This hands-on exhibit will encourage interest, understanding and long-term involvement in science. Youth without previous knowledge of butterflies can participate in activities to transform them from beginner to engaged citizen scientists. Youth will be given the opportunity to learn characteristics of butterflies and return home to collect butterfly information in their communities. They can enter the data they collect on the WINGS web site, where Scientists and the public use the information to further scientific knowledge and view the distribution and population trends of common butterfly species.
WINGS, Winning Investigative Network for Great Science is a partnership between 4-H youth and professional scientists, providing participating youth information to transform them into “citizen scientists” who collect data on butterflies to help professional scientists.
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