Project Overview

National Geographic FieldScope is a web-based mapping, analysis, and collaboration tool designed to support geographic investigations and engage students as citizen scientists investigating real-world issues - both in the classroom and in outdoor education settings. FieldScope enhances student scientific investigations by providing rich geographic context - through maps, mapping activities, and a rich community where student fieldwork and data is integrated with that of peers and professionals, adding analysis opportunities and meaning to student investigations.

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National Geographic is partnering with groups - across a range of scientific disciplines - that are interested in exploring how FieldScope can better support student geographic learning and outdoor investigations.

FieldScope Sites

Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay FieldScope Project is a "citizen science" initiative in which students investigate water quality issues on local and regional scales and collaborate with students across the Bay to analyze data and take action. Chesapeake Bay FieldScope is a project of National Geographic's Education Programs in collaboration with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office.

For more on the Chesapeake Bay FieldScope project, visit the National Geographic site here.

Indiana Dunes

Fieldscope is part of the 2009 Bioblitz - a project of National Geographic, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore/National Park Service, and Encylopedia of Life. For more on Indiana Dunes and the 2009 Bioblitz, visit the National Park Service, National Geographic, and Encyclopedia of Life.

Watershed Dynamics, Module 1

A project of the GLOBE program that uses FieldScope to enable students to investigate their own watershed in order to understand the flow of water through the watershed, how human activities within the watershed both depend on and impact its hydrology, and how land use changes can affect the plant and animal communities in the watershed.

Mapping Our Parks

This project has students use FieldScope to investigate land use impacts on streams within national parks of the National Capital Region. It is a collaboration of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, National Geographic, the Alice Ferguson Foundation, and the National Park Service.

Biscayne Bay

Fieldscope is part of the 2010 Bioblitz - a project of National Geographic and Biscayne National Park/National Park Service. For more on Biscayne National Park and the 2010 Bioblitz, visit the National Park Service or National Geographic.