The Arizona Science Center
Phoenix, Arizona
The Arizona Science Center is investigating the failing health of pine forests caused by infestations of the Bark Beetle.
Research Partner
Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER
Science Center Projects
Frogs, hurricanes, rising tides and blooming flowers. See what activities our science centers are engaged in.
Monitoring the health of coral reef communities. Photo by Kara Osada-D'Avella
Bishop Museum
Honolulu, Hawaii
Bishop Museum activities explore changes to Oahu’s coral reefs.
Research Partners
Reef Check Hawaii,
School of Ocean, Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii
Activities
Climate Change Food Station
Chabot Space and Science Center
Oakland, California
Chabot Space and Science Center is analyzing changes in the flora and fauna of Northern California Redwood forests.
Research Partners
Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley,
Save the Redwoods League,
East Bay Regional Park District
Activities
Greenhouse Gas Activities
Monarch butterfly migration
Edventure
Columbia, South Carolina
Edventure is focusing on migration patterns and population counts of local overwintering and migrating butterfly species.
Research Partners
University of Minnesota Monarch Larvae Monitoring Project,
Baruch Institute for Marine & Coastal Sciences
The Franklin Institute
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Franklin Institute is investigating observable change in the migration patterns of birds.
Research Partner
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Activities
Warm the Earth… Or Not
Maryland Science Center
Baltimore, Maryland
Maryland Science Center is taking temperature measurements across the urban-rural gradient to look at Urban Heat Islands, which provide a glipse of what the world will look like with warmer temperatures.
Research Partner
Baltimore Ecosystem Study
Museum of Discovery and Science
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
The Museum of Discovery and Science is investigating the impact of warmer temperatures on local sea turtle populations.
Research Partner
Nova Southeastern University
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science will be conducting BioBlitz events – activities for measuring biodiversity and inferring to what extent waning water resources are affecting local flora and fauna.
Research Partner
Sevilleta LTER
New York Hall of Science
Queens, New York
The New York Hall of Science is participating in Project BudBurst by observing and recording the dates that local tree species reach the different phases in their life cycle.
Research Partner
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Reuben Fleet Science Center
San Diego, California
The Fleet is looking at the flowering of local plant species to determine whether or not flowering has changed over time, and whether or not these changes are correlated to changes in the onset of springtime temperatures.
Research Partner
San Diego Natural History Museum
Activities
Light the Future
A hatchling poses for NestWatch. Photo by Jonathon Morgan
Sciencenter
Ithaca, New York
Visitors to the Sciencenter will participate in activities documenting changing patterns in bird nesting behavior.
Research Partner
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
Activities
What’s a Watt Activity Cards, Educator Guide, and Handout
Saint Louis Science Center
St. Louis, Missouri
The Saint Louis Science Center is examining the phenology of frog calls in the spring and is also conducting butterfly surveys.
Research Partner
Department of Biology, Washington University
