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Here's a link to one of the papers cited by Spike which also shows a map of the impressive spatial coverage of schools involved: http://www.academia.edu/8008825/IMPACT_OF_CLIMATE_ON_CHANGES_IN_THE_SEASONAL_TIMING_OF_LIFE_CYCLE_EVENTS_OF_EASTERN_CANADA_FROM_1901_TO_1923 On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 7:30 AM, Ian Manning <ianmanning4@gmail.com> wrote: > A cool blog post, I saw re-posted by Marian Munro of MNH. This was written > by Sarah Spike, a PhD student at Carleton. I think this will be of interest > to most list-members. > > A quick summary. Under direction of A.H MacKay between 1897-1925, students > would collect natural history phenology data in the form of > journal-entries. Each year, teachers would summarize the students data, and > submit to A.H MacKay resulting in a useful set of baseline data regarding > spring phenomena. > > Full article linked below: > > > http://niche-canada.org/2015/04/08/phenology-and-local-knowledge-in-early-twentieth-century-rural-nova-scotia/ > > Best, > Ian > -- James Churchill Kentville, Nova Scotia jameslchurchill@gmail.com (902) 681-2374 --001a1135f500fdbbbc051348e309 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">school kids as citizen scientists and detectors of change.= With the ease of posting and mapping observations these days, the instant = feedback of web maps...this seems like only a web application and a vision = away.=A0<div><br></div><div>Inherently, this seems like a great way to keep= school kids connected to nature and involved in citizen science.=A0</div><= div><br></div><div>From the data side of things, can anyone comment on how = or whether these observations have been used? or how they could be useful i= n the future beyond what naturalists and scientists here collect currently?= </div><div><br></div><div>Here's a link to one of the papers cited by S= pike which also shows a map of the impressive spatial coverage of schools i= nvolved:=A0</div><div><a href=3D"http://www.academia.edu/8008825/IMPACT_OF_= CLIMATE_ON_CHANGES_IN_THE_SEASONAL_TIMING_OF_LIFE_CYCLE_EVENTS_OF_EASTERN_C= ANADA_FROM_1901_TO_1923">http://www.academia.edu/8008825/IMPACT_OF_CLIMATE_= ON_CHANGES_IN_THE_SEASONAL_TIMING_OF_LIFE_CYCLE_EVENTS_OF_EASTERN_CANADA_FR= OM_1901_TO_1923</a><br></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div clas= s=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 7:30 AM, Ian Manning <span dir=3D"= ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:ianmanning4@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">ianmann= ing4@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s= tyle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div= dir=3D"ltr">A cool blog post, I saw re-posted by Marian Munro of MNH. This= was written by Sarah Spike, a PhD student at Carleton. I think this will b= e of interest to most list-members.=A0<div><br></div><div>A quick summary. = Under direction of A.H MacKay between 1897-1925, students would collect nat= ural history phenology data in the form of journal-entries. Each year, teac= hers would summarize the students data, and submit to A.H MacKay resulting = in a useful set of baseline data regarding spring phenomena.=A0</div><div><= br></div><div>Full article linked below:</div><div><div><br></div><div><a h= ref=3D"http://niche-canada.org/2015/04/08/phenology-and-local-knowledge-in-= early-twentieth-century-rural-nova-scotia/" target=3D"_blank">http://niche-= canada.org/2015/04/08/phenology-and-local-knowledge-in-early-twentieth-cent= ury-rural-nova-scotia/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div></div><d= iv>Ian=A0</div></div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class= =3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr">James Churchill<br>Kentville, Nova Sc= otia<br><a href=3D"mailto:jameslchurchill@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">jame= slchurchill@gmail.com</a><br>(902) 681-2374<br><br><br><br></div></div> </div> --001a1135f500fdbbbc051348e309--
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