Global users encourage organism identification and awareness by uploading impressive images of rare and not-so-rare plants and animals

How I Use It

Project Noah is a great tool to help students appreciate a global perspective on organism diversity. Teachers can create a classroom account where students can participate in various missions or specific tasks set up by other users. These assignments might include documenting river animals or taking pictures of the plants near their school. Teachers and students are also encouraged to upload their own pictures of plants and animals. After uploading the images, students can properly identify the organisms or ask the Project Noah community for assistance if they are unsure of names. The location tagging of pictures helps students see how organisms can be in many places in the world when habitats are similar. If studying classification or binomial nomenclature, the website would be useful in allowing students to view a wide variety of organisms and scientific names on one site. For advanced learners, there are a number of unidentified organisms waiting for their proper labeling. Students could conduct investigations on likely names and defend their findings to their entire class. In addition to promoting skills and concepts, students can engage in extended thinking by answering how Project Noah promotes the preservation of organisms and why the site removes the location pins from critically endangered species.