Science Pipes (formerly "The Biodiversity Analysis Pipeline")

Science Pipes  is an environment in which students, educators, and citizens can create an share analyses of biodiversity data. It is built to support inquiry-based learning, allowing results and visualizations to be dynamically updated and incorporated into other web sites (e.g., blogs). The site provides access to powerful scientific analyses and workflows through an intuitive, rich web interface based on the visual programming paradigm. Analyses and visualizations are authored in an open, collaborative environment which allows existing analyses and visualizations to be shared, modified, repurposed, and enhanced.

The Science Pipes web site is now in open beta testing, and the site has undergone a visual and user interface redesign this past year.

We continue our collaboration with the Crossing Boundaries project which leverages Science Pipes as one tool that secondary teachers and students use to analyze biodiversity conservation issues locally and globally. Crossing Boundaries training workshops this past year have included sessions that introduce teachers to Science Pipes. Feedback continues to indicate that teachers are very excited about using it in the classroom.

Over the next two years, Science Pipes will be partnering with the Ecological Society of America EcoEd Digital Library providing a platform for presenting and analyzing datasets that demonstrate classic ecological concepts.