Looking for webcams to use in ecology lessons.

September 19, 2007 3:56 PM

I'm looking for existing webcams that document ecological phenomena.

There are many webcams that document interesting animal behaviors, especially birds of prey and large mammals. For example: EagleCam, OwlCam, peregrine falcon cam, Bear Cam. I've had less success finding cameras that document other ecological phenomena. I'm looking for cameras that could be used in a classroom as part of an ecology lesson. Students would record data using the videos. So far, I've found TundraCam and Wildcam Africa. These cameras record a landscape at a field station and animals visiting an African watering hole, respectively. I have yet to see data collection opportunities from the TundraCam. The African camera is really the best example I've found so far. Students could record numbers of species and individuals at the watering hole at different times, for example. I'm looking for other webcams that would also be useful for teaching students about the scientific method and research process in ecology.

posted by Tehanu to education (7 comments total)

There are webcams at Mount St Helens and at another volcano on White Island, NZ. Those would fit my definition of ecological webcams, but I am not a biologist.
posted by janell at 7:09 PM on September 19, 2007 [1 favorite]

Maybe some of these might help?

Mt St Helen's volcano
Webcam of geyser on Lake Nyos in Cameroon
Casey Station, Australian Antarctica
Mawson Station, Antarctica
Mount Washington Observatory
Lightning in South Africa
Live Surf Cams
posted by madamjujujive at 7:10 PM on September 19, 2007

Old Faithful Geyser is pretty neat. You will need daylight to see it.
posted by JujuB at 7:11 PM on September 19, 2007

Oh, and note this one linked from the Mt Washington page that monitors air pollution and visibility.
posted by madamjujujive at 7:16 PM on September 19, 2007

How about the Kodak Birdcam?
posted by fvox13 at 9:58 PM on September 19, 2007

Pyramidcam
Mt. Fuji Cam

Or really, just browse through Resourceshelf's awesome collection of webcams. There are pages and pages so be sure to hit the "previous entries" link.
posted by sociolibrarian at 2:06 PM on September 26, 2007

I'm sorry. I didn't see this post until just now. I have a webcam at Nags Head.
posted by 3.2.3 at 11:29 AM on February 20