Help Behind-the-Scenes at a Museum as a Citizen Scientist

Students will learn about the importance of biodiversity research collections (specifically, herbaria), the types of data that their specimens hold, the process of digital data creation about the specimens, and the online publishers of that digital data. Students will act as citizen scientists and transcribe labels of plant specimens then explore the research value of the data that they create.

Resource ID#: 171734 Type: Lesson Plan

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Subject(s): Science

Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

Intended Audience: Educators

Suggested Technology: Computer for Presenter, Computers for Students, Internet Connection, LCD Projector

Keywords: Citizen Science, Biodiversity, Plants, Herbarium, Conservation, Museum, Natural Resource Management

Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan, Worksheet, Text Resource

Instructional Design Framework(s): Direct Instruction

Resource Collection: General Collection

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Perspectives Video: Expert

Library of Scientific Plant Samples: Step inside an Herbarium:

Listen as Dr. Austin Mast describes how and why an herbarium collects, maintains, and distributes plant samples for scientific research.

Download the CPALMS Perspectives video student note taking guide.

Type: Perspectives Video: Expert

Perspectives Video: Teaching Idea

Crowd-sourced Herbarium Data Transcription:

Listen closely as Dr. Austin Mast explains how students can help scientists by transcribing data from real herbarium plant samples.

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Type: Perspectives Video: Teaching Idea