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As interest in citizen science projects has grown, especially those related to bees and other pollinators such as Pollinator Watch, ways of evaluating motivations and goals have grown as well.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate previous knowledge, and perceived knowledge growth and efficacy of citizen scientists learning to observe and identify pollinators and floral visitors species, record their habits, and interact with the open science platform iNaturalist.

**See bottom of page for more information on how to interact with this survey

We, as a lab, welcome participation with the survey, training and observations. All steps are optional but if you would like to contribute meaningful data to our project we ask that you follow along in these steps:

1. Take the survey the first time- answer "First" in the dropdown menu. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YZRYNXD

2. Do the pollinator observation training by reading through this presentation:
   https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PGZdC_eipFP8eab44aAQU55VYFi9MMKu/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104198863981921537604&rtpof=true&sd=true

3. OPTIONAL: Go out and do your own observations and interact with iNaturalist as the presentation instructs.

4. Take the survey again- answer "Second" in the dropdown menu.
   https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YZRYNXD

This project is part of the Weber Lab at SIU and was initiated because of the contributions of observations by iNaturalist users to our understanding of phenology and pollinators for our study system. You can find out more by visiting our project page.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/team-triodanis

**Please read this form carefully before agreeing to be in the study. The principal investigator conducting this study is Kate Tillotson, a graduate researcher at Southern Illinois University in the lab of Dr. Jenn Weber, Associate Professor in Biological Sciences at Southern Illinois University. If you have questions, you may contact Kate Tillotson at kate.tillotson@siu.edu or Dr. Weber at jennifer.weber@siu.edu or 618-453-3219.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate previous knowledge, and perceived knowledge growth and efficacy of citizen scientists learning to observe and identify pollinators and floral visitor’s species, record their habits, and interact with the open science platform iNaturalist.

Procedures: If you agree to be in this study, you will be asked to volunteer your time by taking the proceeding survey, complete a training, observe, and record floral visitors, and complete a post-survey to the best of your abilities. This should take approximately an hour or two over several days, depending on your availability. All interaction with this study is voluntary and participants may discontinue any part at any time. If volunteers would like to withdraw their interaction with the surveys, they may email the coordinators of the survey at any time. Any data that is submitted before the point of withdrawal will be destroyed.

Voluntary Nature of Participation: Your decision whether or not to participate will not affect your current or future relations with Southern Illinois University, Carbondale or relevant citizen science group. If you decide to participate, you are free to withdraw at any time without affecting those relationships. You may decline to answer any questions that you do not feel comfortable answering.

Participants must be 18 years old or older.