Presentation from the Communicate 2011 Delegate Showcase, 3rd November 2011. Communicate is hosted by the Bristol Natural History Consortium. www.communicatenow.org

1. Michael Pocock Dave Kilbey

2. 19 Aug 2009

3. Public engagement with
science
3500 people involved in 2010
Hypothesis-led science
Scientific paper in prep.
www.conkertreescience.org.uk
Michael Pocock Darren Evans
Funding:
19 Aug 2009

4. 2010
Website
 Interactive
 Easy to develop
 Not field-based =
less accurate & fewer
records

5. 2010 2011
Take photo and score damage
GPS gets location
Describe ground cover
(hypothesis-led science)
Website
 Interactive
 Easy to develop
 Not field-based =
http://leafwatch.naturelocator.org
less accurate & fewer
records Institute of Learning &
Research Technology
Funding:

6. More engagement 
• 9,000+ downloads
• Greater participation, new audiences
• Newsworthiness
iTunes No. 1 UK 2012: Your ‘citizen
education app
science’ project?
Better science 
• Greater accuracy For more info:
• Ease of contributing (5150 uploads from http://www.conkertreescience.org.uk
2200 devices) http://leafwatch.naturelocator.org
• Crowd-sourced validation of uploaded Contact:
photos michael.pocock@ceh.ac.uk
dave.kilbey@bristol.ac.uk