Space for Species
Apr 29, 2002
This is very cool. It is a joint project of the Canadian Space Agency, the Canadian Wildlife Federation, the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, and the Canadian Wildlife Service. The idea of Space for Species is to allow students to cooperate online with researchers tracking migratory patterns. As the site says, "You will create migration maps, record climatological and habitat data, and CRLFkeep your own field notes as part of a tracking journal, science project, or even a recovery plan. You can explore the role of scientific inquiry in conservation, get acquainted Bob Thirsk, and an array of other experts, and CRLFlearn about careers in the field where space and species meet." What attracts me about this site is that it takes students from the realm of dry classroom instruction and allows them to do real research on a real - and cutting edge - project. Viewers will note that this is not a simple site - it is not "Biology made EZ." I don't think that this will be a problem, though.
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