West Coast and Pacific Region by GTM Research Reserve https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s Increasing Public Learning and Project Interpretation Through Multi-Sector Collaboration | NERRS/NERRA Annual Meeting Cross-Sector Professional Sharing Session en-us 2020-10-23 19:54:03 UTC 2025-04-16 20:19:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f305.png Guana Water Quality Project gtmresearchreserve https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/857196069 Community inspired research effort to gather water quality data from Guana Lake to determine ecosystem health and watershed impacts ]]> 2020-10-23 19:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/857196069 Sentinel Sites gtmresearchreserve https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/857196073 Complement existing SWMP data with geodetic and water level monitoring to assess specific locations for sea level rise]]> 2020-10-23 19:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/857196073 NGSS https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874765358 align with NGSS or state standards]]> 2020-10-29 20:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874765358 How climate change is impacting local habitats/critters rfuller38 https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874766751 2020-10-29 20:06:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874766751 https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874767258 Making it relevant and interesting for the students]]> 2020-10-29 20:06:19 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874767258 Convey that sea level rise is not the same everywhere https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874767807 2020-10-29 20:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874767807 Explain how science and policy interact to make communities sustainable in the face of these changes. Also teaching this topic in a way where students feel like there are solutions or adaptations that can be made tucker41 https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874769039 2020-10-29 20:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874769039 Determine exactly what kind of data you want to collect and make sure it is accessible to students https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874769174 2020-10-29 20:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874769174 Career paths for students https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874770405 2020-10-29 20:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874770405 how math/statistics help pull information out of noisy data rfuller38 https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874773120 2020-10-29 20:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874773120 Determine the students prior knowledge on the subject so you have a starting point https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874773337 2020-10-29 20:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874773337 Reflect on what your team knows about the subject and where some gaps might exist that could confuse the students https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874775497 2020-10-29 20:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874775497 Concept of how elevation affects types of vegetation will grow there. https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874775907 2020-10-29 20:09:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874775907 Figure out what monitoring you can do that doesn't impact the marsh. https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874776271 2020-10-29 20:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874776271 Providing actions/solutions as followup to engaging with the science https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874778703 2020-10-29 20:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874778703 Encourage students to make observations for themselves of how their local places are changing tucker41 https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874780389 2020-10-29 20:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874780389 Determine safe and accessible sites (very muddy at Padilla Bay) https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874781915 2020-10-29 20:11:24 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874781915 Use staff gauges and photo monitoring of those https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874783350 2020-10-29 20:11:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874783350 Help the teachers develop a curriculum map that will be background for the project. https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874792507 2020-10-29 20:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874792507 Field techniques like quadrats, GPS, hand lens, boots https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874793704 2020-10-29 20:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874793704 Encourage teachers/students to conduct a similar investigation at their school first to familiarize them with tools https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874794264 2020-10-29 20:15:59 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874794264 Use existing platforms like the King Tides Citizen Science Program tucker41 https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874794717 2020-10-29 20:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874794717 Practice similar monitoring in sites with less impact. Also give them practice on tools. https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874794794 2020-10-29 20:16:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874794794 Video of field methods and/or background on the project if you cannot meet in person https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874794853 2020-10-29 20:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874794853 Love the using the idea of icing on a cake to demonstrate measurements of elevation change! https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874795268 2020-10-29 20:16:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874795268 have a demonstration SET near interpretive center for students to practice/visualize measuring surface elevations rfuller38 https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874795365 2020-10-29 20:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874795365 Maps showing relative gains/losses given geogrphic location. https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874798166 2020-10-29 20:17:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874798166 Don't forget to focus on the science communication as much as the science data collection, many tools to use for this that the kids would be interested in (video, blog writing, photography). tucker41 https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874798636 2020-10-29 20:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874798636 Set up an observational period as part of the day's activities https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874799297 2020-10-29 20:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874799297 "Meet the instrument" videos demonstrating use of each of the different tools https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874801342 2020-10-29 20:18:30 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874801342 Somehow incorporate art? https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874810999 2020-10-29 20:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874810999 At TRNERR we can't go into the marsh with students but we can do a ground truthing of weather station activity when we can have in-person programs and upland vegetation monitoring. https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874817268 2020-10-29 20:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874817268 Have a common data collection point or target as a "control" for comparing across students https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874817362 2020-10-29 20:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874817362 Videos, tanks, or microscopes to illustrate how biota interact with sediment to affect accretion/erosion. E.g. plants trapping sediment, snails burrowing/disturbing sediment, diatoms binding sediment particles... rfuller38 https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874817440 2020-10-29 20:24:36 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874817440 Not sure where to put this, but I think it is important to consider collecting and using Indigenous knowledge at some of the sites, for instance ecological calendars might be an appropriate fit for this in relation to climate change and its impact on phenology tucker41 https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874819415 2020-10-29 20:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874819415 Encouraging teachers and students to peer review and upload their data via Google Forms from their school as followup to the field trip. https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874821548 2020-10-29 20:26:11 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874821548 Demonstrate the reserves researchers collecting data and show students exactly how meticulous to be. Watching real scientists can encourage higher accuracy. https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874823616 2020-10-29 20:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874823616 Be up front about expectations for quality of the data and show students how to conduct their own quality control... if you see data point X that is likely outside of the expected range and WHY tucker41 https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874827121 2020-10-29 20:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874827121 Showcase/share where their collected data will be used - if there's an understanding that the data is actually going to be used, there may be higher buy-in from students on paying attention to protocols https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874829262 2020-10-29 20:28:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874829262 Benefit: Engaging a larger audience (general public) in documenting their local areas - may increase awareness of sea level rise among a larger population than just students https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874842278 2020-10-29 20:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874842278 Training is difficult during covid, and finding reliable volunteers that can sample consistently (if that is what you want) https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874842296 2020-10-29 20:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874842296 Possibly have a smaller group of volunteers help with veg monitoring. https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874843384 2020-10-29 20:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874843384 Can allow students to get the 'learning outdoor' experience, a break from zoom https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874844892 2020-10-29 20:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874844892 Challenge is actually getting to the sites since most are accessible by boat and are muddy (KBNERR) https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874845502 2020-10-29 20:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874845502 Challenge: Quality control may diminish if collection is opened to anyone, but requiring training with equipment would decrease the audience who could access it https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874846615 2020-10-29 20:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874846615 Benefit: More data and more opportunity for support further on Challenge: Organizing the data collection methods so that they can be used by all and easily accessible/ done with little training tucker41 https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874846943 2020-10-29 20:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874846943 Would love to hear a cross sector community science example. https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874851277 2020-10-29 20:37:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874851277 If using video, short videos seem more useful. Easier to follow along https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874851472 2020-10-29 20:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874851472 Field guide of plants in sites. I know this is more set for each site but can be useful https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874854056 2020-10-29 20:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874854056 Covid application- https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874855167 Anne Marie Tipton]]> 2020-10-29 20:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874855167 Keep folks updated on status of the project to increase motivation https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874869115 2020-10-29 20:44:44 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/874869115 skinnbry000 https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/3412901709 2025-04-16 20:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gtmresearchreserve/jfy4pd548i66m30s/wish/3412901709