Mark your calendars, we'll be offering several Nature's Notebook
webinars over the course of 2014! All webinars are free of cost and
will be recorded and made available for later access.
All webinars will be held on Tuesdays at 11am Pacific, 12pm Mountain,
1pm Central, 2pm Eastern time. We will open registration for webinars
approximately four weeks in advance and will email you the
registration links.
Nature's Notebook Webinar Series:
February 11th:
Nature's Notebook: How tracking phenology can benefit your everyday life
People have used phenology for thousands of years to guide their
actions, from knowing when to hunt, plant, and harvest, to deciding
when to watch for pests. These seasonal events can be equally useful
to us in our everday lives. Learn how phenology, the study of life
cycle events in plants and animals, can benefit you in many ways -
from helping you learn about the natural world to honing your
observation skills.
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for this webinar
April 8th:
Botany 101: Plant parts and tricky phenophases
How do I know when a leaf bud has broken? Do I count the number of
seeds or seed heads? When is a fruit ripe? We will provide answers to
these common questions and more.
June 10th:
A summary of spring: What have we learned from our campaigns so far?
Get the download on what we have learned from our Green Wave,
PopClock, Cloned Plants, and Common Lilac Campaigns at the halfway
point this year. We will show you trends, anomalies, and the cool
things our observers see this spring.
July 8th:
What came first, the flower or the bee? Learn to explore patterns in
space and time with our Visualization Tool
Our Visualization Tool allows you to see where people are observing,
map species, animate their phenology, and overlay climate data, as
well as graph and share your findings. Learn how to use it and then
take the next step with downloading custom datasets.
September 23rd:
Gaining 100% confidence in intensity estimates
Get some tips on estimating the intensity of plant phenophases, from
number of flowers to percent colored leaves. Plus, we will also cover
how to identity tricky fall phenophases.
November 18th:
Year-end summary: Nature's Notebook 2014 results
Join us to learn what your 2014 observations reveal, and the ways
scientists are using your observations. We will cover results from
the 2014 Campaigns, as well as a range of other results from
observers across the country.
I look forward to connecting with you this year.
Sincerely,
"Theresa Crimmins, USA National Phenology Network" <[email protected]>
