Is there a Scout Merit Badge that directly involves the use of iNat, or could involve the use of INat? A Scout troup is planning to camp on our farm and I am hopeful that we can get them involved in pariticpating in our citizen science biodiversity survey which uses iNat, Jack Spruill jspruill…

Our biodiversity survey is at https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/spruill-farm-conservation-project

This could be possible, but you need to talk to the scout troop leaders about this because they may need to get someone in place who can verify the work is being done correctly. There are two key requirements every scout needs to do that work well with iNaturalist, but I don’t know the native plant…

Another consideration: You do need to be 13+ yrs old to have your own iNat acct, though parents or scout master can help admin for younger.

We do have a special path for getting parental permission for people under 13: https://www.inaturalist.org/user_parents/new Most people end up here via Seek (which is why we built it). When we come across accounts that identify themselves as under 13 or we otherwise learn they’re under 13 we also n…

Thanks for that. It’s been about 50 years since I last got a Cub/Scout badge! It saves me having to track it down.

https://www.boyscouttrail.com/boy-scouts/meritbadges/environmental-science-merit-badge.asp addresses endangered species, invasive species, pollination and as one of the possible set of activities includes making observations in a study area: Mark off a plot of four square yards in each study area,…

There are over 130 merit badges available. There are also some key rank requirements that can be completed using iNaturalist. You should contact the adult leaders in that scout troop and discuss this idea with them. They will likely know what will work with their scouts and how to handle the det…

Are you aware of this: http://earthtribe.scout.org/champions-for-nature.html There seems to be several ways in which iNaturalist could partner with this worldwide …

The Girl Scouts of USA uses Sci starter for their Citizen Science projects. This links to a variety of Citizen Science projects, including iNaturalist. It’s a nice way to keep data from the troop together. They do have a Citizen Science badge. I would be surprised if the Boy Scouts (or just Scout…

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onyxrat August 11, 2021, 6:58pm 4

One more important consideration: many troops have a “no electronics” rule. You definitely need to work this out with the scout troop leaders.

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