This lesson can be used as a supplement in a course designed to demonstrate climate change impacts on biotic species or a course designed to study the natural history of species in a given range.
This adaptation explores the questions: Based on observations of bumblebee phenology, are bumblebees in the western United States behaving differently from 2011 to 2019? What climate variables may help explain bumblebee activity? (Only Part A and B). Created by Anna Strimaitis Grinath.
Conduct this activity before students are introduced to data collection using the Nature's Notebook observation protocols. This activity will familiarize students with some of the main phenophases present on select species during certain times throughout the school year.
Partners in Place encourages poeple to meditate and reflect by obeserving the changes in seasons.
Educator resources from the National Park Service.
Facinating videos about the flowering of dogwoods by Tale of the Dogwood.
A phenology calendar of plants and animals in the Sonoran Desert.
The Earth Observatory's mission is to share with the public the images, stories, and discoveries about the environment, Earth systems, and climate that emerge from NASA research, including its satellite missions, in-the-field research, and models.
Educatonal Resources from the Missouri Botanical Garden.