Bug Camp

BugCamp 1999

In 1999, BugCamp expanded even more to include students from all over Chicago, not just The Ancona School. The class was still small enough to tailor the subject matter to individual interests. 1999 marked the second year of the two year survey of insect diversity at Ryerson Woods. Additional funding from The Nancy Ryerson Ranney Leadership Grants Program as well as invaluable assistance from Ron Salmela, Amy Varsek, Jane Zimmerman, Matt Dean, and Allyson Meyer made this web site possible. Besides information about BugCamp, the site also contains the database of the Diptera collection that Bug Camp students have been compiling for four years.

Continue to 2000...

Coordinator
Jane Zimmerman, Field Museum

Interns
Nishi Roothaan, Chicago Academy for the Arts
Zachary Yarling, Francis Parker High School

Students
Corbin Blankenstein, St. Clemens School
Gregory Bohrer, U of C Laboratory School
Russell Burton, St. Clements School
Ryan Kozlowski, St. Clements School
Alexander Lawson, Ancona School
Ivan Rice, Ancona School
Andrew Silva, St. Clements School
Kevin Sullivan, Wilmette Junior High School

Kevin rests on his net after sweeping the fields for bugs. Photo courtesy of Jane Zimmerman.

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