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Kristin Gillies
· April 04, 2023 3:47 PM
Landcare’s School Citizen Science Program was born from the idea of putting wildlife cameras in schools, to enable students to monitor their local patch.
This idea was generously funded by the JM Roberts Trust. From this initial concept, Landcare Tasmania developed the Program in to something much broader – a program that gave students meaningful opportunities to explore their local environment, through a range of hands on activities. Water bug monitoring, bird watching, nature journaling, habitat exploration, and wildlife monitoring with cameras, to name a few.
The Program was developed by Landcare Tasmania staff, with the help of a skills-based working group.
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