| Arachnophilia | A one evening plus one field trip community education course taught in Gainesville FL through Santa Fe Community College. This introduction to spider biology and diversity is typically taught one time per year in October (class size 15-20 students). For more information contact any of the three instructors: Jon Reiskind, G.B. Edwards or Mark Stowe. | 11/9/03 |
| Colorado Spider Survey | In May 1999 the Denver Museum of Natural History launched a major biotic survey of the spiders of the Rocky Mountain/Great Plains region, focusing particularly on the diverse ecosystems of Colorado. The project leader for the Colorado Spider Survey is Dr. Paula E. Cushing (USA) | 10/9/04 |
| Educational projects: Le Monde des Araignées | Le Monde des Araignées L'association Argiope (France) | 11/9/03 |
| Field Studies Council (UK) | The Field Studies Council runs a wide variety of courses, including some on spiders, at its ten residental centres in England and Wales. Details from : Field Studies Council, Central Services, Preston Montfort, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 1HW, UK. | 11/9/03 |
| Scottish Field Studies Association (UK) | The Scottish Field Studies Association runs a wide variety of courses, including some on spiders, at its single residential field centre. Details from: Scottish Field Studies Association, Pinewoods, 10 Stormont Place, Scone, Perth PH2 6SR, UK or Kindrogan Field Centre, Enochdhu, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, PH10 7PG, UK. | 11/9/03 |
| Sierran Spiders and Their Allies | August 7-11, 2000. Instructor: Darrell Ubick is an Associate in Entomology at the California Academy of Sciences and studies systematics and biogeography of harvestmen. Sierra Nevada Field Campus. San Francisco State University (USA) | 11/9/03 |
| The Biology of Spiders | The Biology of Spiders course is offerred in even-numbered years at the Highlands Biological Station, Highlands, North Carolina. The course lasts two weeks and is usually scheduled for late July/early August. The goal of the course is to prepare students to do research with spiders by providing a broad base of knowledge of their biology and diversity. Class meets every day for about 2-3 hours of lecture material in the morning. After lunch, field work may be done locally or on two or three more extended trips, including high altitude spruce-fir communities in the Blue Ridge, and the austral zone of the South Carolina piedmont. Late afternoons and evenings are available for identification work, and special lectures and videos. The only requirement in the course is the submission of an identified collection of spiders. Typical collections usually contain at least 100 identified species from about 20 families of spiders. Graduate credit is available through the University of North Carolina or Western Carolina University. All materials and equipment are supplied. Comfortable dormitory-style accomodations are available at the station for a very small cost. There is no food service, but a large kitchen is available to students and the town of Highlands, with several restaurants, is about a half-mile walk away. Highlands, a resort community, is the highest altitude incorporated town in the eastern US, at over 4400' elevation. Surrounding mountains reach over 6500'. The area is extremely senic, with deep gorges cutting downto the piedmont on the east and high ranges on the west. The weather in late summer is cool, with showers nearly every day, but we have yet to be caught in the rain on a field trip in 4 offerings of the course. The Biology of Spiders course will be offered in 2000 from July31 to August 12. To get on the mailing list for the Highlands announcements, write to Dr. Robert Wyatt, Director, Highlands Biological Station, Highlands NC 28741., e-mail hibio@wcu.edu | 11/9/03 |
| World: Spiders of the World | An interactive exercise enlisting students (spiders keyed to family). Rosie Gillespie (International) | 12/7/03 |
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