Arbor Reserve
The State of Michigan Department of Natural Resource's (DNR) first osprey (Pandion haliaetus) banding in Southwest Michigan took place on Monday, June 27 at Lux Arbor Reserve, a KBS research property. A team of Wildlife Biologists from the ... Read More
Invasion! The KBS K-12 Partnership 2016 Summer Institute
Thank you to everyone who attended and presented for the KBS K-12 Partnership Summer Institute August 17-19, 2016. Agenda - Summer Institute 2016 Participant List - Summer Institute 2016 Day 1: Wednesday, August 17 ... Read More
Undergraduate researchers learn about sustainable biofuels
The tier-one research at MSU’s Kellogg Biological Station includes projects spanning from prairie restoration to the evolution of phytoplankton resulting from climate change. Undergraduates from universities all over the country are ... Read More
Outdoor lessons for K-12 students
Spring has sprung! It is the perfect time to take your students outside to see the plants and animals around them. This week we highlight three outdoor lessons perfect for spring. Take students on a field trip to do a forest walk This ... Read More
Summer 2016 opportunities for teachers
KBS-based Opportunities: Professional Development Teaching Science Outdoors, apply by May 27 K-12 Partnership Summer Institute, Aug. 17-19 Research Experience for Teachers (MSU-based) Adaptation and Freezing Tolerance in ... Read More
Jen Lau publishes on the effects of fertilizer
KBS Assistant Professor Dr. Jen Lau recently published research from a study she co-authored with Dr. Katy Heath and Christie Klinger of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The research was conducted at KBS's Long-Term Ecological ... Read More
Land use lesson
Human activities have significantly altered the biosphere, sometimes damaging or destroying natural habitats and causing the extinction of other species. But changes to Earth’s environments can have different impacts (negative and positive) ... Read More
Get outside! Explore solutions to land use change and ecosystem services
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
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