Back at BIO, Spring 2015

BIO Has Set Up Their Malaise Trap!

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Hello All,

We’ve had some lovely weather here in Guelph, ON over the past week and we thought that this would be a good time to set up our Malaise trap  here at BIO which we use for spring/summer/fall educational programming!

Malaise Trap at BIO (April, 2015)
Malaise Trap at BIO (April, 2015)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can already see that the attached ethanol bottle (see the dark and cloudy areas) has collected a few insects (mostly flies).

However, there are more than just flies out there! Over the weekend, one of our E&O team members spotted a Leaf-footed bug on her balcony.

Leaf-footed bug (Family Coreidae)
Leaf-footed bug (Family Coreidae)

Reminder: Trap deployment is Monday, April 20th. Now would be a great time to finalize the location of your Malaise Trap. You may also wish to set up your Malaise trap on Friday, April 17th so that come Monday morning, all you will have to do is screw in the week 1 ethanol bottle and make trap observations.

We look forward to seeing what you collect!

Spring 2015

Monarch Park Collegiate

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Thank you for the opportunity to participate in a study that explores various types of insects and their DNA. As of today, we walked around the school looking for an appropriate location to set up our trap. We walked around the school grounds in search of a place that would be private, undisturbed and that would allow the maximum amount of insects to come to be collected. There were various locations that would fit under our qualifications, but we thought that in the end our library’s courtyard would be the best choice.

– Class Bloggers: Naziha U. and Scarlett C., Monarch Park Collegiate, Toronto.

location of trap class photo

 

For those of you wanting to know where we are located a Google Maps link is below:

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Monarch+Park+Collegiate+Institute/@43.679077,-79.323306,12z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89d4cc70885ba77f:0x5fcd576d80edaf1c

Spring 2015

My Students are Really Excited!

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I teach grade 5 in Saskatchewan and below you will find how I am integrating this project with our curriculum. My students will be blogging each day, among other forms of communication to share our experience.  Today we talked about the various student roles in our scenario. Students chose their role today and we will begin the adventure tomorrow!

ben Sydney

Bringing Biodiversity to Canada's Schoolyards