Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

This award will fund Phase IV of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Digital Library whose purpose is to develop and incorporate learning tools for teachers and students. Learning resources will be designed for local schools to complement field trips to the Desert Museum and as Sonoran Desert learning activities. They will be aligned with both the national and Arizona academic standards in science. These learning resources will include video and audio recordings of Sonoran Desert species, online educational activities, and podcasting and vodcasting of educational content by museum staff and docents. They will greatly expand the digital library’s multimedia collection.