Rebecca Banasiak

Collections Assistant, Mammals

Gantz Family Collections Center
Staff - current
Pronouns:She/Her/Hers

Accomplishments

**Michael D. Carleton, Rebecca A. Banasiak & William T. Stanley. **2015. A new species of the rodent genus Hylomyscus from Angola, with a distributional summary of the H. anselli species group (Muridae: Murinae: Praomyini). *Zootaxa* 4040 (2): 101–128. www.mapress.com/zootaxa/Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (GNSI) - Great Lakes Chapter, member since 2013
American Alliance of Museums, member since 2014

Contact

rbanasiak@fieldmuseum.org

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Learning Resources

  • Adventures in the Herbarium: Museums and Medicines

    The importance and impact of Field Museum’s African flowering plant specimens are highlighted in two podcasts. These podcasts were written, recorded, and edited by two college interns who worked alongside experts and collections specimens.  Museums and Medicines highlights the impact plant specimens have had on human health and why their conservation is so important.

    Activity|Grades 3-12

  • Being Big on Land

    Learn why being big isn’t always an advantage and find out how mythic creatures like Godzilla and King Kong could never have carried their own weight.

    Video|Grades 3-12

  • Bergmann's Rule | Biomechanics Toolkit

    Uncover how an animal’s size affects its ability to regulate temperature.

    Lesson Plan|Grades 6-8

  • Biodiversity and Ecosystems

    Middle school-aged students will investigate the differences between native and invasive plants and demonstrate their learning by creating a model of a native plant garden.

    Lesson Plan|Grades 6-8