The Forman School (where I work) has been sending a group of student researchers to the Costa Rican rainforest for 20 years. Students work with leading researchers to do original research and develop an appreciation and understanding of tropical ecology. You can read more about the project on our website. It's truly an incredible project.

This year I've started working with them on sharing their work with a wider audience. We've started a blog (http://formanrainforestproject.wordpress.com/), where students have shared the papers they wrote before leaving to do their research.

We also have a Flickr account and a YouTube channel. We're just in the beginning stages of adding content to all of them, but what's there is pretty cool, if I do say so myself (just check out the video of the leaf cutter ants if you don't believe me).

Please share this with the teachers and students in your schools, and encourage them to post questions to the blog. I'll be interviewing students to answer the questions and to help us all learn more about their experiences.

And, if all goes according to plan, I'll be joining them in the rainforest next year in order to live blog the experience!

Best,
Sara

Sara Kelley-Mudie
CASL Vice President
CECA/CASL Conference Co-chair
Library Director and Educational Technology Facilitator
The Forman School
librarian.skm@gmail.com
http://kmthelibrarian.blogspot.com/