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Index of Subjects --047d7b5d659218d254051349c148 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Well said James, Agreed on all points. With your recent citizen science expo, did anything pop-up from the K-12 schools? It'd be great to see a similar service take place optimized with technology. I believe the NS Grade 4 curriculum (if I'm remembering right), has a unit on Species At Risk and Habitat. Such a service could serve as a slick tie-in. Are there any teachers on this list? Perhaps this is something that could be incorporated relatively easily. Is there a provincial requirement for natural-education? Thanks for posting that article. What an impressive coverage of schools. A correction to my previous post *Sara rather than Sarah. Best, Ian On 9 April 2015 at 08:24, James Churchill <jameslchurchill@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > > Inherently, this seems like a great way to keep school kids connected to > nature and involved in citizen science. > > From the data side of things, can anyone comment on how or whether these > observations have been used? or how they could be useful in the future > beyond what naturalists and scientists here collect currently? > > 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 > > > > --047d7b5d659218d254051349c148 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Well said James,<br><br></div><div>Agreed on all poin= ts. With your recent citizen science expo, did anything pop-up from the K-1= 2 schools? It'd be great to see a similar service take place optimized = with technology. I believe the NS Grade 4 curriculum (if I'm rememberin= g right), has a unit on Species At Risk and Habitat. Such a service could s= erve as a slick tie-in. <br><br>=C2=A0Are there any teachers on this list? = Perhaps this is something that could be incorporated relatively easily. Is = there a provincial requirement for natural-education? <br><br></div><div>Th= anks for posting that article. What an impressive coverage of schools. <br>= </div><div><br></div><div>A correction to my previous post *Sara rather tha= n Sarah.<br><br></div><div>Best,<br></div><div>Ian<br></div><div><br><br></= div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 9 Ap= ril 2015 at 08:24, James Churchill <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:= jameslchurchill@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">jameslchurchill@gmail.com</a>&= gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 = 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">school= kids as citizen scientists and detectors of change. With the ease of posti= ng and mapping observations these days, the instant feedback of web maps...= this seems like only a web application and a vision away.=C2=A0<div><br></d= iv><div>Inherently, this seems like a great way to keep school kids connect= ed to nature and involved in citizen science.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><di= v>From the data side of things, can anyone comment on how or whether these = observations have been used? or how they could be useful in the future beyo= nd what naturalists and scientists here collect currently?</div><div><br></= div><div>Here's a link to one of the papers cited by Spike which also s= hows a map of the impressive spatial coverage of schools involved:=C2=A0</d= iv><div><a href=3D"http://www.academia.edu/8008825/IMPACT_OF_CLIMATE_ON_CHA= NGES_IN_THE_SEASONAL_TIMING_OF_LIFE_CYCLE_EVENTS_OF_EASTERN_CANADA_FROM_190= 1_TO_1923" target=3D"_blank">http://www.academia.edu/8008825/IMPACT_OF_CLIM= ATE_ON_CHANGES_IN_THE_SEASONAL_TIMING_OF_LIFE_CYCLE_EVENTS_OF_EASTERN_CANAD= A_FROM_1901_TO_1923</a><br></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div><div= class=3D"h5"><br><div class=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">ianmanning4@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockqu= ote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc s= olid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">A cool blog post, I saw re-posted b= y Marian Munro of MNH. This was written by Sarah Spike, a PhD student at Ca= rleton. I think this will be of interest to most list-members.=C2=A0<div><b= r></div><div>A quick summary. Under direction of A.H MacKay between 1897-19= 25, students would collect natural history phenology data in the form of jo= urnal-entries. Each year, teachers would summarize the students data, and s= ubmit to A.H MacKay resulting in a useful set of baseline data regarding sp= ring phenomena.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Full article linked below:</= div><div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"http://niche-canada.org/2015/04/08/= phenology-and-local-knowledge-in-early-twentieth-century-rural-nova-scotia/= " target=3D"_blank">http:/