Watch Behavior Videos

View the series of stereotype lessons to get an understanding for how to classify certain behaviors. These are the panda behaviors you will be looking for when you go to record data! After every few lesson videos, there’ll be short quizzes to help test your knowledge before taking the final interobserver exam….but don’t worry, these quizzes are just for learning, so take them as many times as you’d like! 

Take the Interobsever Exam

Once you complete the videos, you can take the interobserver exam. Don’t forget to download the Ethogram Study Guide and Tally Sheets! When you have a project that requires several different observers, it’s vital everybody is on the same page for data collection. In order to ensure this, we have to take an Interobserver reliability test. Be sure to watch the lesson videos and have an idea of what you’re looking for. Once you pass, you’ll receive your Citizen Scientists certification and we’ll send you a packet on how to get started helping with our research!…we’re here if you have any questions at all!

Record Webcam Panda Behaviors

As a certified Citizen Scientists, you’ll be able to begin collecting data with us! The main component of the project relies on behavioral data collected through viewing panda webcams. You can choose any panda you’d like, just know who you’re watching and where they’re located. Find a list of watchable Panda Cams on our FAQ’s page.

 Send Us Your Collected Data

Once, you send us your data, we’ll be combing it all for publication and your name will be added under contribution in the final journal article! The type of data you can achieve is astounding when enabled by the efforts of many. Citizen scientist project are some of the most accurate and revealing data sets for this reason…so we couldn’t be doing this without your help!

Interobserver Exam