BioBlitz
Academy of Science – St. Louis BioBlitz
Due to COVID 19, the official BioBlitz will “pause” for spring 2021.
….in the meantime…
St. Louis City Nature Challenge 2021|
April 30th – May 3rd!
The greater St. Louis region will be competing in the 2021 City Nature Challenge – a global competition taking place in hundreds of cities and metropolitan regions around the world! Get outside during these 4 days! Whether in your backyard, local park or favorite nature spot anywhere in the St. Louis metropolitian region, take photos or sounds of animals, plants using the free iNaturalist app.
If you consider yourself skilled at species ID, The St. Louis City Nature Challenge needs you! During this window of time, help turn casual observations into research-grade data from the comfort of your own computer. Contact Allison Brown (abrown (at) mobot.org) at the Missouri Botanical Garden for details!
Consider a “backyard” BioBlitz while we wait for the official BioBlitz to return!
Click Here for ideas from iNaturalist!
Click here for Shutterbee to practice photographing bees!
Click here for connecting kids to nature at Cornell University (home of the bird project!)
Click here for the Cornell Feeder Watch!
Click here for STL Audubon Society Bird Checklist!
Click here to order seedlings of native trees from Missouri Department of Conservation!
CITIZEN SCIENCE at its BEST!
Here’s your chance to learn about everything from butterflies to birds, crickets to katydids! Study the biodiversity in your own backyard! Go to iNaturalist to learn more!
CELL PHONES FOR SCIENCE!
BioBlitz data is recorded into iNaturalist.
Upload the APP! Click here for helpful iNaturalist tutorial videos!
Teacher Tip! Click here for iNaturalist teachers guide!
Great Family Adventure!
Everyone is welcome to join in this Citizen Science project. No experience necessary!
Go to iNaturalist to learn more!
Families Welcome!
Explore!
Explore the biodiversity in your own backyard!
Nematocampa resistaria
Photo Credit: Robert Marquis, Ph.D.
Discover!
From the Academy of Science – St. Louis BioBlitz at Emmeneger Park:
“…the Nematocampa resistaria, the so-called horned span worm. I have seen it just once previously on Missoui oaks, my primary focus. As you can see from the photo, it is quite distinctive, with four dorsal filaments, that can extend out and then be drawn in, depending on how much you pester it. We have looked at literally 10’s of thousands of caterpillars since 1993, and this is the first that we have seen since then.”
-Robert Marquis, Ph.D.
TEACHERS!
Would you like information on leading a BioBlitz at your school?
Click here for BioBlitz A Guide For Teachers!
Due to Covid 19, BioBlitz will “pause” for Spring 2021
“This was an amazing opportunity; these hands-on activities inspired a level of
student engagement that I have never experienced before”
-6th grade teacher
Led by the Academy of Science – St. Louis, partners include:
(Click on logos to link)
BioBlitz questions – contact Peggy James Nacke
314-533-8291 or peggyn@academyofsciencestl.org