The Phenology Handbook - USA National Phenology Network

Kids In Nature Journal 2008
Phenology Activity Guide
Contents
The objective of this Phenology Activity Guide is to provide materials for the classroom and
field that can help teachers, docents, naturalists and families to focus and to organize their
students’ and their own phenological observations in school gardens, back yards,
neighborhoods, local parks and wild areas.
I. Kids in Nature Journal — Students Observing the Seasons (S.O.S):
Phenology and Project Budburst. This is oriented towards upper
elementary school students
II. Advanced Phenological Activity Guide — The measurement,
quantification, and comparison of individual and population‐level
phenological phases. This section is designed for groups of middle
school, high school, or introductory college‐level courses that integrate
biological observations with the measurement, synthesis, analysis and
interpretation of quantitative data. The Worksheets provided in this
section may be mixed and matched depending on the motivation, goals,
and quantitative skills of the instructor and the students
III. Phenology guide for teachers – This guide was designed as a
companion to the S.O.S. chapter of the Kids In Nauture Journal (pgs. 54‐
63), but it can be used by educators at all levels to enhance their life
sciences curricula and in‐class discussions.
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UCSB phenology stewards
recording flowering times of
native plants at Coal Oil Point
Natural Reserve.
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