The study of biodiversity is not just for scientists in the lab - you can get involved too. Explore the tools and activities listed below to learn more. If you know of an activity or tool that uses the Encyclopedia of Life, please let us know about it so we may share it here. Send an email to education [at] eol.org.

	Field Guides The Field Guide tool (Beta) provides a way to organize species information for a particular project or purpose. You can create a customized field guide from your own list of species or based on an EOL Collection. Starting with content from EOL, the tool lets you select images and customize text to include in your guide.
	Education LifeDesk Use Education LifeDesks (Beta) content management tools for undergraduate or graduate biology courses to create and manage species pages that can be published to the Encyclopedia of Life. Professors serve as curators of student contributions as part of a class project. Visit the EOL Undergraduate Initiative page to learn more.
	BioBlitz A BioBlitz is a local species inventory carried out by a community that provides a snapshot of the organisms that live in a defined area. BioBlitzes are opportunities for citizens to get involved in the natural environment, increasing their awareness of an area's biodiversity, distribution and abundance. BioBlitzes can be organized by any community with a bit of research and the help of online resources listed here. Many BioBlitzes may provide the data they have collected to the Encyclopedia of Life, helping advance knowledge of biodiversity worldwide.
	Google Earth Quiz This species quiz (created by Eduardo Garcia-Milagros, a biologist from Almacelles, Spain) uses Google Earth to test your knowledge on the world distribution of various species. Install Google Earth on your computer before downloading this file.
	Whyreef Dive into marine biology with WhyReef, an interactive application developed by EOL and the social networking site WhyVille. Explore a virtual coral reef stocked with species that are linked to content on EOL. You can find educational resources for Whyreef here.
	Cooliris EOL will offer an RSS media feed that supports third-party applications such as Cooliris, software that transforms Internet browsers into a fast, cinematic way to experience online photos and videos. To use Cooliris on the EOL site, download the plug-in at www.cooliris.com. Once on a species page, simply click on the icon to view the images.