With so many educators forced to teach students remotely due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, I’ve seen some chatter on Twitter about using iNaturalist as a way to do some fieldwork education remotely, so I thought I’d start a thread here for educators (or anyone else) to share their ideas, experiences, …

A great way to familiarize students with local nature is this delightful quiz. https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-well-do-you-know-your-local-wildlife-now-you-can-test-yourself/10711

In addition to typical iNat observations at our field sites, I had my class of upper-division university students write up a paragraph about each field site before our visit. I gave them a brief tutorial about how to view previous observations from a site, then instructed them to tell me something i…

This link to iNaturalist species bingo was just shared on twitter by @vilseskog . Maybe Lena can share more when she has a chance.

My students are very familiar with iNat and beg me to post everything we find. They are ages 6-10, too young to use the app. If you are excited about it, they will be too…I suggest showing students how you use it by showing them what you’ve personally observed. For younger kids it may make sense to …

I think one of the best ways to use iNat with students is through projects that feature unique places. For instance, take a virtual field trip to whichever park you wish. https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/national-park-service

That’s actually an awesome idea. I like that.

Teachers could require that students display a real attempt at ID for all their observations, using physical or online keys. That ID, and link/reference to guide, could be placed in the observation’s description. They would be directed not to actually register that ID. Teachers could also evaluate s…

I remember, back in the day, penpals was a big thing. Our school/class (in the 70s) had contact with another school/class overseas and we would be given a name from that other class. We would write and receive letters with that other student throughout the year. I wonder if we couldn’t have similar …

[image] My experience as a student using iNat in Higher Education The botanists often head for the salad bar while the zoology folks tend to load up with the meat dishes. love it! and of course, everyone is encouraged to try new things. I ain’t eating the mynah though… I’ll lick the feathers b…

The analogy that I like most for iNat, is that it is a great hall that everyone comes to with their weird and whacky show-n-tells. iNat provide the venue, the guidelines on behaviour, the few rules that shalt be followed, and even (by virtue of it’s internet form) a library of resources and plethora…

Using iNaturalist with Students, Especially Remotely

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