The TerraWatch cast
Each friend shows you one idea by how they act. Meet them all and see how the ideas fit together.
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Spot Observation + noticing — the chickadee perched on a branch who teaches slow-noticing as the first scientific skill ('look once, then look again, slower; the second look usually finds more') -
Note Structured recording — the beaver in notebook-pocket vest who teaches fact-vs-inference discipline ('write what you saw; then write what you think it means; don't mix them') -
Pin Geolocation + spatial-data discipline — the hummingbird with pin-tail-feather who teaches that location-stamps + time-stamps make observations useful to other scientists ('where matters; when matters; the same plant in two places is two stories') -
Census Biodiversity counting + sampling — the raccoon with tally-pattern vest who treats unglamorous repeated counting as the actual magic of science ('one bird seen is a moment; ten birds seen over ten days is a pattern; counting is the magic') -
Trend Change-over-time + agency-positive climate framing — the old tortoise with tree-ring shell and folding-graph showing both worrying AND hopeful trends ('today is one dot; many dots make a line; lines can bend; your dot helps the line') -
Almanac Phenology / the timing of natural events -
Attest Evidence and verification -
Fledge Life stages / recording what stage of life something is in -
Spoor Reading tracks and signs -
Verge Range and distribution / where a species lives and where its edges are