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I am including quiz responses about collections because they are commonplace in museums and galleries. By collecting, local communities can benefit from them for learning and enjoyment.

Contemporary Collections

1. Collecting from other collections. By passing on old collections, and gathering from others collections, there is no new impact to nature, but the joy of physically having an item is still present!

2. Repurposing. Another great thing to do is to repurpose items to be used for other reasons. Collecting things to be used for teaching for example, or for research. Others can benefit from just 1 collected item rather than needing everyone to go collect that item.

Exploratory Studies help to draw connections between biology and the world around us. By examining a field specimen, we can start to see connections between the organism and its surrounding environment. For this I am including my quiz response about them and my media piece.

 An exploratory study can help to identify different contributors to an organisms survival by reducing the amount of undefined external influences.

By slowly removing and isolating different factors, such as isolating colors of flowers to test whether color makes a difference in bees abilities to find certain pollinated flowers, we can start to draw stronger connections between these aspects.

Exploratory Studies

An exploratory study can help to identify different contributors to an organism’s survival by reducing the amount of undefined external influences.

By slowly removing and isolating different factors, such as isolating colors of flowers to test whether color makes a difference in bee’s abilities to find certain pollinated flowers, we can start to draw stronger connections between these aspects.