Regional Science Center - Glyndon, MN
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N 46° 52.022 W 096° 27.222
14T E 694059 N 5193535
MSUM’s Regional Science Center strives to connect learning to the landscape by partnering and collaborating with Buffalo River State Park, The Nature Conservancy, the DNR and the MSUM Planetarium.
Waymark Code: WM137Z1
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 10/07/2020
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Regional Science Center Field Station
The Regional Science Center is a biological field station that provides scientists, faculty and students the opportunity to be involved in nationally significant research. These outdoor laboratories provide an important service to communities by providing unbiased scientific information for protecting key ecosystems, helping stakeholders tackle critical environmental issues, and ensuring that environmental factors are considered in planning and development decisions.
Research at the Regional Science Center focuses on understanding the fundamental processes and principles that govern the dynamics and functioning of communities and ecosystems. Thirty to 60 biological, cultural or astronomical research projects are going on at any given time.
Sample topics:
Long-term monitoring of soil microbes or plant species
Ecological succession
Mammal distribution and recolonization
Atmospheric research
information from MSUM Regional Science Center website: (
visit link)
The visits I have made to the Science Center have been arranged school visits. 7th graders study the prairie land, the the wooded areas along the Buffalo River, and the river itself.
In 8th grade, students study geological forces through their impact on the the land and plants of the Science Center.
Address: 663 164th St S, Glyndon, MN 56547
Phone: (218) 477-2904