CORE Educational Technology 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which citizen science platform allows outdoor educators and students to document wildlife sightings with GPS-tagged photos for scientific research?
- eBird
- iNaturalist (Correct answer)
- AllTrails
- OnX Hunt
Correct answer: iNaturalist
iNaturalist is a widely-used citizen science platform where users upload georeferenced photos of plants and animals that are then verified by the scientific community.
Question 2: A conservation educator wants students to track migratory bird patterns in real time. Which technology tool is best suited for this purpose?
- GIS mapping software with historical overlays
- eBird's Explore tool with live data layers (Correct answer)
- Google Earth Pro static imagery
- PDF field guides downloaded offline
Correct answer: eBird's Explore tool with live data layers
eBird's Explore tool provides near-real-time species occurrence maps and bar charts updated continuously by birders worldwide.
Question 3: What does GIS stand for in the context of conservation education?
- General Inventory System
- Geographic Information System (Correct answer)
- Global Identification Software
- Geo-Indexed Simulation
Correct answer: Geographic Information System
GIS (Geographic Information System) is software that captures, stores, analyzes, and presents spatial or geographic data, widely used in conservation planning and education.
Question 4: When using trail cameras (camera traps) as an educational technology in CORE programs, what is the primary wildlife management benefit students learn about?
- Feeding wildlife at regular intervals
- Non-invasive monitoring of animal behavior and population estimates (Correct answer)
- Attracting predators away from livestock
- Documenting only game species for harvest records
Correct answer: Non-invasive monitoring of animal behavior and population estimates
Camera traps allow students to observe wildlife non-invasively, supporting population monitoring and behavioral studies without disturbing animals.
Question 5: Which type of remote sensing technology uses sound waves to monitor bat populations and is increasingly used in conservation education programs?
- LiDAR scanning
- Acoustic bat detectors (Correct answer)
- Thermal infrared imaging
- Side-scan sonar
Correct answer: Acoustic bat detectors
Acoustic bat detectors record echolocation calls that can be analyzed to identify species and estimate population activity levels at survey sites.
Question 6: A CORE instructor plans a virtual field trip to a national wildlife refuge for students who cannot travel. Which platform combination is most effective for an immersive experience?
- Email newsletter with attached PDFs
- 360-degree video paired with live Q&A via video conferencing (Correct answer)
- Printed topographic maps mailed to students
- Pre-recorded lecture with no interactive component
Correct answer: 360-degree video paired with live Q&A via video conferencing
Combining 360-degree video footage with live video conferencing enables immersive virtual environments while maintaining real-time student interaction and engagement.
Question 7: In conservation education, LiDAR technology is primarily used to create which type of data product?
- Audio recordings of wildlife
- High-resolution 3D terrain and canopy structure maps (Correct answer)
- Water quality chemical readings
- Soil pH gradient charts
Correct answer: High-resolution 3D terrain and canopy structure maps
LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) uses pulsed laser light to generate highly accurate three-dimensional models of terrain and vegetation structure.
CORE Educational Technology 2
Which citizen science platform allows outdoor educators and students to document wildlife sightings with GPS-tagged photos for scientific research?