Discussion 6 the free app to your phone or laptop and watch these videos that explain how to use this citizen science species identification tool. an account (be sure to make note of your account name and password!). Using the above videos as a guide, practice making by taking a of any or you find (ideally a leaf, fruit, flower, moss, or lichen) Now your photo and the option This will list suggested matches. t to see a side by side comparison. the best match to the species in your photo. If not, try a better photo! Now take a series of photos that include (try your best to get these all but if its too hard any 10 will do) : One or (mushroom, lichen on a rock, scrap of seaweed..) One plant (moss on a tree or sidewalk crack) One plant Two Two Three eu Your images SHOULD include each of the following (again, if possible but if not, try for at least some) A body A A leaf A leaf A A A A These structures can be or but must be (eg not ground spices). They can be wild (in a park or street) or cultivated (produce aisle, bouquet, pot) ; Look in your vacation photos and see if there is a flower, palm tree, fern leaf hiding in the background you can zoom in on and crop out everything else) you can take an image of an image of a plant part or fungi such as the label of a can in your kitchen, a pine tree or cone on a Holiday card, etc. Take a of your screen and it to the discussion thread. and all 10 items and structures you posted along with their scientific binomial. Briefly describe your experience using iNaturalist to search for urban botanicals. What was the most plant/fungal part you found? Were any items more difficult to identify? If so, how did you solve the problem? to a classmate who found/identified a taxa or the same as yours or who had something that you were surprised to see. Briefly describe where else you have seen that organism in your experience. Discussion 8 Open and find the Explore icon by clicking on the three grey bars at the top left of your screen. The Explore icon is at the top and looks like a compass. On the top right select the grey bars which indicate Filters. At the top look for the icons for an insect, snail, or spider. Select one at a time and select the map icon to show sightings in your neighborhood (you will need to zoom in to see each dot). Now pick a member of each group listed below and find one species close to your neighborhood (you may need to zoom out a bit depending on where you live). List its common name and scientific binomial, and its approximate location (Neighborhood and Borough). For each, indicate whether it is: 1. deuterostome or protostome or neither 2. bilateral, radial or neither 3. diploblast or triploblast or neither 4. coelomate, pseudocoelomate, acoelomate or neither (You can find the answers in the PowerPoints) your list of 10 organisms and their descriptors in the discussion thread. Briefly your experience using iNaturalist to explore what creatures others have identified in your own neighborhood. Compare this to your first experience with iNaturalist to ID plants last week. to a classmate who located a or a taxa. Perhaps something you did not know exists in New York City or perhaps something you have never heard of. Come up with one that iNaturalist could be used to answer. Discussion 9 Open and find the Explore icon by clicking on the three grey bars at the top left of your screen. The Explore icon is at the top and looks like a compass. On the top right select the grey bars which indicate Filters. At the top look for the icons for a fish, reptile or mammal. Select one at a time and select the map icon to show sightings of members of this group. Or find the search box and look for a particular group (eg sharks, tunicates, rodents etc.) Now pick a member of each group listed below and find one species close to your current or home state (you may need to zoom out to the East Coast) List its and , and its approximate (Borough/hood). For each, indicate which below traits it possesses: 1. or 2. or 3. 4. or (you can find the answers to these questions in this weeks PowerPoints) This is your list of 11 species to find in iNaturalist Post your list of 11 organisms and their descriptors in the discussion thread. Briefly your experience using iNaturalist to explore what chordates others have identified in your own state/region. this
to your last experience with iNaturalist to ID plants last week. to a classmate who located a or a taxa. Perhaps something you did not know exists in New York State or the East Coast or perhaps something you have never heard of. Generate about the distribution of these animals that iNaturalist could help answer. Discussion 10 Select a local species of interest to you as the topic for your . This should be a species well represented in (at least 50 sightings in the NY area). Once you have selected a species of animal, post the common and scientific name of your chosen species. (NO REPEATS so check before you post). Now use iNaturalist to find out the following: 1. The species (geographic habitat type), local type (use the map in iNaturalist) 2. What / do sightings peak? How might this relate to for this species biotic potential? (click on the species name to see a green graph showing when its seen) 3. Which /sex is sighted more? (Click on the SEX tab) are spotted? (click on the LIFE STAGE tab) Based on this, what type of do you think this species exhibits? 4. Do you think members of this species are more or ? 5. Identify one OR of this species found in the same areas (check iNaturalist) Now generate a hypothesis about the of your species in relation to a / / eg. to a classmates post with a suggestion for clarification or modification of their hypothesis or species description OR by generating about the distribution or density of their species as it relates to either , , or . Eg. This will tie in the work you have done in iNaturalist with the concept of . Now that you have selected a species and its in iNaturalist, use to find about the between these two species. Type into Google and it takes you to Google Scholar. Now type in the of species and a few search terms such as . Now read through the titles of the top articles that seem to include these terms and describe the impact of one on the other (its ok if other species are mentioned since they may be a surrogate for a similar comparison with your species). Its best to focus on the articles with a icon somewhere. These can easily be downloaded for free (never pay!) From these, select that seem relevant to helping you understand the nature of the potential interaction between these two species. a brief summary of each article using the of the articles. Summarize (in your own words!!!) KEY findings of each study and briefly describe in sentences how it could shed light on the and/or or of these species. Begin each summary with the name of the lead authors and the of publication (eg ). Be sure to include a LINK to each article abstract so I can review that as well. INQUIRY INVESTIGATION DATA & GRAPH Select of the two following hypotheses to test using data generated in iNaturalist: 1. Sightings of my selected species will in areas with relatively higher sightings of the prey/predator species I selected. 2. 1. Sightings of my selected species will in areas with relatively higher sightings of the prey/predator species I selected. Now, open iNaturalist and search for each species one at a time in 12 adjacent areas moving from East to West (or along the coastline for marine species). In each area, record the sighting count for each species to generate your data (see format below). Be sure to search the SAME area for each species. Do not change the size of your search frame each time you shift to an adjacent search area. # in area 1 # in area 1 # in area 2 # in area 2 # in area 3 # in area 3 etc. # in area 12 # in area 12 Now paste these 12 paired sightings plus the header into Excel. ghlight them and select Line Chart. Add appropriate labels, data points. Add a descriptive title. Now cut and paste it into a Word file containing the title of your study and your hypothesis. Be sure to include the descriptive statistics in Excel (Mean and Range) and also include the Correlation value. Based on your understanding of the correlation statistic and the value it shows, do the data support or refute your hypothesis? INQUIRY INVESTIGATION FINAL REPORT- 3 PAGES (RUBRIC AN FILE IS ATTACHED EXPLAINING EVERYHTING)