{"id":2236,"date":"2010-05-26T10:13:55","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T16:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=2236"},"modified":"2010-05-26T10:19:35","modified_gmt":"2010-05-26T16:19:35","slug":"earthworms-across-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=2236","title":{"rendered":"Earthworms Across Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Looking for\u00a0a new\u00a0outdoor<\/a> ecology\u00a0investigation to conduct\u00a0with your students?\u00a0 … something that will\u00a0require them to get\u00a0their hands dirty?\u00a0\u00a0… and aid\u00a0in their learning<\/a>\u00a0and appreaciation for our native fauna?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then look no further than the new citizens science project, Earthworms Across Kansas<\/strong><\/a> organized by Dr. Bruce Snyder at Kansas State University.\u00a0 As stated\u00a0on their website and in an\u00a0introductory letter I recieved a few weeks ago…<\/p>\n

Earthworms Across Kansas is a free program that engages middle and high school students throughout the state in answering some basic, yet unanswered questions about Kansas earthworms, such as “Which species are here?” and “What are the ranges of these species?”<\/em><\/p>\n

The project aims to educate Kansas’ middle and high school students about earthworm biology and invasive species issues by engaging them as citizen scientists.\u00a0 One-third of the approximately 170 species of earthworms known to reside in the United States have arrived here from another continent.\u00a0 We expect that most every earthworm your students collect will be an exotic species.<\/em><\/p>\n

We are currently recruiting teachers to participate (online registration form<\/a>), although\u00a0only until we run out of kits<\/a>.\u00a0 Once registered, you can prepare for your participation<\/a> by viewing curricula and lesson plans<\/a> associated with earthworm biology that will be posted online through May.\u00a0 In July or August your kit will be mailed, and your students can\u00a0complete their collecting<\/a> anytime during the\u00a02010-2011 academic year.\u00a0\u00a0The data\u00a0from across the state will be uploaded\u00a0on their interactive google map<\/a>, and thus\u00a0facilitate your students answering the basic questions\u00a0posed by the project.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you’d like more information\u00a0about\u00a0the program before registering\u00a0certainly visit their website<\/a>, and if you have further questions, please email\u00a0the project\u00a0at earthworm@k-state.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I haven’t read through the protocols for this project yet but thought you may\u00a0interested in\u00a0learning from the\u00a0active worm collectors and the research associated with their methods.\u00a0 Check out\u00a0Worm Grunting, Fiddling, and Charming\u2014Humans Unknowingly Mimic a Predator to Harvest Bait<\/a> published in PLOS.\u00a0\u00a0Besides the article there are a number of interesting quicktime video links\u00a0demonstrating the research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking for\u00a0a new\u00a0outdoor ecology\u00a0investigation to conduct\u00a0with your students?\u00a0 … something that will\u00a0require them to get\u00a0their hands dirty?\u00a0\u00a0… and aid\u00a0in their learning\u00a0and appreaciation for our native fauna?\u00a0 Then look no further than the new citizens science project, Earthworms Across Kansas organized by Dr. Bruce Snyder at Kansas State University.\u00a0 As stated\u00a0on their website and in an\u00a0introductory
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