Thank you so much to this group for all the fantastic ideas around what to try in the outdoors to bring meaningful science into your ‘classroom’ by situating your class in nature itself and contextualizing the scientific significance through apps and other tech mediums.
The emphasis on providing opportunities for kids to contribute to citizen science was particularly exciting given what we always talk about in this program around enhancing student voice and choice, and valuing them as meaningful contributors to their own communities. By integrating significant scientific movements into your classroom you show students that they matter to the mature community.

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Here are some apps that particularly peaked my interest:
iNaturalist. takes some getting used to, useful in identifying plants and animals, upload photos and collaborate with others, used in citizen science database (free)
Bioblitz- surveying the land for species and recording it, community citizen science effort
Marine Debris Tracker- open data citizen science and related to plastic pollution and recording debris and ocean garbage
Seaweed Sorter- dichotomous key app, yes or no questions to identify seaweed
Peak Finder- hold up to horizons and identify any peaks, $4.99, fly around mountains
NASA app- simple and amazing content, images from space, live streams from space
Skype a Scientist- skype scientists in the field, conversations around field of study, hundreds of volunteered scientists to contact, prep materials available beforehand to prep students, pre-recorded programs on youtube and free