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Lesson Plan: Intro to Citizen Science

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Description

This lesson serves as an introduction to Citizen Science, including a short reading and some activities and discussion points. The lesson uses Monitor My Maple as an example, but could easily be adapted for other citizen science projects. 

Grade level
5-8
9-12
Project
Monitor My Maple
Resource Type
Lesson Plan
Subject(s)
Living Environment
Science
ELA
Social Studies
NYS Standards
MS-SL1, Comprehension and collaboration