Darwin Scholarship Programme 2012 (20-30 August 2012)

FSC Preston Montford, Shropshire (A venue of biodiversity field training)

On a global scale there are three key needs related to science education.

1. A need of taxonomists and experts with observation and identification skills.

2. A need of biodiversity records in a more coherent and robust way.

3. A need of effective communication for scientists towards a wide range of people from school students to decision makers.

This workshop brought young scientists from all around the world.

The Statue of Charles Darwin at the front of Shrewsbury Grammar School (currently as the town library), where Charles Darwin was educated (photo taken 24 Aug 2012) 

 The house of Charles Darwin in Shrewsbury

 

Atmosphere in the class

Excursion to Snowdonia National Park

Moth Trap 

Catching butterflies 

Catching beetles 

Trapping night insects

Setting live traps for small mammals. So much fun!

A photo in the front of The Down House of Charles Darwin in London

A curator is showing plant herbarium at the Natural History Museum in London 

Meeting Randal Keynes in person. Randal Keynes is a British conservationist, an author, and great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin :)