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Pest Alerts
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Websites, Blogs, and Resources
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USDA-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ USDA-APHIS-Hungry Pests http://www.hungrypests.com/ International Plant Protection Convention https://www.ippc.int/en/news/ Thousand Cankers Disease of Walnut http://www.thousandcankers.com/ Pest Tracker - Exotic Pest Reporting http://pest.ceris.purdue.edu/index.php North American Plant Protection Organization http://www.pestalert.org/main.cfm New Invaders Watch Program http://www.newinvaders.org/index.cfm Emerald Ash Borer - IL Department of Ag http://www.agr.state.il.us/eab/ Sentinel Plant Network www.sentinelplantnetwork.org/ |
Educational Resources for plant biology
Longer accessible videos: TED talks, iBiology and Gatsby Plants Summer School lectures by Mary Williams, American Society of Plant Biologists, September 6, 2016 http://blog.aspb.org/2016/09/06/educational-resources-for-plant-biology-longer-accessible-videos-ted-talks-ibiology-and-gatsby-plants-summer-school-lectures/ Trees Shed Bad Rap As Accessories to Crime by Richard Conniff Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies http://environment.yale.edu/envy/stories/trees-shed-bad-wrap-as-accessories-to-crime#gsc.tab=0 Science
Get everyone involved and excited about every type of science! Neil deGrasse Tyson: Want Scientifically Literate Children? Get Out of Their Way. by Big Think https://youtu.be/AIEJjpVlZu0 Kazoo Magazine "Kazoo is a new kind of quarterly print magazine for girls, ages 5 to 10—one that inspires them to be strong, smart, fierce and, above all, true to themselves." http://kazoomagazine.com/ Hidden Figures movie (2017) "A team of African-American women provide NASA with important mathematical data needed to launch the program's first successful space missions." http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846340/ How trees talk to each other by Suzanne Simard, Forest Ecologist June 2016 "A forest is much more than what you see," says ecologist Suzanne Simard. Her 30 years of research in Canadian forests have led to an astounding discovery — trees talk, often and over vast distances. Learn more about the harmonious yet complicated social lives of trees and prepare to see the natural world with new eyes." http://www.ted.com/talks/suzanne_simard_how_trees_talk_to_each_other?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=talk&utm_term=science |