Not a pest issue (unless pest species are being reared). Sorry about the late announcement. Please contact me if you have any questions about the meeting.
The New York Entomological Society, Inc. Incorporating the Brooklyn Entomological Society American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, New York 10024 Phone: 212.769.5613 Fax: 212.769.5277 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Web: www.nyentsoc.org<http://www.nyentsoc.org/> Twitter: @nyentsoc All NYES meetings are open to the public. There is no admission charge. Presentation: “Lots of Legs in the Classroom” A look at Insects, Arachnids and Myriapods used in Education classes and Public Programming at the American Museum of Natural History. Speakers: Bilexis Casado, Jacqueline Horgan, Safiya Sabir (Science and Nature Program, Children and Family Learning),Christina Newkirk (Conservation Biology, Middle and High School Programs and Institutes), Rachael Joakim (PhD Candidate RGGS & CUNY), Agnieszka Pierwola (Teaching Volunteers, Museum Learning Experience), Jay Holmes (Urban Advantage Program),Alex Garretson (Animal Husbandry Specialist, Discovery Room), Louis Sorkin (Division of Invertebrate Zoology). We will have both living and preserved specimens to see plus some microscopes for viewing. The Science and Nature Program has always relied insects to foster a love and respect for nature with the families we serve. We will share the important role insects play in our early childhood curriculum and how we support our partner educators with relevant content and accessibility to resources. Rachael designed her own after-school program through Bread and Yoga in Inwood, where children hone their critical thinking skills through hands-on experiences with nature. She has been working with children her whole life and has found live animals to be the most effective learning tool for so many things. Children have a natural curiosity and inclination towards invertebrates. She will be discussing her methods and reasons for why we should be incorporating more live animals in science education. The Museum Learning Experiences group works mainly with teachers and school groups during daily and monthly events at the museum. We often include live, pinned and fossil insects in our events for school groups. We like to encourage teachers to bring insects into their classrooms. We will share some photos from these museum events and classrooms as well as some of the material we teach with. The Urban Advantage program supports participating New York City public middle schools in a variety of ways, including supporting Family Science Nights at the schools. We venture to all five boroughs, usually on mass transit so we have developed a fairly portable insect focused “Observation Station”. We will share some of our specimen prep/mounting strategies, equipment used and supporting documents. Many arthropod species are reared in the Education Department and the Division of Invertebrate Zoology. We’ll see an overview of the live collection, how arthropods are in the Discovery Room, and list some of the easiest classroom arthropods to keep and care for. Specimens are often shared between departments. There will be discussions on arthropod rearing, housing, feeding and upkeep with some videos of arthropod behavior. Society meetings are always open to the public with no admission charge Where: Linder Theater, AMNH (West 77th street entrance) Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 Time: 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Dinner: Senn Thai Comfort Food, 452 Amsterdam Avenue, 9:00PM Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. | Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Insect Cuisine & Entomophagy Research Division of Invertebrate Zoology | American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street | New York, New York 10024-5192 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 212-769-5613 voice | 212-769-5277 fax The New York Entomological Society, Inc. www.nyentsoc.org<http://www.nyentsoc.org/> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/pestlist. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/DM5PR14MB1721C09BEF1E5EE532EC788DA6630%40DM5PR14MB1721.namprd14.prod.outlook.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
