Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Summer, 1999

BIODIVERSITY

I joined with 36 other biology teachers from all over the United States at Princeton University to study the topic of biodiversity.  In addition we worked on laboratory materials, design of web pages, listened to lectures and took field trips to resources in the Princeton area.  This will be the theme of much of what we do in biology this year.  Below is a short picture book showing "what I did during my summer vacation."

Our day usually started at 8:00 and went through the evening.  We had time for lectures and discussion as well as labs. We took several trips to the American Museum of Natural History in New York where we viewed the special exhibits on biodiversity and epidemics.

Group Photo at American Museum of Natural History, N.Y.
(Where's  Waldo?)

We also did field work at lakes and woodsy areas near the campus.  We brought back samples for later use in the lab. and spent time classifying some of the diversity of life.  These organisms were the basis of many of the lab activities to follow.
 
 

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Sample of water from Mercer Lake
(Not for human consumption.)

Another field trip which showed biodiversity was the New York Wildlife Conservation Society (formerly the Bronx Zoo) and the New York Botanical Gardens.  The zoo had a special exhibit called Congo which brought you face-to-face with Lowland Gorillas.

"You got a problem?"

talks about reasearch and the importance of biodiversity  ...

                                               in a beautiful setting ...

Back in the lab we conducted experiments and explained our work to others.

Hopefully all of us now know a little more about the important topic of  biodiversisty.
 
 

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