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Public Service Announcements

Be a producer. Make videos that matter!

Create a quick 30-sec video to raise awareness of an invasive species, protect a native species or habitat, motivate others to look for species....

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Tutorials

Be an educator. Share what you know how to do!

Use video, photographs, screen capture tools, or paper and pen to show us how to identify a species, do a transect study, use the Advanced Search to find data, build a weed weasel,....

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Comics

Be funny.

Mix science with humor to tell a story!

Mash up science, humor, sketches, and photos to tell us about the native or invasive species you're most interested in.

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Show Change Over Time

Make movies!

Tell the story of how an ecosystem changes.

Use movies or interactive timelines to show how invasive species populations are changing over time. Use these tools to explain your predictions for the future!

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Field Mission Videos

Be a scientist.

What are you curious about?

Tell us about your Field Mission and how we can help collect data for you! What species should we look for? Where should we look for them? What are you hoping to find out?

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Species Cards

Be a species expert.

Help others learn about and identify a plant or animal!

Put your own photos, species research, and identification skills to good use by building a VS Species Card from scratch or updating an existing card.

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Blog Posts

Be a writer.

Post to the VS Blog!

Write about your experience doing VS. Share exciting details about your fieldwork, online and in-person conversations with the VS community, data crunching, plans for action, ....

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Discussion Forum Posts

Be chatty.

Get people talking about issues, ideas, and solutions!

Use the forums to connect with others in the VS community around things you're interested and excited about. Throw out a question, offer up expertise, share an article, ....

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Lesson plans

Educators!

Exercise your lesson plans and best practices statewide!

Post that new activity you've been dreaming up and get some feedback. Try out someone's lesson plan and tell us how you made it your own.

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