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Phenology and Budburst Lab Exercise For ESC 110 Environmental Issues in Appalachia HOR 201 Introduction to Horticulture MTH 206 Introduction to Statistics with business Applications By: Dr. Carolyn Thomas, Dr. Bob Pohlad, Professor Joby Kauffman and Dr. Katherine Goff

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Phenology and Budburst Lab Exercise. For ESC 110 Environmental Issues in Appalachia HOR 201 Introduction to Horticulture MTH 206 Introduction to Statistics with business Applications. By: Dr. Carolyn Thomas , Dr . Bob Pohlad, Professor Joby Kauffman and Dr. Katherine Goff. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Phenology and Budburst Lab Exercise

For ESC 110 Environmental Issues in Appalachia HOR 201 Introduction to Horticulture

MTH 206 Introduction to Statistics with business Applications

By: Dr. Carolyn Thomas, Dr. Bob Pohlad, Professor Joby Kauffman and

Dr. Katherine Goff

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BudBurst Phenology Data Collection Sheet Center for Teaching and Learning

Chicago Botanic Garden

Date:

Time:

Place:

latitude: longitude:

Notes about today’s weather (cloudiness, wind, temperature etc): Plant 1 is called: Notes about my plant:

1. Do you see any buds bursting? Y N 2. Do you see any leaves? Y N 3. Do you see any flowers? Y N

Draw a picture of your bud, leaf, or flower

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• • Activity Guide • • Program Description • Summary • Join citizens all over the U.S. in collecting plant lifecycle (phenology) data and contributing to • an ongoing scientific research project that explores the effects of climate change on the plant • lifecycle. Students will identify and observe and collect data on native U.S. plants at different • stages in their lifecycle, budding, first bloom, full bloom, and die-off. Once data has been • collected, students will return to the classroom, analyze their data, and enter the results on the • BudBurst.org website to be included in the national data collection effort. • • Grade level • BudBurst can be adapted for any grade level. The following activities include some grade level • modifications for both older and younger students. For example, older students may identify • species on their own using field guides, while younger students may be guided to observe a • particular species identified by an adult. • • Activities Suggested Time: 3-5 class periods • The following activities are related, but independent, lessons which can be used individually or • as a group. • • 1. Connecting Plants and Climate • 2. Plant Observation and Data collection • 3. Plant Phenology and Climate Change • • Student Outcomes • Activities have been aligned with both the Benchmarks for Science Literacy (AAAS, 2000) as • well as the National Science Learning Standards (1997). By tracking the timing of leafing and • floral bud emergence in their schoolyards and gardens, students will: • ! Be able to identify several tree or flower species in their area, and observe the sequence • of budding in those species relative to each other (e.g. spring ephemeral flowers on the • forest floor bloom before the trees leaf out and block the sun) (Benchmark: Systems) • ! Learn to observe budding phenology and understand how the budding stage fits into a

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• Plant’s life cycle (Benchmark: Constancy & Change) • Understand the relationship between weather and

phenology (Benchmark: The Interdependence of Life) • Learn to enter data into Web-based databases and

compare their observations with those of students in other regions (Benchmarks: The Nature of Science & The Diversity of Life)

• Learn to interpret their data and convey results in graphics and/or in writing (Benchmark: The Nature of Science).

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• BudBurst Activity Guide • • • Convert your location to latitude/longitude in decimal degrees • • ! To begin entering data, you first need to find out the latitude and longitude of • your location. You can do this using the MULTIMAP website • (http://www.multimap.com) • • ! Find the full address of the location you need coordinates for including street • address and zip code. If your collection site does not have an address, use the • street address nearest to your collection site. • • ! Where it says country in the top left corner it should say United States. Type in • the street address, town, state and zip code and click 'find' it will then display a • map of that location. • • ! The red circle is over address you entered into the search engine. You will also • notice it has zoomed in on the location. • • ! If the location is not exactly where you want, you can use the arrows on the • sides of the map to navigate to the specific location. • • ! Double click on it to center the map around that point. Notice that the red circle • stays in the same place. To re-center the red circle, scroll down and under the • map, you will see Map Information, including X and Y coordinates, • latitude/longitude, and a URL address. • • ! Click on the link and the red circle will move to yours

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Enter your data ! Go to the BudBurst website http://www.BudBurst.org and click on

REPORT ! Look at your plant – is it tree/shrub a flower, or an ornamental plant – click on the picture representing your plant. You will see a form with prompts for data entry. ! Enter in the latitude and longitude in degrees of the location where you made your observations (See “Find your location in degrees” instructions) ! Enter in the elevation at the location where you made your observations (see the “Find your Elevation” instructions) ! Scroll down. You will see a list of phenological phases with fields for month, date, and year next to each. ! Using the dropdown menus, enter the month, date, and time that you observed each phase. Click “report my observation” to submit your data. ! Click “clear form” if you have other observations to report. You may report as many observations as you have.

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• Summary Data Collection Worksheet • • WHAT PLANT DID YOU OBSERVE? (plant list, www.budburst.org/plantlist, or identify another plant) • • *Common Name: • Scientific Name (if known): • • WHEN DID YOU OBSERVE? Report dates only for the phenophase(s) that apply to your • plant. • MONTH / DAY / 2007 • Budburst/First Leaf: ________ / ________ / 2007 • Full Leaf: ________ / ________ / 2007 • First Flower: ________ / ________ / 2007 • Full Flower: ________ / ________ / 2007 • WHERE DID YOU OBSERVE? • *Latitude: _____________ decimal degrees (i.e. 39.9847) • *Longitude: ___________ decimal degrees (i.e.-105.2682) • *Elevation: ____________ meters • *City: _________________ • *State: ________________ • *Country: __United States_ • Comments on Location: • 20 • First Flower: ________ / ________ / 2007 • Full Flower: ________ / ________ / 2007 • End Flower: ________ / ________ / 2007 • Seed or Fruit Dispersal: ________ / ________ / 2007 • • Additional Comments: • •

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Photos

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Observations• Second time we observed snow had cleared but its still freezing

outside, bark still dark brown but no snow on pines or ice, branches sturdy with moist braches

• 2/23/10-as the freezing temperatures start to slowly rise, there are little tiny buds the size of BBs on the end of the branches.

• The first observation was the hardest because it was very hard to find the plant, and once we found it we weren't sure of what to take a photo off.

• They snow is melted and the wind is blowing the fountain sideways.• In week 4 the weather has began to fee like spring again. We have

had a couple of 60+ days which we feel has made a huge impact on our tree. The tree is starting to show a lil bit of growth, but yet no pine cones have began to grow but I have a really good feeling that we are getting really close to seeing some action very soon.

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Student assistantPrepared by: Daisy M. Wilhelm, student assistantProject Director: Dr. Carolyn ThomasProject Bud Burst and Phenology ModuleApril 13, 2010

Project Plan For Bud Burst Tasks:I will organize data from students project in ESC-110-A and organize it into one document in a logical order. I will become familiar with the Project Bud Burst website http://www.neoninc.org/budburst/index.php to

upload data from projects with Dr. Thomas.Upload class data on Project Budburst site if possible. Then lastly talk with Dr. Thomas about how user friendly the project has been and give students’

prospective. This will mean reading and commenting on the user friendly nature of the Phenology (Project Bud burst) Module Dr. Thomas has developed.

All of this will be completed by April 24th. __________________________________________________________________________________Daisy Wilhelm Dr. Carolyn ThomasStudent Assistant Project Director and Professor of Environmental

Sciences and Biology

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Use of Phenological Time Plots in Mathematics Courses

Ferrum, VA (36.9098, -80.0203)

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When will budburst occur this year?

22-Mar25-Mar9-Apr17-Mar15-Mar20-Mar21-Mar19-Mar20-Mar24-Mar

21-Mar12-Mar1-Apr15-Apr12-Apr20-Mar5-Apr26-Mar15-Mar20-Mar

18-Mar26-Mar14-Apr24-Apr13-Apr7-Mar27-Mar7-Apr21-Mar30-Mar

28-Mar25-Mar15-Apr27-Mar18-Mar24-Mar1-Mar20-Mar29-Mar15-Mar

Mean Response = 25-Mar

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Application of NDVI and Time Series

Go to http://itouchmap.com/latlong.html and find the latitude and longitude of two places of interest on the Earth’s surface (not over water).

Place Latitude Longitude _____________ _____________ _____________

_____________ _____________ _____________

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2. Go to the url below: http://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/MODIS/GLBVIZ_1_Glb/modis_subset_order_global_col5.plFor each place of interest:3. Type in the latitude and longitude4. Choose: [MOD13Q1] Vegetation Indices (NDVI, EVI), specify the

number of kilometers above and below as 3, and hit Continue.5. Select the starting date and an ending date to include all

available dates, and then enter your e-mail address and hit Continue.

6. On the next page, verify your request and at the bottom of the page hit Create Subset

7. Check your inbox to find a link to your data and then click on the link; this may take a few minutes.

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Ferrum, VA (36.9098, -80.0203)

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Newport News, VA (37.1291522, -76.5248216)

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Bronx, New York 10453 (40.851638, -73.912437)

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Palmyra PA (40.279703, -76.574567)

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Los Angeles, California (34.0522342, -118.243684)

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Alaska (60.19324404995524, -159.08203125)

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Greenland (74.30735341486246, -37.6171875)

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West Saharan Desert (27.171811359827373, -13.22504997253418)

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Coari, Amazonas, Brazil (-4.182803, -63.083496)

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• What are high values of NDVI associated with?

• How could NDVI measurements in a time series be used for phenology research?

• What are two abiotic (non-living) characteristics of the environment that change throughout the year? How might these changes affect NDVI measurements?

• Why might NDVI measurements vary with elevation?

• The type of biome, physiographical region, and type of land cover all vary with latitude and longitude. How might these changes affect NDVI?