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WormWatch

Submitted by Kat_NC on Fri, 08/12/2011 - 9:53am

You can watch an earthworm but it can’t watch you. That’s because it doesn’t have eyes. It doesn’t have ears to hear you, or a nose to smell you or hands to hold you. But you have all of those and that means you can be a WormWatcher.

Earthworms are nature’s great recyclers. They munch on debris, leave behind wonderful nutrients and make sure that the water reaches the roots of plants.

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IceWatch

Submitted by Kat_NC on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 9:54am

What could be more fun than watching and waiting for ice to form on your pond, lake or river? Watching and waiting for it to go away! Knowing when the ice comes and goes every year is an important indicator of climate change. And you can do your part to help scientists understand what’s really happening with our climate just by watching and recording the dates when ice forms and thaws.

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FrogWatch

Submitted by Kat_NC on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 9:43am

Hop on over to a pond and listen to the talking frogs.

You don’t have to speak frog language to understand that frogs are telling us how much they love their wetland homes. And we need you to listen to their voices and tell us what you hear.

Every spring the frogs and toads wake up and announce their presence to the world. And because every frog and toad species has it’s own unique “voice”, you can learn to identify just what kinds of frogs and toads live in your backyard.

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PlantWatch

Submitted by Kat_NC on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 9:38am

Does a watched plant ever bloom? It sure does. And we need citizen scientists like you to tell us when that happens. The history of plant watching goes back over two hundred years! By watching and recording when selected plants bloom each spring, researchers can track the effects of global climate change in Canada.

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