Summer is winding down and projects are heading into fall data collection and analysis. The FieldScope team wanted to share some exciting updates including a big improvement to the bulk upload process, exciting work from the Spinning Salmon project, and FieldScope activities at the recent AAPS CAPS Conference. Wishing all of our subscribers a great fall! |
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The FieldScope team was at the NAAEE Conference in Pittsburgh in November and the NSTA Conference in Philadelphia in March. |
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The FieldScope team was excited to participate in the Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences’ CAPS Conference in Portland in May. The conference brings together various leaders and stakeholders in the global participatory science network to learn and share ideas through workshops, symposia, discussions, and more. Our team was able to see the great work being done by so many in the field and learned a lot from this wonderful community. We had many great conversations at our booth, presented a table at the Science for All Showcase (which took place at the very cool World Forestry Center), and also held two workshops: - The Engaging in Inquiry, Sensemaking, and Data Visualization in FieldScope workshop—featuring the Urban Native Greens, Bat Activity Trends, Spinning Salmon, and TickTalk projects—discussed how data gathered and analyzed in FieldScope helps communities explore ongoing real-world phenomena, including:
- How urbanization affects populations of songbirds in and around Louisiana
- Examining how and when are bats active so we can more easily track numbers as they face threats like the white-nose syndrome
- Determining how thiamine deficiency is affecting chinook salmon
- How climate change is contributing to the spread of ticks and Lyme disease
- The Bat Activity Trends project also discussed their use of FieldScope in the workshop Meet Your Nighttime Neighbors: Exploring Nocturnal Nature Through Bat Observation Community Science.
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Left to right: Peggy Harte, Youth Education Program Manager, Spinning Salmon project, UC Davis Center for Community and Citizen Science Jamie Deutch-Noll, FieldScope Science Educator, BSCS Science Learning Renée DeVaul, FieldScope Project Policy Analyst/Manager, UC Berkeley Catherine Nguyen, FieldScope Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Berkeley Image by Peggy Harte |
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FieldScope will be presenting the workshop Using participatory science to engaging in storytelling, sensemaking, and data visualization with FieldScope at the NSTA Conference, November 12-15, 2025 in Minneapolis . |
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Spinning Salmon The Spinning Salmon Participatory Science Project has two data portals, one with data gathered by student participants and a second with data gathered by researchers. Over 3,000 students and 50 scientists have been working together to explore the phenomenon of Thiamine Deficiency Complex (TDC) in salmon. TDC can result in salmon swimming in circles and experiencing higher mortality rates. This project protocol was co-developed between the UC Davis Center for Community and Citizen Science, the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and The Department of Fish and Wildlife. High school students across 5 counties in California have participated in the student branch of the project, and researcher data have been gathered state wide. |
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BECOMING FIELDSCOPE SAVVY |
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Bulk Uploading - Downloading Station IDs Note: Bulk uploading data is only available for managers and those set as bulk upload users on a project. If you would like to bulk upload data, contact the organizer for your project to see if this is possible. If you regularly bulk upload data in spreadsheets to FieldScope, you know how important it is to keep track of station ID numbers. Now, when you add new stations to the platform via bulk upload, it is possible to download station IDs directly from the bulk upload screen. Taking advantage of this new function will significantly reduce the amount of time it takes to track these IDs. To make use of this feature, bulk upload stations as you normally would. |
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The initial screen shows you the temporary IDs you added to the spreadsheet to complete the upload. From here, hit “Commit.” |
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In the next screen, notice the station IDs are no longer the temporary ones you uploaded, but unique permanent IDs assigned by the platform. Select “Download station IDs” to get a spreadsheet you can save for future reference. |
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Feel free to reach out to the FieldScope team at info@fieldscope.org if you have any questions about bulk uploading or finding station IDs! Do you have a new feature request for the FieldScope team? Reach out and let us know! While we are not always able to accommodate requests, we love to hear your ideas and, over time, they help us improve our platform. |
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