Welcome! This is the blog website for BI 319: Theory, Practice and Discourse in the Life Sciences at Oregon State University.
This website features one of the major writing projects completed by BI 319 students — the “Informational Artifact” project.
This project required students to design either: (1) an exhibition label for a display/animal/object in an aquarium/zoo/museum that can facilitate outreach or (2) an informational pamphlet that can be used to improve knowledge levels and/or change people’s attitudes on a topic relevant to the life sciences or health.
Importantly, all artifacts have been be anonymized so that students’ rights to privacy are protected.
Please enjoy the creations of our BI 319 students!
Feel free to leave a comment!
Exhibition Labels:
- The African Elephant: The Largest Land Animal on Earth
- The Hawaiian Monk Seal: One of the World’s Most Endangered Species
- Bleeding Toad: The Toad That Secretes an Antibacterial Goo
- The World Of Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles
- Meet the Misunderstood Laughing Predator: The Spotted Hyena
- Small Echidna, Big Environmental Impact!
- Pangolin: The “Scaly” Anteater
- Meet Africa’s Awesome Penguins: Nature’s Best Dressed Bird!
- Beavers at Work: Castor canadesis
- South China Tiger: Captivity is the Only Home We Have Left!
- Raven or Crow?
- Vaquita: Phocoena sinus
- The Ocean’s Largest Shark!!! Whale Shark
- American Alligator; AKA the Swamp Puppy
- Koalas: An Endangered Species
- Flightless Yet Fascinating: North Island Brown Kiwi
- Is that a…. Vampire Deer? Meet the Siberian Musk Deer
- The Ocean’s Silent Killer: Bycatch
- Manatee Scars: What Do They Mean?
- Andean Mountain Cat: Chile’s Elusive Small Wild Cat
- Small Package, Big Bite: The World’s ‘Deadliest’ Cat
- Grey Wolves: Canis lupis