Citizen Science:

Be a phenologist for �the day

Article Summary: �Phenology and wildlife

• Our question: How do changes in the phenology of wild plants affect not only humans, but other plants and animals as well?
• In groups, fill out the article summary worksheet and get ready to present it to the class.

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Review: Citizen Science

Project BudBurst is a great Citizen Science website where you can contribute to climate and phenology research by collecting and analyzing data on trees in your area

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How to make observations

• Learn phenological stages
• Get outside!
• Make observation using the �Single Report form
• Latitude and longitude
• Site description
• Plant’s common and scientific name
• Record in database (optional)

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Phenological Stages

LEAVES/NEEDLES for coniferous or deciduous trees and shrubs

• What could they be doing?
• Unfolding/emerging, changing color, or dropping
• How many leaves are doing it?
• Early (a few of them), Middle (about half of them), and Late (almost all of them)

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FLOWERS for trees, shrubs, and wildflowers

• Are they there? How many?
• Early, Middle, and Late stages are the same as above

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FRUIT for all types of plants

• Are they there? How many?
• Early, Middle, and Late stages are the same as above

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TIME TO GO OUTSIDE!

Debrief from the field

• What plant did you observe?
• What stage was your plant in? Were you surprised?
• What types of interactions did you see?
• How could changes in phenology alter these interactions? What makes you say that?

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Why did we do this unit?

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Thank you!

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Climate Change �and the Future of �Michigan Cherries