I am working with a group of educators to develop place-based, standards aligned environmental curriculum for several small, rural school districts in California that are connected by a long distance hiking trail. I have an idea is to develop a program where all the school districts would share acc…

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I think it sounds like a lovely idea. Usually the main hurdle with school projects is explaining to the students what is a “cultivated” plant and why the ones planted on their school grounds must be marked as such (or not observed at all.)

Hi, welcome to the Forum! :) To start, I would suggest you and the teachers you work with spend a little time getting familiar with iNat before making the curriculum. There are lots of ways to customize a project. I’d recommend using several Collection-style projects which can then be collected to…

I would recommend that a generic memberID be created for each class. Then have all students in a class work as a team to take photos. Then select a few to upload to iNat. this will allow class discussion around how to take good photos, etc. You could then set up a collection project and set one of …

In general, this is a very appropriate use of iNat, I think, and hopefully will lead to a good learning experience! But as others have noted, there are a few keys to making school projects work well: If students aren’t at least 13 years old, they need to use a group account administered by a teache…

Oh, also, realize that it takes time to get IDs, because they’re all supplied by volunteers. Follow up with students a few days/weeks later once more observations have been identified/verified – same-day results are rare, except with charismatic vertebrates.

Developing curriculum for multiple classes from different schools

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