Eight-Legged Encounters-Arachnids, Volunteers, and Art help to Bridge the Gap between Informal and Formal Science Learning.

Eileen A Hebets, Melissa Welch-Lazoritz, Pawl Tisdale, Trish Wonch Hill

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Article in Insects, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

Ecosystem services provided by spiders.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Eileen A HebetsSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 402 Manter Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA. ehebets2@unl.edu.

Melissa Welch-LazoritzDepartment of Neurological Sciences Mind & Brain Health Labs, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. melissa.lynn.welch@gmail.com.

Pawl TisdaleIndependent Artist, Lincoln, NE 68502, USA. gpawlt@gmail.com.

Trish Wonch HillMethodology and Evaluation Research Core Facility, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA. phill3@unl.edu.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increased integration and synergy between formal and informal learning environments is proposed to provide multiple benefits to science learners. In an effort to better bridge these two learning contexts, we developed an educational model that employs the charismatic nature of arachnids to engage the public of all ages in science learning; learning that aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas associated with Biodiversity and Evolution). We created, implemented, and evaluated a family-focused, interactive science event-

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biodiversitycitizen scienceevolutionNGSSspidersSTEAM

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PMID29495395

DOI10.3390/insects9010027

PMCPMC5872292

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