Last week, nearly 900 students from BIOLOGY 173 toured the world-class collections at the Research Museums Center (RMC). Exclamations of "Wow!" and "What is that?" could be heard throughout the building as students rotated through six collections, including the Herbarium and the Museum of Zoology's wet and dry collections including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, insects and mollusks.
“One of our goals in bringing BIOLOGY 173 students to the RMC is to help them learn about the many different pathways into the field of biology,” said Dr. Carly Nowicki, Lecturer IV, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. “We hope this visit helps them consider biology careers in a new way and perhaps spark a fresh interest in research and the work that we are doing at the RMC.”
Students also had the opportunity to visit collections of cultural and prehistoric significance through interdepartmental collaboration with the Museum of Paleontology and the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. Students observed the lab skills and concepts they’ve been learning about in class demonstrated in real-world research applications, viewing specimens and items from all over the world, as well as those local to Michigan.
