SIMR: 1. Overview By defining indicators for seasons and their
long-term observation with our senses and modern technical
equipment we can document the changing conditions in a habitat and
prove statements about these changes. The method allows a synergy
of scientific approaches and traditional knowledge, strengthens the
attention and comprehension of observers of every age and gives
ample scope for own observations and ideas, allowing the
participants to be inquiringly active. The results can be
scientifically instructive and not least esthetically attractive
and thus give pleasure and appeal to outsiders.
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SIMR: 1. Overview Participants: students, teachers, private
people Goals: general:get more attentive observe and respect nature
shorttime:recognize, characterize, define your seasons
longtime:detect changes, compare to others, understand better
Earths systems
SIMR: 2. Procedure Observation site: coordinates, altitude,
region Seasons: basic: 4 / expert: up to 12 seasons Indicators:
define your own + loading One swallow does not make a summer.
Observations: fill in the dates Document: take typical pictures in
your region Review:if necessary, change your indicators or
loadings
SIMR: 3. Scientific background Global reason:Earths orbit and
tilted axis Current seasondepends on regional factors as latitude,
altitude, weather patterns, etc. Definition of seasons: early
spring, full spring often with phenological stages Atlas of climate
zones Atlas of seasons?
SIMR: 3. Scientific background Full spring Indicator phases:
apple (flowering) pedunculate oak (leaf unfolding) Full spring
arrives as apples come into flower. The season is marked by an
explosion of blossom. Alongside fruit trees, many wild plants and
ornamental shrubs, such as the lilac, are also in flower.
Late-sprouting deciduous trees now unfold their leaves and rape and
winter cereals shoot up quickly. With rising temperatures and more
hours of sunshine, plants start developing rapidly. Source:
DWD
SIMR: 4. Didactic background -Be a researcher: the outcome is
unknown and depends on your choice -Work on something nobody has
done before -Not only collecting data that is used by ?? -Idea:
open eyes, be curious, bring in your own ideas -Results in the
first year, new insights in following years -Students can steer the
process themselves
SIMR: 5. Example Uzwil, 47.4N / 9.1E, 580m a.s.l. Region:
Season: early spring Indicators:loading: First blackbird song2
Willow is blooming3 Saxifraga in bloom2 Snow melted1
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SIMR: 5. Blackbird sings: 20.2.
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SIMR: 5. Willow in bloom: 14.3.
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SIMR: 5. Snow melted: 14.3.
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SIMR: 5. Saxifraga in bloom:20.
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SIMR: 5. Example Uzwil, 47.5N / 9.2E, 580m a.s.l. Region:
Season: early spring Indicators:loading:Date: First blackbird
song220.2.15 Willow is blooming314.3.15 Saxifraga in bloom220.3.15
Snow melted114.3.15
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SIMR: 5. Example Uzwil, 47.5N / 9.2E, 580m a.s.l. Region:
Season: early spring Indicators:loading:Date:%: First blackbird
song220.2.1525 Willow is blooming314.3.1575 Saxifraga in
bloom220.3.15100 Snow melted114.3.1575
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SIMR: 5. Example Graphic 1: Indicator score = 100%
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SIMR: 5. Example Graphic 2: progressively updated
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SIMR: 5. Example Graphic 3: map (not yet available)
SIMR: 6.Longtime observations SIMR + weather data: climate
zone? After several years: -Characterize the season -Observe the
changes:- shift? - longer / shorter? -Compare to other regions:
which regions have faster changes? (Hypothesis: The closer to the
poles, the faster the changes.)
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SIMR: 6. Example Graphic 1: Indicator score = 100%
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SIMR: 6. Example Graphic 1: Indicator score = 100%;
shifted