FT 8: Where in the World?: A Mystery Field Trip across the USA

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Pacific

Session Organizer(s)

Dustin Angell

Education, Archbold Biological Station
Venus, FL, USA

Volunteer(s)

Brianne Palmer

Plant Science, University of California, Davis
San Diego, California, United States

Session Co-organizers: Hilary Swain, Archbold Biological Station, Venus, FL, Beth Norman, Lacawac Sanctuary, John W. Wenzel, Powdermill Nature Reserve, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Rector, PA, Angelica Patterson, Black Rock Forest Consortium, Cornwall, NY, Itchung S Cheung, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, Newport, OR, Claudia Luke, Center For Environmental Inquiry, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
Trip Itinerary: Visitors will visit six field stations from around the USA. At each one, they will watch a video and meet a researcher.
Field sites include:
Archbold Biological Station, Florida.
Lacawac Sanctuary Field Station and Environmental Education Center, Pennsylvania.
Powdermill Nature Reserve at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pennyslvania
Black Rock Forest, New York
Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon
CSU Sonoma State Preserves, California

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n this mystery field trip, viewers will visit multiple locations across the USA and meet researchers from several biological field stations. In the spring of 2020, members of the Organization of Biological Field Stations (OBFS) came together to form The Virtual Field (www.thevirtualfield.org), a collaborative online platform for field stations, marine labs, and universities to engage undergraduate students through both pre-recorded and live virtual events. In this presentation, we will highlight the group’s ‘Ecosystem Exploration’ videos and engage participants with challenges to evaluate the locations and habitats they see. Viewers will also have the chance to directly ask questions of the participating researchers.