[Ctleps-l] REMINDER CBA Spring meeting - Wednesday, May 8

[Roy Zartarian]

Program: An Introduction to iCBug presented by Jim Sirch, Education
Coordinator, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

Time and place:
Wednesday May 8, 2013
Whitney Center
200 Leeder Hill Drive
Hamden, CT 06517-2749

Schedule:
7 P.M. Social time & refreshments/7:30 P.M. Meeting & Program


iCBug is an online database that started off as the Connecticut Butterfly
Atlas Project in 1995. The goal of the Atlas project was to map the
distribution of butterfly species in the state. This site has taken the
data produced from the project and digitized it to provide an online user
interaction. Users can explore the different butterflies around Connecticut
and can search for them by name, location and description. Observations and
photos can be added from a variety of devices.  The project is sponsored by
the Yale Peabody Museum and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Jim Sirch has worked as Education Coordinator at the Yale Peabody Museum of
Natural History for over ten years. Previously, he volunteered as
newsletter editor for CBA, and installed a Christine Cook-designed
butterfly garden at Bear Path School in Hamden, CT. Jim is also an adjunct
professor of biology at Sacred Heart University, where he has taught
courses in wildlife ecology. He is known to hundreds of science teachers
across Connecticut through his professional development activities at the
museum. In 2012, Jim was awarded the Sig Abeles Science Advocate Award from
the Connecticut Science Teachers Association and Connecticut Science
Supervisors Association for outstanding service to science education in
Connecticut

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Directions:  From New Haven, take Whitney Avenue north approximately four
miles and turn left on Putnam Avenue. Go approximately 7/10ths of a mile
and turn right on Leeder Hill Drive. Whitney Center is at 200 Leeder Hill
Drive. From New Haven or Hartford via I-91, take Exit 6 to Middletown
Avenue heading north. Turn left at Edwards Street or Willow Street. Turn
right at Whitney Avenue, left on Putnam, then right on Leeder Hill as
described above.
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