From the Land of the Totem Poles: The Northwest Indian Art Collection at the American Museum of Natural History

Rollo Howard Beck (1870–1950) was a professional bird collector who spent most of his career on expeditions to the Channel Islands off southern California, the Galápagos Islands, South America, the South Pacific, and the Caribbean. Some of the expeditions lasted as long as ten years during which time he and his wife, Ida, were often working in primitive conditions on sailing vessels or camps set up on shore. Throughout these expeditions, Beck collected specimens for the California Academy of Sciences, the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley (California), the American Museum of Natural History, and the Walter Rothschild Museum at Tring, England. Beck was one of the premier collectors of his time and his contributions were recognized by having 17 taxa named becki in his honor. Of these taxa, Beck collected 15 of the type specimens.

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Bringing the Real World of Science to Children: A Partnership of the American Museum of Natural History and the City University of New York

Online Learning ◽

10.24059/olj.v12i1.43 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Anthony G Picciano ◽

Robert V. Steiner

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

New York ◽

Natural History ◽

Local Governments ◽

Compulsory Education ◽

Development Program ◽

The United States ◽

American Museum ◽

The World ◽

The City

Every child has a right to an education. In the United States, the issue is not necessarily about access to a school but access to a quality education. With strict compulsory education laws, more than 50 million students enrolled in primary and secondary schools, and billions of dollars spent annually on public and private education, American children surely have access to buildings and classrooms. However, because of a complex and competitive system of shared policymaking among national, state, and local governments, not all schools are created equal nor are equal education opportunities available for the poor, minorities, and underprivileged. One manifestation of this inequity is the lack of qualified teachers in many urban and rural schools to teach certain subjects such as science, mathematics, and technology. The purpose of this article is to describe a partnership model between two major institutions (The American Museum of Natural History and The City University of New York) and the program designed to improve the way teachers are trained and children are taught and introduced to the world of science. These two institutions have partnered on various projects over the years to expand educational opportunity especially in the teaching of science. One of the more successful projects is Seminars on Science (SoS), an online teacher education and professional development program, that connects teachers across the United States and around the world to cutting-edge research and provides them with powerful classroom resources. This article provides the institutional perspectives, the challenges and the strategies that fostered this partnership.

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Greenewalt, C. H. (1977): Hummingbirds. – New York (American Museum of Natural History); 5 Bde., 10 S., 148 Farbfototafeln

Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin Zoologisches Museum und Institut für Spezielle Zoologie (Berlin) ◽

10.1002/mmnz.4830540314 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 54 (S1) ◽

pp. 187-187

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Natural History ◽

American Museum

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A New Species of Catallagia Rothschild from Arizona (Siphonaptera: Hystrichopsyllidae: Neopsyllinae)

The Canadian Entomologist ◽

10.4039/ent92768-10 ◽

1960 ◽

Vol 92 (10) ◽

pp. 768-770 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

George P. Holland

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Natural History ◽

Research Station ◽

University Of Minnesota ◽

American Museum ◽

The University ◽

A New Species

In 1957 James R. Beer, Edwin F. Cook and Robert G. Schwab, of the University of Minnesota, conducted an investigation of mammals and their ectoparasites in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona. The area studied included varied habitats in the general vicinity of the Southwestern Research Station of the American Museum of Natural History at Portal. An account of this investigation has now been published (Beer et al., 1959).

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