DATA aNALYSIS
Several of the sites offer data export and/or graph creators from the data collected. You can utilize these features without even putting in data of your own. Here are a couple of examples of organizing data from some of the citizen science projects.
eBird
Go to the Explore Data tab
You will find several options available to export and organize data. The example here will show you how to use the line graphs option.
Scroll down and click on line graphs. Type in the name of each species you would like to compare on your graph (see screen shot to the right). You can select up to five species of birds to compare. Then click continue to see your graph.
eBird
Go to the Explore Data tab
You will find several options available to export and organize data. The example here will show you how to use the line graphs option.
Scroll down and click on line graphs. Type in the name of each species you would like to compare on your graph (see screen shot to the right). You can select up to five species of birds to compare. Then click continue to see your graph.
Screen Shot of an example graph.
Frequency is the first graph that appears, but you can click on the tabs at the top of your graph and explore the other graph options available.
Lost Ladybug
Go to LLP Data & Mapping tab
On the left side of screen choose the pie charts options. Fill in the information you want to compare in your graph. See the screen shot below for the information used for the first example pie chart. Then click Create Chart to see your pie chart. You can also click on the blue question mark to help get advice on how to create different pie charts.
Go to LLP Data & Mapping tab
On the left side of screen choose the pie charts options. Fill in the information you want to compare in your graph. See the screen shot below for the information used for the first example pie chart. Then click Create Chart to see your pie chart. You can also click on the blue question mark to help get advice on how to create different pie charts.
When you choose "select below" a scroll down menu appears to select from. These examples chose Michigan as the state.
Screen Shots of Example Pie Charts
Screen Shots of Example Pie Charts
Uses of Graphs and Data in the Classroom
Create Customized Classroom Missions in Project Noah for Local Data Collection & Analysis
- Students could use to organize data into graphs
- Students could develop questions and/or interpret the data from the graphs they created
- Teachers could create graphs using relevant and real data and formulate questions about those graphs for students
- Students could use graphs to compare data and make conclusions
Create Customized Classroom Missions in Project Noah for Local Data Collection & Analysis
- Individuals with teacher accounts in Project Noah have their own virtual classroom space
- Teachers can create Classroom Missions to which students can submit data; data can be exported as CSV or KML files
- See document: How to Create a Classroom Mission in Project Noah