Karen Dvornich, National Director
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Karen Dvornich is cofounder and national director of the NatureMapping program and outreach coordinator for the University of Washington's Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. She was project assistant for the Washington Gap Analysis Project, the first statewide assessment of biodiversity, and continues to conduct biodiversity research and implementation of NatureMapping data for county and community planning.
Dvornich began working with Informal Science Education organizations in 2005 to create a network of NatureMapping centers throughout the United States, educating and supporting schools and communities in conservation planning and field research projects while providing credible data to the NatureMapping database. She holds bachelor's degrees in zoology and animal behavior and has over 20 years of experience in telecommunications and information technology.
This article originally published on 1/20/2009
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NatureMapping Table of Contents
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Overview
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Lessons
- Overview: NatureMapping Lessons at a Glance
- How to Tell the Time and Date
- Using Guides and Animal Size to Teach Species Recognition
- Using Environmental Clues to Teach Species Recognition
- How to Estimate Animal Size and Numbers at a Distance
- Teaching Directions, Maps, and Coordinates
- A Lesson on Nature Note Taking
- How to Collect and Evaluate Observations in the Field
- A Glossary of Common NatureMapping Terms
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Videos and Tips
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Articles
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Contacts
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I find that this sounds like a wonderful way to teach our kids. I am a homeschool mom, and am teaching my children is both traditional and non-traditional ways. we do a lot of education at national parks, national historic sites, and other outdoors areas. we also use the computer and traditional worksheets. This sounds like a program I can use just outside my door. I live in Helena, MT and have a large area of public lands less than a mile from my house. I hope to use your educational materials out there. I am very interested in this program, and would like to know more about what and how you do things.
Thank You,
Kim Beaudin
Participating in the program
Please contact me concerning the possibility of my class participating in NatureMapping this coming school year. I am an elementary Montessori teacher and this program goes well with the Montessori methodology.
Darcell Butler
I am an environmental educator who just moved to Casper, Wyoming from North Bend WA. That is where I became familiar with Nature Mapping and excited about the possibilities.
I am now working at a 450 acre Nature Center where I can see many opportunities for involving scientists,teachers, students and local citizens. I was wondering if there are any Nature Mapping projects going on in this state, or in nearby states.