If you can’t Beat ‘em,
Join ‘em
(or how to combine technology
and the outdoors)
The
citizen science programs currently in mind for a current grant proposal are:
World
Water Monitoring Challenge- http://www.worldwatermonitoringday.org
; water quality
Yardmap-
http://app.yardmap.org ; habitat
improvement
FWC
reports- http://myfwc.com/contact/report
; species monitoring- opportunist
iNaturalist-
http://www.inaturalist.org – species reporting-
opportunist or monitoring
( Camp Bayou example: http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/camp-bayou-biodiversity
)
Project
Budburst- http://budburst.org – climate change
evidence through plant phenology
(Camp Bayou example: http://budburst.org/community-cby)
Florida
Lakewatch- http://lakewatch.ifas.ufl.edu
– water quality
EDDmaps-
http://www.eddmaps.org/florida –
invasive species plants and animals
Mobile report form: http://ivegot1.org
Other
citizen science programs appropriate for classroom:
Swallowtail kites: http://www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org/swallowtail-kite.php
database of sightings; mobile app: KiteSight
Gopher Tortoises: http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/managed/gopher-tortoise/apph.
Bumblebee Watch: http://www.bumblebeewatch.org – native
bee populations
Zooniverse- https://www.zooniverse.org - commitment
to producing real research on a variety of topics
Of course there are many more... which ones would you add to this list of citizen science programs that are appropriate for the classroom in Florida? We are focusing on cost-free programs that produce real scientifically relevant data that has the potential to be used for real research.
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