Celebrate ‚International Women and Girls in Science Day‘ with hands-on activities and experiments during this FREE program open to everyone. In 2015, the United Nations selected Feb. 11 as ‚International Women and Girls in Science Day‘ in order to encourage more female participation in science. Joi
Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo– Take part in an interactive activity and learn more
Exhibit Press Kit Press Release Exhibit Webpage Science Up Close, a dynamic exhibition series, showcases the Florida Museum of Natural History’s research and collections in a whole new way. Take a look behind the scenes, interact with scientists while they work and explore some of the Museum’s
installment, Incredible Insects, encounter insect specimens and fossils, a live bug zoo
Personnel From The Past – Where Are They Now? Contact us to update info on previous Ichthyology and Florida Program for Shark Research staff and students. We’d like to keep up with what you all are doing now! Auffenberg, Kurt – Operations Coordinator, Florida Museum of Natural History (retired
of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University Sailer, Jeff – Director, Toledo Zoo
Now that you watched Dave Blackburn’s video on how to use the iNaturalist app, why not go try it out and join thousands of people in the City Nature Challenge 2020? Didn’t watch the video? Here you go: Ready to hop onto the iNaturalist app? Okay, NOW that you’ve learned how to use the app
This year the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo and UF/IFAS Extension partnered to register
The City Nature Challenge began as a friendly competition between two California museums in 2016 and has grown into an international celebration of biodiversity and community science. A few years ago, we joined several local partners to host a local CNC for Alachua County and invite our commu
Gainesville Parks, Recreation & Cultural Affairs Department and Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo
Wow! What a day! In just 5 hours, we were able to welcome 1,300 visitors at this year’s Girls Do Science event! The day was filled with engaging hands-on activities, from guessing games and drawing to exploring scientific tools and dressing up as scientists. This incredible achievement was made poss
Association for Women Geoscientists – Florida Chapter Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo
During the 1800s, the world was going through transformations steered by war, invention, scientific innovation and the discovery of new land. The time period saw the collapse of some empires and the rise of others, from the British and Japanese to the booming United States of America. The Industrial
intentionally released to control a pest species, and accidental introduction through the zoo
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Science lovers are invited to attend the free Girls Do Science event at the Florida Museum of Natural History on Saturday, Feb. 8, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hosted in celebration of the United Nations’ declaration of Feb. 11 as International Women and Girls in Science Day, the mu
representing an assortment of science organizations like the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo
Passenger Pigeons were one of the most abundant birds in the world, with total numbers estimated at 3-5 billion. Hunting and loss of their forest breeding sites caused sharp population declines by the late 19th century. The last surviving pigeon died in captivity in 1914. Summary Passenger Pigeo
last Passenger Pigeon was the famous “Martha” who died in 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo
Our fall 2021 Museum in the Parks explorations were some of our most exciting! We brought Museum specimens and live insects out to several local parks to talk about our natural world and how researchers used scientific collections as well as natural spaces to learn about the past and present, as wel
Bluff At Bolen Bluff Trail on Oct. 12 we were treated to an arthropod petting zoo
