outreach
The Welter Lab is dedicated to making insect ecology research accessible and fun to learn for people of all ages and specialties |
Here are some of the outreach activities members of our lab have been involved with:
K-12 Science Education
City Bugs, and outreach project of the College of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley
This great website includes curriculum ideas and lesson plans for k-12 education on insect ecology, biology and evolution: http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/citybugs/
Cal Day, Insect Biology programs for children and adults: http://www.berkeley.edu/calday/
UC Berkeley Entomology Students Association Outreach Programs: http://nature.berkeley.edu/eso/outreach.htm
University of Wisconsin Insect Ambassadors: www.entomology.wisc.edu/insectam/ambassador/index.html
Recommended resources for teachers and students of insect ecology |
Great Biological Control Lesson Plan for 4-6th grades, Michigan State University Pesticide Education: http://www.pested.msu.edu/CommunitySchoolIpm/curriculumpdf/lesson11.pdf
California Conference on Biological Control http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/biocon/California%20Conference%20on%20Biological%20Control%20IV.htm
Center for Biological Control, College of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley http://nature.berkeley.edu/biocon/Scholarships.htm
Robert van den Bosch Scholarship for Biological Control Research http://nature.berkeley.edu/biocon/Scholarships.htm#Robert_van_den_Bosch_Scholarship_Winners_for_2004
Outreach for Growers and Extension Projects
Organic Areawide Project: http://entomology.tfrec.wsu.edu/pearent/pcg.htm
Western Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center: http://www.tfrec.wsu.edu/index.php
home research people links growers