This week, Jacob spent some time sharing the power of PhenoCams with the kiddos at Flagstaff’s De Miguel Elementary School. He taught a phenology lesson titled “Monitoring plants with cameras!” to Ms. Ten Haken’s (NAU alumna) 5th grade class. Students learned what phenology is and why it’s important, via an exploration of the PhenoCam Network map page. These sorts of outreach activities are crucial for getting kids excited about science and ecosystem ecology more specifically.
After the visit, Jacob reported that students “LOVED the map and had lots of questions about how phenology connects to things they’ve learned about already such as photosynthesis and astronomy.”
Thanks to Ms. Haken for giving Jacob (and the lab) this outreach opportunity!
