Last weekend (April 25-27, 2014), we took our wild brand of citizen science on the road to Washington, DC, to participate in the USA Science and Engineering Festival, the largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and math in the country.
We enjoyed meeting and engaging 325,000 students, teachers, parents and enthusiastic science enthusiasts in conversations about the biodiversity in their daily lives — from camel crickets in their basements to the ants in their backyards. Drs. Roland Kays and Stephanie Schuttler added some “backbone” to our exhibit by sharing awesome camera trap photos of backyard mammals collected through eMammal, as well as the (infamous) Robo-Kitty who modeled the GPS harness that will be worn by felines in our soon-to-launch Cat Tracker project.
Many thanks to the National Science Foundation for sponsoring our trip and hosting us in their exhibit pavilion.
Check out the Storify below featuring pictures, tweets and insights from members of our team about the event!
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