In urban environments, opportunity exists everywhere you look to revamp greenspace that supports local and migratory species and community members. For this module, students will be combining everything they have learned about urban forests, biodiversity, and climate change to create an action plan to improve or create a community green space. In this module, students will be able to see that they can make a change within their community by actively identifying a site to beautify, designing possible solutions to improve it, and to write a letter to local community leaders to gather support for their ideas.

Community science, also called citizen science, is a global effort in which scientists and the public work together to help gather data on the earth’s biodiversity. In this playlist, youth will learn how to use three community science tools and make observations about arthropods, birds, and sky conditions to share with naturalists around the world.