Central Park BioBlitz, Macaulay Honors College
Channel: MacaulayHonorsCUNY
Date: 2013-08-21

24-Hour Mission to Find Every Species in Central Park
Macaulay Honors College students turn Central Park into a 843-acre classroom for this one of a kind educational partnership.

Macaulay Honors College and Central Park Conservancy have partnered on a mission to identify and count every living thing in the park. Central Park BioBlitz 2013 is part of the unique program of seminars offered to Macaulay students.

This historic 24-hour BioBlitz will provide every Macaulay sophomore with an opportunity to collaborate with world renowned scientists in a 24-hour hands-on seminar designed to thoroughly measure and catalog Central Park's biodiversity.

But bats, bugs, fish, turtles, plants are just the beginning. Students will use crowdsource technology to record and share their data, and then analyze and present their findings later this fall as part of their coursework.

http://macaulay.cuny.edu/bioblitz
In the course of their studies, Macaulay students engage New York City as their laboratory, their campus, and their home. Key elements of the program include interdisciplinary seminars such as BioBlitz that combine traditional scholarly activity with hands-on experiences to deepen understanding of the forces that drive New York and its people.