Observe Your World - Episode 1: Population Counts and Habitat Assessments

Examine how the plants and animals that call Southwest Florida home are bound by different ecological interactions. Explore how and why population surveys and habitat assessments are conducted by field biologists, while learning about the importance of Threatened gopher tortoise burrows in the Endangered Florida scrub.

This video is part of a series. Here is the full list:

1. Observe Your World: Population Counts and Habitat Assessments:

2. Observe Your World: Introduction to Sampling:

3. Observe Your World: Data Visualization and Analysis:

Be sure to check out our E-Learning Hub as well, There you can ENGAGE in creative learning. EXPLORE hands-on science in your own school or backyard. EXPLAIN what you have learned. EXTEND your thinking. EVALUATE your findings with others.

All of our E-learning videos, animal encounters, and activities are aligned with Next Generation Sunshine State Standards and our middle and high school curricula are designed using the 5-E Learning Model.

Whether you are in elementary school, middle school, high school, or are just a kid at heart, we hope you take the time to join us as we investigate Southwest Florida's incredible ecosystems.

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Python clips used in this education video are from a collaborative research project between the Conservancy and the University of Florida.