For the 3rd Grade Field Trip, students will be led on a two-hour hike in the Red Butte Garden Natural Area. During the hike, students will engage in the practice of collecting data within Nature�s Notebook citizen science database.
To acclimate people to looking closely at the plants and animals for observation in Nature's Notebook. Print out the letters to the word PHENOPHASE on 8 1/2 by 11 paper, one letter per page. On separate pages create descriptions or definitions that start with each of the letters in the word PHENOPHASE. Use brightly colored paper and laminate the cards for use later. Hide the description cards in the garden or around the site. Retain the letter cards to pass out to the group. Have people work in pairs or in threes. Do not tell them that the word spells PHENOPHASE. Depending upon the letter selected the team has to seek a card with a definition that matches the letter on their card. Once they locate it they should find and identify the item described and have a conversation about how it is related to phenology and the importance of it to the ecosystem. Bring everyone back together to debrief the activity after they've found their cards. Have them arrange themselves such that they are spelling out the word PHENOPHASE. Ask each team to share what they found. This activity was developed by Michelle Coe from the Community and School Garden Program at the University of Arizona.
Experience the importance of plant phenology from a pollinator's perspective! Adaptable for other perspectives too (herbivores, frugivores, granivores, plant pathogens). Created by Susan Mazer, Alisa Hove, and Brian Haggerty at the University of California, Santa Barbara as part of the Phenological Literacy: Understanding Through Science and Stewardship Program (PLUSS).
Using a dataset derived from herbarium specimens collected in California from 1906-2009, you'll be guided step-by-step through the processes of organizing, summarizing, visualizing, and analyzing the data.
Use this monthly phenology chart to record what species of animals you see, and what species of plants are leafing, flowering and fruiting. Phenology Calendar Activity developed by our partners at Signs of the Seasons Maine where students can create a month by month calendar of phenological events.
A guide to phenological monitoring for students, teachers, families, and nature enthusiasts. Created by Susan Mazer, Alisa Hove, and Brian Haggerty at the University of California, Santa Barbara as part of the Phenological Literacy: Understanding Through Science and Stewardship Program (PLUSS).
This chart can be used prior to introducing a Nature's Notebook monitoring program in a classroom (grades 5-12).