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Nature’s rhythms:
Using Nature’s Notebook and Phenology to
teach about seasonal & long term environmental
change
LoriAnne Barnett
Education Coordinator
phRenology – a
phOnology – a
pseudoscience focused on
measurements of the
human skull and size of
the brain
branch of linguistics
concerned with the
organization of sounds in
language
Just to be clear…
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/phenology-and-nature-s-shifting-rhythms-regina-brinker
What’s Phenology
Phenology refers to recurring plant and animal life cycle stages,
such as leafing and flowering, maturation of agricultural plants,
emergence of insects, and migration of birds. It is also the study of
these seasonal changes, especially their timing and relationships
with weather and climate.
ANIMAL >> Mammal, Bird, Snake, Insect
Activity
Reproduction
Development
Method
Observable life cycle events or
PHENOPHASES
PLANT
Leaves
Flowers
Fruits
Acer rubrum (red maple); Photo credit: D. Hartel
Observing the same individual through the seasons
PLANT
LIFE CYCLE
SET SEED
Requires Optimum Conditions
FLOWER
GREEN
GROWTH
American kestrel
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Photo credit: L. Barnett
Photo Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region,
via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
Primary goal
• Create a standardized, long-term
dataset for use in multiple types
of research.
UNDERSTAND HOW SPECIES AND
LANDSCAPES ARE RESPONDING TO
CLIMATE CHANGE.
Mission
• Make phenology data, models
and related information
available.
• Encourage people of all ages and
backgrounds to observe and
record phenology.
Photo credit: C. Enquist
Citizen science …
 scientific research conducted, in whole or in part,
by amateurs or nonprofessionals
 public participation in scientific research
 (also known as) crowd science, crowd-sourced
science, or networked science
Quercus alba, Q. falcata, Asclepias tuberosa; D. Hartel
Photo credit: L. Romano
RECORD KEEPING
Jefferson
Thoreau
Powell
Photo credit: Monticello
Garden re-created
What content and skills
might PHENOLOGY teach?
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PHENOLOGY
What can
PHENOLOGY teach:
 English and Language Arts
 Social Studies: History,
Cultural Studies, and
Geography
 Healthy Living and Physical Education
 Foreign and Native Languages Arts such as music, theater,
and visual arts
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www.globalchange.gov
Have a PLAN
Make it
LONG TERM
YEAR 1
YEAR 2
YEAR 3
YEAR 4
Intro
Intro
Intro
Intro
Monitoring
Monitoring
Analysis
Analysis
Monitoring
Analysis
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Nature’s Notebook
in our classroom
Important things we’ll discuss today:
What is PHENOLOGY
What are plant and animal life cycles?
What do we know about seasonal
changes?
Why do we have certain plants and
animals here?
What can Nature’s Notebook help us
understand?
USA-NPN Education Publication Number: 2014-004-C
https://www.usanpn.org/KWL
-Mark Twain
Climate
Long-term average of daily
weather in a given area.
• The average annual rainfall
in Tucson, AZ is ~12.0
inches.
• The average June high temp
is 100°F.
• December is the average
coolest month at 65°F .
Weather
Day-to-day changes in the
Earth’s atmosphere.
• It rained yesterday.
• Last Wednesday it was
110°F.
• Sunday will be sunny and
105°F.
It is all about time …
Why is climate important to phenology
and ecology?
Climate drives what
occurs where, what
lives where, and how
those species respond
to their environment.
Life Zones
http://alliance.la.asu.edu/maps/AZ_biomes_web.pdf
Photo credit: L. Romano
ANIMAL
Method
Activity
 Individuals
at a feeding
station
 Active
individuals
 Feeding
PLANT
Leaves
 Leaves
 Colored leaves
Flowers
 Open flowers
Fruits
 Recent seed
or fruit drop
PHENOPHASES
Leaves
Flowers
Fruits
Gambel Oak
Photo from All About Birds
Acorn Woodpecker
Breaking leaf buds
Leaves
Colored leaves
Increasing leaf size
Flowers or Flower Buds
Open Flowers
Fruits
Ripe Fruits
Recent fruit or
seed drop
DECIDUOUS PLANT PHENOPHASES
①Saguaro
②Candy barrel cactus
③Buck-horn cholla
④Tree cholla
⑤Velvet Mesquite
⑥Yellow paloverde
⑦Desert ironwood
⑧Brittlebush
⑨Beavertail pricklypear
Create accounts in
Nature’s Notebook
A project of the USA-NPN
Photo credit: L. Barnett
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LoriAnne Barnett
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