This workshop combines elements of an invertebrate biology lab, natural history exploration, peer-to-peer learning, and community engagement/service learning. Students will go out into the field, explore a local habitat, and collect an arthropod species of their choice. By collecting live invertebrates in the field, participants will have the opportunity to examine the habitat that their arthropod species resides in and make observations about the natural history of the area. Invertebrates collected will be brought back to the lab for identification, morphological description, and behavioral observations. Participants will describe the external morphology and draw detailed illustrations. Behavioral descriptions, such as locomotion, escape response, or other behavioral attributes will be observed and noted. Based on detailed observations of the arthropod species, participants will develop a detailed summary handout that can be used during community engagement to inform community partners about arthropod biology, as part of a service-learning assignment. Participants will have an opportunity to consider the integration of a community engagement/service-learning course in a biology lab-based course.
Keywords: Community engagement, Service learning, invertebrates, natural history, group-work
University of Manitoba (2025)
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