X-Polli:Nation

X-Polli:Nation cross-pollinates ideas, methods and technologies for pollinator citizen science.

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Description

X-Polli:Nation​​​​​​​ cross-pollinates ideas, methods and technologies for pollinator citizen science. Our project researches how people and Artificial Intelligence can help each other in citizen science learning around pollination and pollinating insects, how outdoor learning and citizen science can be incorporated into our primary and secondary schools, and how approaches to citizen science transfer to different social contexts. X-Polli:Nation is an actionable citizen science project, that encourages everyone to create, maintain and monitor pollinator-friendly habitats and act as pollinator stewards in society.

X-Polli:Nation is funded by EPSRC and National Geographic. 

Basic information

Coordinator

• Open University (United Kingdom): https://www.open.ac.uk

• Imperial College London (United Kingdom – England): https://www.imperial.ac.uk

Partners

• Open University (United Kingdom): https://www.open.ac.uk
• University of Aberdeen (United Kingdom – Scotland): https://www.abdn.ac.uk
• Imperial College London (United Kingdom – England): https://www.imperial.ac.uk
• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) (Sweden): https://www.slu.se
• Learning through Landscapes (United Kingdom): https://www.ltl.org.uk
• St Alban’s CE Aided Primary School, Havant (United Kingdom – England): https://www.stalbansprimaryschool.co.uk
• The Museo di storia naturale della Maremma (Italy): https://www.museonaturalemaremma.it/

Programme

Other (programme-other)

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Target groups

college students, general public, parents, policy makers, researchers, teachers, trainee teachers, under school-age kids, university students, vocational school students, youth clubs, other

Topic

Agriculture, Applied sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Earth science, Ecology, Environmental sciences, Education, Other

Start year

2019

End year

2021

Url

https://xpollination.org/

Contact person

Advaith Siddharthan, advaith.siddharthan@open.ac.uk

X-Polli:Nation is an actionable citizen science project designed to create awareness of environmental issues that surround pollinating insects, collect data on their feeding preferences for science, plant habitats to support them and finds novel ways to communicate their importance with a wider community.

This project was inspired by a range of pollinator citizen science tools and approaches and we have set out to improve the quality of data collected, monitor interactions between plants and visiting insect pollinators, and collect information in new countries.

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While X-Polli:Nation encourages everyone to take part, it is specifically designed for school age pupils and their teachers (and parents when home learning). We have packaged up the suite of resources across the Learn, Record, Plant and Communicate themes, so that they can be introduced to students as part of a scheme of learning. You can dip into these activities as a one off lesson, or integrate them as part of a structured series of lessons, homework and/or afterschool clubs over a term or school year.

Below you can download the Group Leader Support Guide which provides curriculum links, tips while carrying out the activities with a group and quick links to all of the resources. You can also find a Pack of Worksheets (Learn, Record, Plant and Communicate) which you can print out for students or use as inspiration. To support your teaching you will also find a X-Polli:Nation PowerPoint Presentation and for independent student learning, an Online Course on Pollinators and Citizen Science. You will also find The full colour Recording Booklet and Printer-Friendly Survey Recording Sheets for your class when Recording and a Certificate of Participation to hand out to all those who have made a PolliPromise.

You can also view a recording of the workshop we ran for Teachers in Spring 2021:

Teaching materials

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