Acknowledgements
This course was written by Janice Ansine, David Robinson, Yoseph Araya and Mike Dodd.
This course was first published in August 2019.
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Week 1
Images
Figure 1: getreading
Figures 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8: OPAL (Open Air Laboratories)
Figure 3: PhotosForClass.com;pixabay.com
Figures 10 and 11: naturescalendar.woodlandtrust.org.uk
Audio-visual
Video of citizen science activity: Butterfly-Conservation.org; www.butterfly-conservation.org
Video from the ECSA’s second International Citizen Science Conference, Geneva, 3–5 June 2018: www.science-et-cite.ch
Week 2
Images
Figure 1: Vladimir Wrangel; Shutterstock.com
Figures 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9: courtesy of David Robinson
Figure 3: Franco Folini https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 3.0/ deed.en
Figure 4: Pudding4brains
Figure 10: taken from: http://tchester.org/ index.html
Figure 11: Brad Plumer; taken from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ news/ wonk/ wp/ 2014/ 02/ 11/ there-have-been-five-mass-extinctions-in-earths-history-now-were-facing-a-sixth/ ?utm_term=.5f4f4fac9942
Figure 12: Google Earth
Figure 13: Pamela J. W. Gore
Figure 14: courtesy of Janice Ansine
Figure 15: The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center Ethics and Public Affairs Program; University of Montana
Figure 16: casadaphoto/Shutterstock.com
Figure 17: Henry Arden;Cultura;Getty Images
Figure 18: taken from: http://www.seafoodwatch.org/ocean-issues/aquaculture; Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation
Figure 19: taken from: Figure 25.14 in Campbell et al. 'Biology' 8th edition; Pearson Education Inc.
Figure 20: Pancaketom/Dreamstime.com
Figures 21 and 23: International Union for the Conservation of Nature; http://www.iucn.org
Figure 22: National Geographic; https://media.nationalgeographic.org
Figure 24: CarasdelMundo; Moment Open; Getty Images
Week 3
Images
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11: courtesy of Michael Dodd
Quiz images 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8: courtesy of Michael Dodd
Audio-visual
Videos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7: courtesy of Michael Dodd
Week 4
Images
Figure 1: Monarch Watch Shop; http://shop.monarchwatch.org/ Monarch-Watch-Tagging-Kit/ 121239.
Figures 2 and 3: Wendy Caldwell, University of Minnesota Monarch Lab.
Figure 4: taken from https://www.welcomewildlife.com; https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 3.0/.
Figures 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11: courtesy of David Robinson.
Figure 15: (a) sumikophoto; Shutterstock; (b) B&M Noskowski; iStockphoto.com.
Figure 16: USGS/Freshwaters Illustrated. Public domain.
Week 5
Images
Figures 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 and 10: courtesy of Michael Dodd
Figures 4, 5 and 6: Georges Grieff
Figure 7: taken from: iSpotnature.org
Audio-visual
Videos 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5: courtesy of Michael Dodd.
Week 6
Images
Figures 1 and 3: https://www.ispotnature.org; (c) The Open Uniiversity
Figure 2: taken from: iSpotnature.org;(c)The Open University
Figure 4: Encyclopedia of Life; http://eol.org/ pages/ 595063/ overview
Figure 5: taken from: http://www.nhm.ac.uk
Figure 6: taken from: https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Urtica_dioica
Figure 8: http://www.wemjournal.org
Figure 9: taken from:https://www.nhs.uk/livewell/bites-and-stings/pages/plant-dangers-garden-countryside.aspx; © The Royal Horticultural Society 2019
Figure 10: Woodland Trust; https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk
Audio-visual
Video 1: courtesy of Michael Dodd
Week 7
Images
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18 and 19: https://www.ispotnature.org; (c) The Open University
Figure 17: taken from:https://www.ispotnature.org; (c) The Open University; image taken by Nick Milsom
Week 8
Images
Figure 1, 4, 6, 9,13 and 14: courtesy of David Robinson
Figure 2: Penguin Watch; https://www.zooniverse.org
Figure 3: Daniel Berganza
Figure 5: Hunter_M_Madison3; https://emammal.si.edu/; https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-nc-sa/ 4.0/
Figure 7: Auscape/ardea.com
Figure 8: © 2017 British Ornithologists’ Union and R.A. Philips (photo)
Figures 10, 11 and 12: OPAL (Open Air Laboratories).
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