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Solpugid Productions is an educational consulting company that promotes the sciences. We focus on underprivileged populations and developing countries.
SP is a partnership between two entomologists (bugdorks). Our backgrounds are varied: theater, dance, art, photography, videography and of course science. It is this unique mix that helps us to create curriculum that is engaging and fun. We combine science education, research and cutting edge media to shake things up.
We also use insects and spiders as a vehicle to address common fears that young people struggle with: career choices, self-esteem, educational potential, prejudice and racism.
We offer in-class workshops in English, Spanish and Swahili. We are available for partnerships with non-profits for curriculum development and media projects.
PORTFOLIO 2/11 Commissioned for two more videos by the US Forest Service for thier national PollinatorLIVE program. Both videos are on yucca moth pollination, but one is completely acted in Spanish!
10/10 Returned to Guatemala to teach workshops at CENDEC for the Borlaug Institute of International Agriculture.
9/10 Premiere of new episodes The Bug Chicks on the national webcast for Pollinator LIVE through the USForest Service.
7/10 The Bug Chicks Present: Bryan Public Library Teen Science Program
6/10 Bug Bytes: season 2 of our popular podcasts with the Department of Entomology at Texas A&M University.
5/10 Bilingual videos produced about the AGTEC program for the Borlaug Institue of International Agriculture.
4/10 Los Buenos y Los Malos Insectos de Los Cultivos Horticolas: educational workshops in Guatemala with the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture
3/10 The Bug Chicks Present: three in-class presentations for the 1st grade classes at Navarro Elementary School
12/09 Bug Bytes: podcast series commissioned by the Department of Entomology at Texas A&M University
10/09 El Mundo de los Insectos: insect educational workshops in Guatemala on a consultant trip with the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture
06/09 Buggin' Out: educational program for the Children's Summer Reading Program at the Bryan Public Library
05/09 The Bug Chicks: developed curriculum for 3-5th grade teachers to assist with teaching entomology. Includes resource e-book and three short videos
04/09 Junior Master Gardener Curriculum Videos: produced 6 short videos (English/Spanish) as a supplement to JMG insect curricula in collaboration with the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture. Videos are being shown in the Borlaug's Latin American programs.
10/08 iTunes U: commissioned by the Department of Entomology of Texas A&M University as a recruitment tool for prospective undergraduate and graduate students
07/08 Buggin' Out Zoo: featured educators for Kids Corner at the Texas Reds Festival
06/08 Buggin' Out: educational teen program at the Bryan Public Library
04/08 K-5 Workshops: in-class education programs for school in the Brazos Valley
05/07 Wadudu Wazimu: In collaboration with the National Museums of Kenya, Solpugid Productions renovated the invertebrate exhibit at the Nairobi Snake Park. Five young ladies from the Rescue
Dada Center in Nairobi assisted with drawing and painting.
04/07 Kapkuikui Livestock Improvement Self-Help Project: documentary on bee-keeping and livestock herding, staples of life in areas of the Rift Valley in Kenya. Designed to encourage women in business
and improve agricultural techniques.
03/07 Schistosomiasis Project Progress Report: filmed a progress report for a National Geographic
funded project conducted by scientists at the National Museum of Kenya in the Lake
Victoria area.
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Kristie Reddick and Jessica Honaker are Solpugid Productions.
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NEWS
01/26/12: Great news! We're going to be making another 11 insect order videos for TAMU Dept of Entomology!
01/01/12: Happy New Year!
12/15/11: Finishing up the insect order videos for Texas A&M.
11/03/11: Kicking off our new series of workshops with the Multnomah county library system. We'll be vistiing ten libraries in November and December. The workshops are free, so come by and say hello!
10/8/11: OMG! We met Dr. Jane Goodall!!
09/19/11: We're in the middle of filming a new set of videos about the orders of insects for the Texas A&M University Dept. of Entomology's Insects and Human Society Course. We're having a blast!
08/22/11: We had a great time with the particiapants at our workshops! We were able to travel to a coffee plantation and the Pacific coast for filming, too. Tons of great bugs!!
07/27/11: We are 3 weeks away from another trip to Guatemala with the Borlaug Institute! We will teach Mayan farmers about insects and film a new episode for The Bug Chicks!
07/16/11: We are featured speakers at the Bee-a-Thon today!
06/20/11: We are hard at work on our new teacher resources!
05/15/11: The Bug Chicks are in the middle of filming our new episode for the National Ag Center's Ag in Motion Lab. It will reach 7000 students in the fall semester!
04/02/11: We are gearing up for Earth Day activities here in Portland and looking forward to the celebration with cityrepair.org.Come by and see us and all of our arthropod friends.
03/21/11: SP is wrapping up new videos for the US Forest Service's Pollinator LIVE program. We did two new The Bug Chicks episodes - one in English and one in Spanish! The broadcast is April 13 so be sure to tune in for some great pollinator conservation info!
02/29/11: We are taking The Bug Chicks to the NSTA conference in San Francisco!
02/25/11: SP is relocating to Oregon! Texas had some incredible insects, and we're excited about finding them in the Pacific Northwest!
01/13/11: Check out our new site for The Bug Chicks. We'll be hosting a blog and our TBC videos, as well as a teacher resources (coming soon)!
10/22/10: We're off to Guatemala to teach our workshops on native predator conservation and IPM! Que bien!
9/29/10: Today our new Bug Chicks videos premiered with the US Forest Service's national webcast of Pollinator LIVE! Check it out here.
7/24/10: Our Gaga for Bugs podcast has reached #3 in the top 10 downloads for TAMU iTunes U!!
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5/29/10: The Bug Chicks are in demand! We've been asked to translate them into Spanish and create new episodes for the US Forest Services' PollinatorLive program. We're psyched!
5/10/10: In talks for Bug Bytes Season 2. If there are special requests for podcasts, please email us.
4/25/10: We are back from Guatemala and the workshops were a success. We've been asked back in October!
4/5/10: SP leaves for Guatemala for consultant work with the Borlaug Institute in less than 2 weeks! We are finishing prep on two 7-hour workshops for farmers on native predator conservation in crops.
3/31/10: Our first intern, Rachel Walker, just got her first Producer position in San Antonio! Congrats Rachel! We can't wait to see what you create!
3/11/10: SP has a new curriculum site and it's linked on the PollinatorsLive website from the U.S. Forest Service! We wrote a bit for the site and when it's live we'll let you know!
1/17/10: SP is proud to annouce that we are official partners of the United Nations' International Year of Biodiversity!!! Click on the logo above to check it out!
1/5/10: The Bug Bytes Podcast is now on iTunes! It's a free podcast about the biodiversity, current research and culture of insects and spiders.
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