EOL is an online encyclopedia of life that provides information on over 1.9 million known species. It aims to be a comprehensive resource built collaboratively by scientific experts and the public. Typical species pages provide details on taxonomy, description, ecology, and multimedia. Contributors include research institutions, scientists, educators, and citizens who can submit photos, videos and other content. EOL also partners with projects like the Census of Marine Life to provide occurrence data and maps. It offers tools for education including podcasts, an interactive field guide, and collaborative authoring environments for creating species pages.
7. Overview Introduction Description Physical Description Molecular Barcode Life History Identification Original Description Physiology Evolution and Systematics Classification Paleontology Phylogeny Nomenclatural history Ecology and Distribution Geographic Distribution Habitat Niche Ecosystem Role Conservation Relevance Toxicity Ethnobotany How to Grow Example of detailed table of contents
14. Podcast of Life Series Dive into the world of marine biology and biodiversity through the Podcast of Life . Includes podcast audio, Meet the Scientist feature pages, related educational materials and intriguing extras. www.eol.org/podcast
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16. Content and images on Field Guide are drawn from authoritative information from EOL species pages
17. Education LifeDesk A LifeDesk is an online environment that provides a collaborative space for creating, editing, and publishing web pages of species information. The goal of using a LifeDesk in many cases is to generate content to publish to the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL). Currently being beta tested by undergraduate biology students
18. Help Build EOL and the NE Coastal Field Guide: Contribute Images and Video
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3-5 years to become We estimate that it will take about ten years to prepare the basic information on the currently known species, to digitize the literature in the BHL member libraries, and to set up a robust process whereby new species are incorporated as they are described. However, EOL will never be complete. We will always be discovering new things about species, and EOL will incorporate that new information. All content provided through EOL is either in the public domain or is served under a Creative Commons License
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Digitizing literature Focus on a region, or a group of organisms, or a set of journals or books Cost is approximately 10¢ per page Current status 11 million pages digitized. x journal or serials titles permissions obtained. Provisional agreements with BioOne and others for rehosting. Internet Archive Scanning Centers in many locations. Future Plans Pilot project: YouTube-style repository for articles vetted and entered by the taxonomic community Improved text extraction and data mining
Appropriate for 9-12, possibly middle school. For younger students you might want to collect the best images and have an adult upload them