A July 7, 2023 news item on phys.org announces a paper about the X-Polli:Nation, citizen science project for tracking pollinators,
Researchers from Imperial College London and schools in the UK and Italy have co-developed a set of citizen science tools for school pupils to monitor pollinators including butterflies, bumblebees and beetles.
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A July 7, 2023 Imperial College London (ICL) press release by Bry Ravate (it’s part of a ‘press pack’, so, scroll down to “Tools for Schools” to find the release), which originated the news item, provides more detail, Note: Links have been removed,
The project – X-POLLI:NATION – saw students and teachers in the UK and Italy share insights so that researchers could adapt citizen science tasks to suit a younger audience.
This empowered students to be able to collect vital data about pollinators, including their feeding preferences, with the help of field guides and forms developed for a younger audience.
Dr Poppy Lakeman Fraser, Senior Project Coordinator in the Centre for Environmental Policy, said: “There is a lack of information in the curriculum and opportunities for young people to contribute at a local level to global UN targets, so it is incredibly important for projects like this to be embedded into the curriculum, both across the UK and internationally. This can empower the next generation of scientists to take action and address global challenges in an engaging and impactful way.
“This tool ensures no one is left behind as it can be developed to suit students of all abilities, skillsets and ages. The next steps would be to see this implemented nationwide.”
Here’s a link to and a citation for the paper,
X-Polli:Nation: Contributing Towards Sustainable Development GoalsThrough School-Baased Pollinator Citizen Science by Poppy Lakeman Fraser, Laura Colucci-Gray, Annie Robinson, Andrea Sforzi, Ruth Staples-Rolfe, Julie Newman, Richard Gill, Nirwan Sharma, Stefan Rueger, Advaith Siddharthan. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice (2023). DOI: 10.5334/cstp.567
This paper is open access.
You can find the X-Polli:Nation website here in English or Italian.