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
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
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