Ecological Field Techniques

This App contains ecological field studies techniques that can be conducted in wild nature by non-professional researchers - school and university students together with their teachers, single beginning investigators, families, amateurs of all ages. It includes 40 environmental study lessons (see below) divided by four seasons (Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer) and covered a wide variety of activities in nature. These activities (lessons) focus on five main themes (subjects) - landscape, botany, zoology, water ecology and environmental monitoring. The list of all topics with their annotations you can found at https://ecosystema.ru/eng/eftm/manuals/ Additionally, you can order Kindle eBooks and Kindle Paperback books containing all of these manuals at https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B082RYY9TG/allbooks These lessons promote a wide variety of outcomes which correspond to established educational standards in many countries. The ecological field study activities address content standards in the areas of earth science, life science, biology, ecology and the nature of science. Intellectual skill development includes questioning, data collection, analysis and drawing conclusions. This App promotes understanding of ecosystems and the protection of the environment through the training of teachers in specific field study techniques, the education of young people in ecology concepts and issues and the sharing of ecological study results between colleagues. This App is addressed to the middle and secondary level science teachers and students, and for all those who would like to investigate local wild nature, to share ecological and cultural information and work together to help create a better environment. IN-APP PURCHASES The free version of this App includes a list of 40 manuals with their annotations and links to 40 instructional videos that illustrate field techniques described in the manuals. You can purchase manuals directly in the application in various options: all 40 manuals ($8.99), as well as manuals divided by 6 topics ($3.99) or by 4 seasons of the year ($6,99). The list of all 40 field study lessons: I. GEOGRAPHY: Orienteering in the forest Eye Survey of the Field Study Site Mapping Forest Vegetation Geological Exposure Description Minerals and Rocks Profiling a River Valley Slope Soil Description Integrated Study on Landscape Profile Description of Small Rivers and Streams Study of Snow Cover Making a Campfire II. BOTANY: Species Composition and Number of Fungi Making a Herbarium Flora of Your Local Environment Vertical Structure of a Forest Green Plants Under Snow Ecology of Early Flowering Plants Phenology of Plant Florescence Assessment of Ecological Features of Meadows Vital State of Coniferous Underbrush Growth Dynamics of Trees Based on Annual Rings Vital State of a Forest Based on Pine-tree Analysis Environmental State of the Forest Based on Leaves’ Asymmetry III. ZOOLOGY: Forest Invertebrates 1: Forest Litter and Wood Forest Invertebrates 2: Grass, Tree Crowns and Air Water Invertebrates in a Local River Species Composition and Abundance of Amphibians Making Feeders and Nesting Boxes Species Composition and Census of Birds Studies of Bird Populations Day Activity of Singing Birds Birds’ Nesting Life Observation of a Chickadee Flock's Winter Mammals Route Census by Footprints Mammal Ecology According to Their Tracks IV. HYDROBIOLOGY: Description of Small Rivers Physical and Chemical Properties of Natural Waters Water Invertebrates and Assessment of River Environmental State Study of Plankton Fauna of Spring Temporary Water Bodies Species Composition and Abundance of Amphibians V. BIOINDICATION: Lichen Indication Vital State of a Forest Ecological Features of Meadows Environmental State of the Forest Vital State of Coniferous Underbrush Complex Environmental Assessment of Human Impact on an Area Ecosystem on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ecosystema1994/