Arthropod Investigation

Activities

What do you know about arthropods?

Initial Exploration

Identification Activity

Designing a Study

Making and setting pitfall traps

Record and Analyze Data

Working with Real Data

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Meet some researchers

Who studies this kind of stuff? Kim Franklin and Chris Schmidt are two University of Arizona students who both study ants, but two very different aspects of ants. Other students like Joe Deas...You do too!

 

Help a PhD student at the University of Arizona conserve biodiversity in Sonora, Mexico

Kim Franklin is a PhD student at the University of Arizona. Kim’s main interest is in the incredible diversity of insects found in the Sonoran Desert and the roles that these insects play in the ecosystem processes that maintain our environment in its normal healthy state. Find out more about Kim’s work and how you can be a part of her study.

 

Chris Schmidt